Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 14,978, settled in 1861. Public schools that outperform most of Pennsylvania.
Trash day: look up yoursFew places in the country grade higher. Franklin Park earns an A+, 48th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. Its public schools beat 98% of Pennsylvania towns on state tests and graduation, CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 97% of the country, and crime is low: it reports less per resident than 95% of U.S. towns. The exception is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $486K, 6.4 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. 77% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Franklin Park, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 29% and U.S. towns at 29%. Only 82 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns score higher on hazard risk. The biggest place to walk is Linbrook Woodlands Conservation Area - ALT, 176 acres with 3.1 miles of trail.
Where Franklin Park beats most towns.
13,470 counted in 2010 and 15,479 in 2020; an estimated 14,978 in 2025.
Since 2020 the trend has turned: down 3.3%, after 14.9% growth in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Franklin Park is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 5,310 in 1970, 15,479 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1977 and 5 maps from 1906 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Franklin Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
11 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
11 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
12 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
19 mi Theme parkKennywood
11 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 Franklin Park, 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 Franklin Park.
Franklin Park has schools in the top 5% of Pennsylvania and reports less crime than Ohio Township or any other graded neighbor, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Pennsylvania.
21 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves. The trail density in Franklin Park is 1.6 miles per square mile.
| Franklin Park | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.6 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 8% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Linbrook Park | 3.9 mi | 88 |
| 2. Linbrook Woodlands Conservation Area - ALT | 3.1 mi | 176 |
| 3. Blueberry Hill Park | 1.7 mi | 95 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its A+ ranks #12 of the 1,037 Pennsylvania towns we grade for schools. Its A+ for schools comes with a C− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $486K.
Three of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Pennsylvania Distance Learning CS, with 1,246 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 718 | A+ |
| St. Anthony School Programs PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 1–12 | Grades 1–12 | 73 | – |
| Ingomar MSTop results in townGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 514 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Pennsylvania is tooth loss: 6.9% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 14.5% statewide. Against the 1,468 U.S. towns with household incomes like Franklin Park’s, it is healthier than 78%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
12% of Franklin Park adults report frequent mental distress. Franklin Park beats the Pennsylvania average on 17 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 9.6% of Franklin Park adults report frequent physical distress.
| Franklin Park | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.6% | 14% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 35% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Franklin Park | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.9% | 14.5% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.3% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its A+ tops all 3 graded towns on its borders; Ohio Township (A) comes closest. Violent crime is rare: 4 reported in 2025, 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
Franklin Park’s property crime rate is 2 per 1,000 residents.
| Franklin Park | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.3 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 96% of U.S. communities. Since 1996, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Franklin Park.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.7% of residents live below the poverty line in Franklin Park. Most working residents leave Franklin Park for work: only 3% work in town. 23% of workers work from home in Franklin Park.
| Franklin Park | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $177,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 23% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 0.7% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.4% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Franklin Park has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 20° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 6.4 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 95% of Pennsylvania towns; that ratio is one input to its C− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $6,924, against $3,311 across Pennsylvania, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The median sale price was $629,000 in May 2026.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
16 within 15 miles of the center of Franklin Park
About 4 of every 100 Franklin Park residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Where Franklin Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Franklin Park is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 15,479 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
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6 towns share a border with Franklin Park.
Economy next door grades lower for schools (C to Franklin Park’s A+) and higher for cost of living (B to C−).
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Park | #48 | A+ | C− | A+ | A+ | A+ |
| Economy | #463 | B+ | B | A− | C | B+ |
| Ohio Township | #88 | A+ | D | A | A+ | A |
| Marshall Township | #92 | A+ | D | — | A+ | A |
| McCandless Township | #20 | A+ | C− | A− | A+ | A |
| Bell Acres | — | — | C | — | A+ | A+ |
| Sewickley Hills | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Bell Acres has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Marshall Township and Bell Acres report no FBI crime data of their own. Sewickley Hills isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Franklin Park with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Franklin Park grades A+ overall, better than 98% of U.S. towns and #48 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades A+ for health, A+ for safety and A+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $486,000, 69% above 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 C−.
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