Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Dunbar Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $166K, 2.2 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. It grades C− overall, 919th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania. The low prices come with trade-offs. Its public schools trail 77% of Pennsylvania towns on state tests and graduation. On the plus side, it has 56 miles of trail and 31% conserved land. 31% of the land in Dunbar Township is conserved, against 8.2% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is State Game Lands Number 51, 11,179 acres with 38.3 miles of trail. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 79% of U.S. towns.
Where Dunbar Township beats most towns.
Where Dunbar Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Dunbar Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Isaac Meason House is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 1,381 in 1890, a peak of 1,970 in 1910, 1,013 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1900 and 5 maps from 1900 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Dunbar Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw8 mi MuseumFallingwater
Big draw37 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
Big draw40 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
6 mi National BattlefieldFort Necessity National Battlefield226K visitors a year
33 mi Theme parkKennywood
40 mi LandmarkFort DuquesneFallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Acrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Necessity National Battlefield: Wilson44691, CC0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Dunbar 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Dunbar Township.
Its 11,943 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 92% of Pennsylvania towns.
At 0.9 miles per square mile, Dunbar Township’s trail density is where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 0.4 and U.S. towns at 0.4.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 51 | 38.3 mi | 11,179 |
| 2. Ohiopyle State Park | — | 505 |
| 3. Fairgrounds | — | 49 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by Connellsville Area SD. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunbar Twp El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 580 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Dunbar Township for work: only 8% work in town. 18% of Dunbar Township residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Dunbar Township grew to 1,900 in 2023, 277 more than in 2013.
| Dunbar Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 8.3% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Dunbar Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 21% of adults smoke cigarettes in Dunbar Township.
| Dunbar Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 19% | 19% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Dunbar Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 11% | 7.7% |
| More smokers | 20.9% | 15.8% |
| More uninsured adults | 7.6% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Dunbar Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. Dunbar Township’s July high is 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 55% of U.S. communities. Since 2000, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Dunbar Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Dunbar Township
About 4 of every 100 Dunbar Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Dunbar is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,013 at the time of the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 1,042 tabulated in 2010.
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10 towns share a border with Dunbar Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunbar Township | #919 | C− | A | — | C− | C |
| Franklin Township | — | — | A+ | — | C | C |
| North Union Township | #350 | A− | A | A+ | C+ | C |
| Connellsville Township | — | — | A+ | — | C− | C |
| Springfield Township | #984 | D | A | — | C− | C |
| Connellsville | #923 | C− | A | D | C− | C+ |
| Lower Tyrone Township | — | — | A+ | — | B− | C |
| South Connellsville | — | — | A | — | C− | D |
Franklin Township, Connellsville Township, Lower Tyrone Township and South Connellsville have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Dunbar Township, Franklin Township, Connellsville Township, Springfield Township, Lower Tyrone Township and South Connellsville report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Dunbar Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Dunbar Township grades C− overall, better than 25% of U.S. towns and #919 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C for health and C− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.
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