Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town of 12,399 people was settled in 1787.
At A overall, Elizabeth Township ranks 186th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. That leaves it better than 90% of U.S. towns. Its strongest subject is schools: its public schools beat 88% of Pennsylvania towns on state tests and graduation. Safety is another plus: it reports less crime per resident than four fifths of U.S. towns. The drawback is walkability (C+). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 62% of U.S. towns. A typical home there costs about $167K, 2.2 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. 13% of the land locally is conserved, above both the Pennsylvania town median (8.2%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%).
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · FBI crime data, 2025 · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · USGS PAD-US.
Where Elizabeth Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Central El Sch | K–5 | 292 |
| Mt Vernon El Sch | 3–5 | 194 |
| Greenock El Sch | K–2 | 173 |
Where Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,120 in 1850, a peak of 2,976 in 1940, 1,398 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1897 and 5 maps from 1904 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Elizabeth Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw31 mi MuseumFallingwater
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
9 mi Theme parkKennywood
16 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
16 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
15 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints ArenaFallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Acrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, 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 Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth Township.
Elizabeth Township has homes that are cheap against local pay and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s; it also has a long record of flood insurance claims.
The biggest place to walk is Round Hill Park, 1,221 acres with 12.4 miles of trail. Trails total 21 miles in 3 parks and preserves. Elizabeth Township’s trail density comes in at 0.9 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Round Hill Park | 12.4 mi | 1,221 |
| 2. Dead Man's Hollow Conservation Area | — | 17 |
| 3. North Buena Vista Historical Site | — | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The largest public high school is Elizabeth Forward SHS, with 763 students. Three of its 5 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. Elizabeth Forward SD runs its public schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Forward MSLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 538 | B− |
| Elizabeth Forward SHSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 763 | A− |
| Central El SchTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 292 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
At 8.2 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 62% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 77 to 66 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
For Elizabeth Township, the property offense rate is 3.3 per 1,000 residents. The violent offense rate locally is 0.6 per 1,000 residents.
| Elizabeth Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.3 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.6 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Elizabeth Township: 5.7% of residents live below the poverty line. For most workers, Elizabeth Township is a place to come home to: only 10% work in town. Its mean commuting time comes in at 30 minutes. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (21%), West Mifflin (4%) and McKeesport (3%).
| Elizabeth Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.7% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 9.6% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The share of adults in Elizabeth Township who sleep under 7 hours: 34%. The town beats the Pennsylvania average on 2 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 5.
| Elizabeth Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 38% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 35% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | Elizabeth Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 83.1% | 79.2% |
| More adults getting cholesterol checked | 87.9% | 85.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.7% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A bachelor’s degree or higher: 30% of adults 25 and older, vs 35% across Pennsylvania. No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Pennsylvania average. The midpoint age for Elizabeth Township comes to 48.2 years. Since 2020, Elizabeth Township has lost 4.5% of its people, to 12,399 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Elizabeth Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48.2 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 21% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 20% | 22% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.8 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Elizabeth Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.1% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.9% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.4% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.4% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.7% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.5% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.7% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.2% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.4% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 40.9% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.3% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.7% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.7% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
151 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 15 properties have flooded more than once.
The national flood insurance program has paid 151 claims in Elizabeth Township since 1978. FEMA expects more storm and flood damage locally than in 54% of U.S. communities.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
At 2.2 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 87% of Pennsylvania towns; that ratio is one input to its B for cost of living.
89% of households own their home in Elizabeth Township. In Elizabeth Township, the typical rent is $1,070 a month.
| Elizabeth Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 89% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,070 a month | $1,116 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
12 within 15 miles of the center of Elizabeth Township
About 5 of every 100 Elizabeth Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
2 places in Elizabeth Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Elizabeth is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, on the east bank of the Monongahela River, where Pennsylvania Route 51 crosses. The town is 15 miles (24 km) upstream (south) of Pittsburgh and close to the county line and has population was 1,398 at the 2020 census. The borough of Elizabeth is entirely contained within the 15037 USPS ZIP code. The local school district is the Elizabeth Forward School District. The borough is home to neighborhoods Walker Heights and Town Hill.
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10 towns share a border with Elizabeth Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Township | #186 | A | B | A− | A | B |
| Lincoln | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Forward Township | #433 | B+ | B+ | — | A | B− |
| Sewickley Township | #436 | B+ | B+ | — | B | B |
| South Versailles Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Coulter | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Greenock | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Elizabeth | — | — | A | — | A | D |
Elizabeth has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Forward Township, Sewickley Township and Elizabeth report no FBI crime data of their own. Lincoln, South Versailles Township, Coulter and Greenock aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Elizabeth Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Elizabeth Township grades A overall, better than 90% of U.S. towns and #186 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health, A− for safety and A for schools.
The typical home is worth about $167,000, 42% below the Pennsylvania typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
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