Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Glassport gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $92K for a typical one, or 1.2 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. It grades C overall, ranked 857th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 93% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top, and the median household income is $48K, and 16% of residents live below the poverty line. On the plus side, it is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. 11% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Glassport, against 29% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Glassport's schools rank behind 70% of the state's.
Where Glassport beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Glassport’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 Glassport is from typical.
Its grades run from A for walkability (better than 95% of comparable towns) to D− for hazard risk (better than 4%), so the C overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 5,540 in 1910, a peak of 8,748 in 1940, 4,475 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1902 and 5 maps from 1904 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Glassport. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
Big draw36 mi MuseumFallingwater
4 mi Theme parkKennywood
10 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
11 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
10 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints ArenaAcrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · 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 Glassport, 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 Glassport.
Glassport is healthier than towns with similar incomes and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s; it also carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding).
At 1.2 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income, the typical home (about $92K) costs less against local pay than in 98% of Pennsylvania towns; that ratio is one input to that grade. Values fell 6.1% in the past year while the Pennsylvania typical home rose 2.2%.
Typical home values fell 6.1% in the year to September 2026. 64% of households are owner-occupiers in Glassport. Its median rent stands at $849 a month.
| Glassport | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 64% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $849 a month | $1,116 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 100% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $770 per resident a year; that rating is what its D− for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1985, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Glassport. 94% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Glassport once, in 2004.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jobs based here fell from 822 in 2013 to 585.
For half of commuters, work is under 9 miles away. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Glassport dropped by 237, to 585. Just 4% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (21%), West Mifflin (8%) and McKeesport (4%).
| Glassport | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $48,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.1% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 4,944 U.S. towns with household incomes like Glassport’s, it is healthier than 64%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
Among adults in Glassport, 26% have been diagnosed with depression. Two figures for adults locally: 17% report frequent physical distress, 23% say their health is fair or poor.
| Glassport | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 19% | 19% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| What stands out | Glassport | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 8.2% | 5.8% |
| More smokers | 21% | 15.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The range runs from 22° on a January night to 84° on a July afternoon, with about 21 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 24.6 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 82% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns.
The violent offense rate in Glassport is 2.3 per 1,000 residents. The property offense rate locally is 10.1 per 1,000 residents.
| Glassport | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.3 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 10.1 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
For Glassport, the concentration of trails is 0.1 miles per square mile. 0.1 miles of trail wind through 1 park or preserve.
| Glassport | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.2% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Glassport Honor Roll Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
13 within 15 miles of the center of Glassport
About 2 of every 100 Glassport residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
6 notable people were born in Glassport.
Borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Glassport is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, approximately 10 miles (16 km) south of Pittsburgh and the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers where they form the Ohio River. Glassport lies along the east side of the Monongahela River in the "Mon Valley", where many blue-collar municipalities have suffered severe economic decline in the wake of the loss of steel-making throughout the Greater Pittsburgh area. In 1910, the population of Glassport was 5,540. By 1940, it had risen to 8,748, but has since declined to 4,475 as of the 2020 census.
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7 towns share a border with Glassport.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glassport | #857 | C | A | C+ | C | C |
| West Mifflin | #731 | B− | A− | C− | C | B− |
| Port Vue | #443 | B+ | A | A+ | C | C+ |
| Liberty | — | — | A+ | — | C | C+ |
| Lincoln | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Clairton | #963 | C− | A− | — | C− | D |
| Dravosburg | — | — | A+ | — | D | C− |
| McKeesport | #1016 | D | A− | D− | D | D− |
Liberty and Dravosburg have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Liberty, Clairton and Dravosburg report no FBI crime data of their own. Lincoln isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Glassport with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Glassport grades C overall, better than 32% of U.S. towns and #857 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C for health, C+ for safety and C for schools. Hazard risk 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.
6 notable people were born here, including Bud Shuster and Richie Lucas.
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