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A town of 5,019, settled in 1789.
Duquesne gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $52K, less than a year of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. It grades C− overall, ranked 954th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 94% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and its public schools trail 93% of Pennsylvania towns on state tests and graduation. On the plus side, it is among the most walkable places in the country. Duquesne’s violent crime rate is 6.2 per 1,000 residents, above both the Pennsylvania town median (0.7) and the median of U.S. towns (1.6). On safety, just 54 of Pennsylvania’s 634 towns do worse.
Where Duquesne beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Duquesne’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 Duquesne is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for health (better than 6%), so the C− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 870 in 1860, a peak of 21,396 in 1930, 5,254 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1892 and 4 maps from 1904 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Duquesne. Close and well known come first.
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
in town Theme parkKennywood
Big draw38 mi MuseumFallingwater
10 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
10 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
9 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints ArenaAcrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · Fallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0 · PPG Paints Arena: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Duquesne, 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 Duquesne.
Duquesne is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has homes that are cheap against local pay, but it reports violent crime at about twice the Pennsylvania rate.
At 0.7 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income, the typical home (about $52K) costs less against local pay than in any other Pennsylvania town; that ratio is one input to its A for cost of living. Values fell 10.1% in the past year while the Pennsylvania typical home rose 2.2%.
47% of Duquesne households own their home. Typical home values fell 10% in the year to September 2026. The median rent in Duquesne is $739 a month.
| Duquesne | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 47% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $739 a month | $1,116 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by Duquesne City SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duquesne El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 460 | D− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests
3.3 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Duquesne’s trail density is 1.7 miles per square mile.
| Duquesne | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.7 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.3% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Polish Hill Ballfields | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Against the 3,734 U.S. towns with household incomes like Duquesne’s, it is less healthy than 75%, so its D isn’t only a matter of income.
23% of adults smoke cigarettes in Duquesne. Duquesne beats the Pennsylvania average on 3 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 19. 45% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Duquesne.
| Duquesne | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 16% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 38% | 36% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 19% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Duquesne | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7% | 8.8% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 15.5% | 18.3% |
| More uninsured adults | 9.5% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Violent crime runs at 6.2 per 1,000 residents, about twice the Pennsylvania rate; the Safety Grade counts each violent crime four times, so this weighs most on its C−. At 34.8 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 91% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 81% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Duquesne for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (32%), West Mifflin (5%) and Monroeville (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.
| Duquesne | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 23% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $44,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Duquesne has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 22° and about 25 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
14 within 15 miles of the center of Duquesne
About 2 of every 100 Duquesne residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
22 notable people were born in Duquesne.
City in Pennsylvania, US
Duquesne ( dew-KAYN) is a city along the Monongahela River in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, within the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 5,254 at the 2020 census.
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3 towns share a border with Duquesne.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duquesne | #954 | C− | A | C− | D | D |
| West Mifflin | #731 | B− | A− | C− | C | B− |
| North Versailles Township | #791 | C+ | B+ | B− | C− | C− |
| McKeesport | #1016 | D | A− | D− | D | D− |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Duquesne grades C− overall, better than 20% of U.S. towns and #954 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades D for health, C− for safety and D for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
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.
22 notable people were born here, including Earl Hines and Alex Shigo.
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