CruciblePA
Settled in 1914, this town now has 352 residents.
Is Crucible a good place to live?
16% of residents live below the poverty line in Crucible, against 7.6% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Only one of the 1,036 Pennsylvania towns we compare has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Crucible. Crucible has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
352 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Crucible: who provides what
Crucible is unincorporated, so Greene County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 Crucible.
Most of Crucible’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.0 jobs for each of them
The top destinations are Cumberland Township (13%), Morgantown (7%) and Franklin Township (6%). Half the trips to work are shorter than 17 miles. Crucible’s median household income stands at $72,000.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Crucible brings four seasons and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 84°; in January, nights fall to 22°, and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Crucible has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
FEMA puts 84% of Crucible’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding. On expected storm and flood damage, Crucible sits above 64% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Crucible is
Nearly a fifth of Crucible adults binge drink. This Pennsylvania town does better than the Pennsylvania average on 2 of 26 CDC measures and worse on 1. Two figures for adults in the town: 18% smoke cigarettes, 34% have obesity.
| Crucible | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 6.2% | 6.9% | 8.1% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Crucible | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9% | 14.5% |
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 73.2% | 67.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.8% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Crucible sell for about $198K
The share of households in Crucible who live in a home they own: 94%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Fallingwater and 61 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Crucible. Close and well known come first.
Big draw27 mi MuseumFallingwater
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
31 mi Theme parkKennywood
34 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
35 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
21 mi Stadium & arenaMountaineer Field at Milan Puskar StadiumPhoto credits
Fallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Acrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0 · Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0
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Everything we know about Crucible
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Crucible
About 0 of every 100 Crucible residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
100% of working residents leave Crucible for work
Where Crucible’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Crucible
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Crucible, PA a good place to live?
Crucible has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.