Is Crescent Township a good place to live?
The best of Crescent Township’s subject grades is an A for schools; the weakest is a C for hazard risk. Crescent Township’s median age is 53.7 years, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 43.2 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. Among 530 Pennsylvania towns, just 9 have a lower property crime rate than Crescent Township. Crescent Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 80% of U.S. towns. Crescent Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
98% of working residents leave Crescent Township for work
Where Crescent Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Crescent Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Crescent Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Acrisure Stadium and 57 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Crescent Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
14 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
14 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
15 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
22 mi Theme parkKennywood
14 mi LandmarkFort PittPhoto credits
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Moving to Crescent Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Crescent Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Crescent Township.
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Crescent Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Crescent Township for work: only 2% work in town. 21% of Crescent Township workers work from home, above both the Pennsylvania town median (12%) and the median of U.S. towns (11%). 4.8% of residents live below the poverty line in Crescent Township.
| Crescent Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 21% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.8% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fewer young adults than Pennsylvania overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 46% of residents (38% statewide). 25% of Crescent Township residents are 65 or older. Crescent Township has lost 4.5% of its people since 2020, down to 2,369 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Crescent Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 25% | 21% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 31% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±9.5 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Crescent Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 5.7% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.5% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.8% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.7% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.9% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.6% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 24% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.9% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.9% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.2% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.3% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 19% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.5% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.5% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.6% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,400, single groups can be off by several points
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Crescent Township
Crescent Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 21° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
High risk in Crescent Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 64% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Crescent Township since 2004.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Crime reported in Crescent Township
Crescent Township's reported crime rate is well below Pennsylvania's. The violent crime rate in Crescent Township is 0 per 1,000 residents.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Crescent Township is healthier than 56% of U.S. towns
Crescent Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| Crescent Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Crescent Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with arthritis | 35% | 30.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Crescent Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Shouse Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Crescent Township
Colleges nearby
10 within 15 miles of the center of Crescent Township
About 2 of every 100 Crescent Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Crescent Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Crescent Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The population was 2,479 at the 2020 census. The township was created in 1855 and was given the name Crescent because it was formed from a portion of Moon Township. Crescent Township has been assigned the ZIP code 15046. Crescent Township has two unincorporated villages: Glenwillard Wireton Crescent is part of the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Established
- 1855
- Area
- 2.3 sq mi
- ZIP code
- 15046
Crescent Township’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Crescent Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crescent Township | — | — | B− | — | A | B |
| Moon Township | #61 | A+ | C | A− | A | A |
| Leetsdale | — | — | B+ | — | A+ | A− |
Crescent Township and Leetsdale have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Crescent Township and Leetsdale report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Crescent Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Crescent Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Crescent Township, PA expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.