DorseyvillePA
A town settled in 1854, now home to 941 people.
Is Dorseyville a good place to live?
61% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Dorseyville, above both the Pennsylvania town median (29%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Dorseyville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
941 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Dorseyville.
Top of a very low hazard risk in Dorseyville: inland flooding
On expected storm and flood damage, Dorseyville sits below 84% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 80% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 11% to cold waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Dorseyville has four seasons and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 84°; in January, nights fall to 21°, and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Dorseyville has 1.1 jobs for every working resident, and 444 people commute in
Jobs based in Dorseyville grew to 452 in 2023, 80 more than in 2013. Most people who work leave Dorseyville to do it: just 2% work in town. 3.8% of Dorseyville residents live below the poverty line. The median commute is under 10 miles.
| Dorseyville | Typical Pennsylvania town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.8% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
1.6% of Dorseyville is conserved land
0.8 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. 5 acres of Dorseyville lie in its parks and preserves. Also worth knowing: its density of trails is 0.5 miles per square mile.
| Dorseyville | Typical Pennsylvania town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.6% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dorseyville Community Parklet | — | 4 |
| 2. Hartwood Acres | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Dorseyville
Acrisure Stadium and 56 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Dorseyville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
12 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
11 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
13 mi Theme parkKennywood
11 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
11 mi LandmarkFort PittPhoto credits
Acrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · PPG Paints Arena: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Pitt: Downtown_Pittsburgh_May_2008.jpg: Allie Caufield derivative work: GrapedApe (tal, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to Dorseyville: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Dorseyville, 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.
Colleges nearby
13 within 15 miles of the center of Dorseyville
About 10 of every 100 Dorseyville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Dorseyville
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Dorseyville is an unincorporated suburb of Pittsburgh located in Indiana Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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