HillerPA
A town of 1,536, settled in 1923.
Is Hiller a good place to live?
Among 1,036 Pennsylvania towns, just 8 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Hiller. 17% of the land in Hiller is conserved, against 8.2% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Patsy Hillman Park, at 190 acres. We don’t grade Hiller yet; the figures below are still real.
99% of working residents leave Hiller for work
Where Hiller’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Moving to Hiller: who provides what
Hiller is unincorporated, so Fayette County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Hiller.
A typical Hiller home is worth about $82K
Hiller’s typical rent is $1,299 a month. In the year to September 2026, typical home values slipped 6.3%. Four fifths of Hiller households are owner-occupiers.
| Hiller | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 80% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,299 a month | $1,115 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Hiller has 0.5 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Employers in Hiller added 136 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 166. In Hiller, 15% of residents live below the poverty line. Half the trips to work are shorter than 17 miles. The top destinations are Luzerne Township (7%), Pittsburgh (6%) and North Union Township (4%).
| Hiller | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Hiller has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
FEMA expects more storm and flood damage in Hiller than in 70% of U.S. communities. 90% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 17.2% of Hiller
Walkers can cover 0.3 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. For Hiller, the concentration of trails is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Patsy Hillman Park | — | 190 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
More children than Pennsylvania overall
The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 29%, against 35% across Pennsylvania. For residents in Hiller, the share who are 65 or older is 16%. The age of the median resident locally is 38.9 years.
| Hiller | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 21% | 18% |
| Median age | 38.9 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 29% and 54% women
The Census survey reached too few of Hiller’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±12.2 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Hiller | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.9% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.7% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.2% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 4.8% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 25.5% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.7% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 5.2% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.1% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 11.7% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.3% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 11.5% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 22.9% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.6% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.1% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,500, single groups can be off by several points
Hiller has four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 84° and January nights of 22°, with about 28 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with most of Pennsylvania and the rest of the country, more of Hiller’s adults smoke cigarettes
Among adults in Hiller, 16% binge drink. On the CDC’s 26 measures, Hiller is ahead of Pennsylvania on 1 and behind on 15. Two figures for adults locally: 18% report frequent physical distress, 26% say their health is fair or poor.
| Hiller | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 19% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Hiller | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.6% | 79.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 12.2% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fallingwater and 62 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hiller. Close and well known come first.
Big draw24 mi MuseumFallingwater
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
26 mi Theme parkKennywood
30 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
31 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
30 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints ArenaPhoto credits
Fallingwater: 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
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Everything we know about Hiller
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Hiller
About 8 of every 100 Hiller residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Hiller’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Hiller.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiller | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Luzerne Township | #807 | C+ | A− | A+ | D | C− |
| Brownsville · Brownsville Township | — | — | A | — | D | D |
| Redstone Township | #612 | B | A | A+ | D | C |
| Centerville | #301 | A− | A+ | A | C | B− |
Brownsville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Brownsville reports no FBI crime data of its own. Hiller isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Brownsville Township and Brownsville are one community, graded once. Compare Hiller with a neighbor →
Questions about Hiller
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Hiller, PA a good place to live?
We don’t grade Hiller yet; the figures below are still real.