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Edgeworth’s best subject grades are an A+ for incomes, health, and schools; its weakest is a D for hazard risk. 81% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Edgeworth, above both the Pennsylvania town median (29%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). On health, just 3 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do better. Edgeworth is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. Edgeworth’s trail density is 1.5 miles per square mile, against 0.4 in Pennsylvania’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. Edgeworth has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them David Shields House and Fulton Log House. Edgeworth has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Edgeworth beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Edgeworth | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.4% | 14.5% |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Edgeworth El Sch | K–5 | 412 |
| Sewickley Academy | PK–12 | 464 |
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Edgeworth is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,229 in 1910, 1,669 in 2020. The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 5 maps from 1906 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Edgeworth. Close and well known come first.
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
12 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
12 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
13 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
21 mi Theme parkKennywood
12 mi LandmarkFort PittAcrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · Fort Pitt: Downtown_Pittsburgh_May_2008.jpg: Allie Caufield derivative work: GrapedApe (tal, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Edgeworth, 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 Edgeworth.
The typical Edgeworth home is worth about $1,054,000, up 9.5% in a year, 4 times the Pennsylvania typical home. 90% of households own their home in Edgeworth.
| Edgeworth | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,438 a month | $1,115 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by Quaker Valley SD. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgeworth El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 412 | A |
| Sewickley Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 464 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
11% of Edgeworth adults report frequent mental distress. Only 5 of the 1,036 Pennsylvania towns we compare have a lower share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than Edgeworth. 9.1% of Edgeworth adults report frequent physical distress.
| Edgeworth | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 24% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.9% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Edgeworth | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.4% | 14.5% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.2% | 5.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.4% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The FEMA risk score in Edgeworth is 83 of 100. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Edgeworth since 1983.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Edgeworth has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 21° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Edgeworth for work: only 4% work in town. Edgeworth’s median household income is $203,000. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (30%), Sewickley (7%) and Moon Township (5%).
| Edgeworth | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 30% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $203,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Edgeworth's reported crime rate is well below Pennsylvania's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. No violent crimes were reported in 2024.
| Edgeworth | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 1.9 per 1,000 residents | 6.8 | 11.5 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.7 |
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
2.6 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Walker Park, at 52 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Walker Park | 0.7 mi | 52 |
| 2. Morrow-Pontefract Park | 0.5 mi | 10 |
| 3. Way Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
12 within 15 miles of the center of Edgeworth
About 5 of every 100 Edgeworth residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
3 places in Edgeworth on the National Register of Historic Places.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Edgeworth is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Ohio River, approximately 14 miles (22.5 km) northwest of Pittsburgh. The population was 1,669 at the 2020 census. Edgeworth is the wealthiest town in Pennsylvania.
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6 towns share a border with Edgeworth.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgeworth | — | — | C− | — | A+ | A+ |
| Sewickley Heights | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Moon Township | #61 | A+ | C | A− | A | A |
| Sewickley | #185 | A | D | A− | A+ | A |
| Leetsdale | — | — | B+ | — | A+ | A− |
| Leet Township | — | — | C+ | — | A+ | A |
| Bell Acres | — | — | C | — | A+ | A+ |
Edgeworth, Leetsdale, Leet Township and Bell Acres have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Edgeworth, Leetsdale, Leet Township and Bell Acres report no FBI crime data of their own. Sewickley Heights isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Edgeworth with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes. That is 13.9 years of the area's median household income ($75,762 across the Pittsburgh, PA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
2 notable people were born here, including J. Twing Brooks and Charles B. McVay, Jr..
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