Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Harmony Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $153K for a typical one, or 2 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. It grades A− overall, 328th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania. On the plus side, the median household earns $71K. Only 52 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns score lower on civic life. The biggest park or preserve is Economy Park, at 80 acres. 90% of households own their home in Harmony Township, against 78% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns.
Where Harmony Township beats most towns.
Where Harmony 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 Harmony Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 441 in 1850, a peak of 1,334 in 1980, 942 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 5 maps from 1906 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Harmony Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
16 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
16 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
24 mi Theme parkKennywood
17 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
16 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 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · PPG Paints Arena: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 Harmony 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 Harmony Township.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 90% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 51 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Harmony Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by Ambridge Area SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 284 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Harmony Township for work: only 3% work in town. Harmony Township’s average trip to work is 22 minutes. Jobs based in Harmony Township fell to 703 in 2023, 40 fewer than in 2013.
| Harmony Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.2% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Violent crime is rare: 2 reported in 2025, 0.6 per 1,000 residents.
Pennsylvania has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Harmony Township sits closer to the middle.
| Harmony Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.6 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 6.5 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Harmony Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 21° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
People 65 and older are 25% of residents (20% statewide); children under 18 are 16% of residents (21% statewide). The median age in Harmony Township is 47.3 years. Harmony Township has lost 3% of its people since 2020, down to 3,071 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Harmony Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47.3 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 27% | 29% | 29% |
47% women, 53% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.8 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Harmony Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.3% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 4.7% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.3% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.9% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.9% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.7% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.5% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.7% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.1% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 1.8% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 39.1% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.5% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.8% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.8% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 4.1% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,100, single groups can be off by several points
Harmony Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 20% of adults binge drink in Harmony Township.
| Harmony Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Harmony Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.5% | 14.5% |
| More uninsured adults | 7% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Harmony Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.6% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Economy Park | 0.4 mi | 80 |
| 2. Byersdale Park | — | 3 |
| 3. Small Tots Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
8 within 15 miles of the center of Harmony Township
About 3 of every 100 Harmony Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Harmony is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, Harmony had a population of 942. It is located approximately 30 miles (48 km) north of Pittsburgh.
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7 towns share a border with Harmony Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Township | #328 | A− | A− | B+ | C | B |
| Ambridge Heights | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ambridge | #959 | C− | B+ | D | C | C |
| Leet Township | — | — | C+ | — | A+ | A |
| Baden | #302 | A− | A | — | C | B |
| Economy | #463 | B+ | B | A− | C | B+ |
| Aliquippa | #956 | C− | A− | C− | C− | D |
| Bell Acres | — | — | C | — | A+ | A+ |
Leet Township and Bell Acres have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Leet Township, Baden and Bell Acres report no FBI crime data of their own. Ambridge Heights isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Harmony Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Harmony Township grades A− overall, better than 80% of U.S. towns and #328 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health, B+ for safety and C for schools.
Yes, by national standards. Pennsylvania has less crime than most states, so among its own towns Harmony Township sits nearer the middle.
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−.
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