Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town was settled in 1895 and has 1,835 residents today.
The best of East Pittsburgh’s subject grades are an A+ for walkability and an A− for the outdoors; the weakest is a D for health. 45% of residents live below the poverty line in East Pittsburgh, against 7.6% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Only 37 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score higher on walkability. East Pittsburgh's public schools trail 86% of Pennsylvania towns on state tests and graduation. East Pittsburgh’s trail network density is 2.3 miles per square mile, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 0.4 and U.S. towns at 0.4. East Pittsburgh has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where East Pittsburgh beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far East Pittsburgh is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,883 in 1900, a peak of 6,527 in 1920, 1,927 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1904 and 4 maps from 1904 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around East Pittsburgh. Close and well known come first.
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
2 mi Theme parkKennywood
Big draw39 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 East Pittsburgh, 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 East Pittsburgh.
The going rate for rent for East Pittsburgh comes to $821 a month. The typical East Pittsburgh home is worth about $99,000, down 2.2% in a year, 66% below the Pennsylvania typical home.
| East Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 41% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $821 a month | $1,115 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
East Pittsburgh: 15% of adults have diabetes. Of 26 CDC measures, East Pittsburgh beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 and trails it on 17.
| East Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 38% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 11% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | East Pittsburgh | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| More uninsured adults | 8.5% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In July, afternoons reach 84°; in January, nights fall to 22°, and about 25 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Jobs based in East Pittsburgh fell to 709 in 2023, 57 fewer than in 2013. Only 2% of working residents stay in East Pittsburgh for work; the rest commute out. The town’s middle household income stands at $39,000. Half of commuters travel less than 9 miles.
| East Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $39,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Paid flood insurance claims in East Pittsburgh since 2009: one. On expected storm and flood damage, East Pittsburgh sits below 61% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 85% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 8% to cold waves. One declared disaster, in 2004, has brought federal aid to East Pittsburgh households.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.9 miles of trail wind through 2 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in East Pittsburgh: 2, covering 4 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Quarry Field | — | 3 |
| 2. Bessemer Avenue Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
14 within 15 miles of the center of East Pittsburgh
About 2 of every 100 East Pittsburgh residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
East Pittsburgh is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, approximately 11 miles (18 km) southeast of the confluence of the Monongahela and the Allegheny rivers at Pittsburgh. The population in 1900 stood at 2,883, and in 1910, at 5,615. As of the 2020 census, the borough population was 1,927, having fallen from 6,079 in 1940. George Westinghouse erected large works there which supplied equipment to the great power plants at Niagara Falls and for the elevated and rapid-transit systems of New York City. Nearby, the George Westinghouse Bridge over Turtle Creek is a prominent fixture in the area, which is very near the borough of Braddock.
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4 towns share a border with East Pittsburgh.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Pittsburgh | — | — | B+ | — | D | D |
| North Versailles Township | #791 | C+ | B+ | B− | C− | C− |
| North Braddock | #883 | C | A | — | D | C− |
| West Wilmerding | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Turtle Creek | #750 | C+ | A | A− | D | D |
East Pittsburgh has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. East Pittsburgh and North Braddock report no FBI crime data of their own. West Wilmerding isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare East Pittsburgh with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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 B+.
2 notable people were born here, including Mary Louise Rasmuson and Rey Dempsey.
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