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A town of 2,822, settled in 1871.
Homestead gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $69K, less than a year of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. It grades C− overall, 966th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. Its police reported 31 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a higher rate per resident than 100% of U.S. towns, and CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 95% of the country. On the plus side, few places in the country are easier to get around without a car. Homestead’s violent crime rate is 10.9 per 1,000 residents, against 0.7 in Pennsylvania’s towns and 1.6 across U.S. towns. Homestead has 3 places on the National Register. Among 529 Pennsylvania towns, just 1 have a higher property crime rate than Homestead.
Where Homestead beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Bost Building is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 592 in 1880, a peak of 20,452 in 1920, 2,884 in 2020. The archive holds 42 old photos and papers going back to 1892 and 4 maps from 1904 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Homestead is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D− for safety (better than 1%), so the C− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Homestead. Close and well known come first.
Big draw6 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
3 mi Theme parkKennywood
6 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
6 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
5 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
6 mi LandmarkFort PittAcrisure 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 · 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 Homestead, 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 Homestead.
Homestead draws workers from Pittsburgh and beyond and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it reports violent crime at 5 times the Pennsylvania rate.
At 0.9 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income, the typical home (about $69K) costs less against local pay than in 99% of Pennsylvania towns; that ratio is one input to its A for cost of living. Its typical home is the least expensive on its borders; Munhall is next at $146K.
34% of households own their home in Homestead. Typical home values fell 6.5% in the year to September 2026. The median rent in Homestead is $929 a month.
| Homestead | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 34% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $929 a month | $1,116 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Propel CS-Homestead, with 476 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrett El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 225 | C− |
| Propel CS-HomesteadLargest public high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 476 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Violent crime runs at 10.9 per 1,000 residents, 5 times the Pennsylvania rate; the Safety Grade counts each violent crime four times, so this weighs most on its D−. Each of the 3 graded towns on its borders reports less crime per resident, from Pittsburgh (D) to Munhall (B−). Reported crimes rose from 260 to 306 over the last three FBI years, a rise beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Homestead reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 100% report less.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Against the 2,129 U.S. towns with household incomes like Homestead’s, it is less healthy than 69%, so its D isn’t only a matter of income. All 3 graded neighbors score healthier than its D, from Munhall (C+) to Pittsburgh (B+).
18% of Homestead adults have diabetes. Among 1,035 Pennsylvania towns, just 1 have a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Homestead. 42% of Homestead adults have obesity.
| Homestead | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 11% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 19% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 38% | 36% |
| What stands out | Homestead | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 14% | 18.3% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.4% | 8.8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 26.3% | 14.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
4,806 jobs are based in Homestead, 4.5 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Homestead for work: only 6% work in town. Homestead’s median household income is $39,000. Jobs based in Homestead grew to 4,806 in 2023, 1,020 more than in 2013.
| Homestead | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $39,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 89% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homestead has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 25 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Homestead | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.5 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Frick Park | 0.2 mi | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
15 within 15 miles of the center of Homestead
About 7 of every 100 Homestead residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Where Homestead’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 places in Homestead on the National Register of Historic Places.
28 notable people were born in Homestead.
Borough in Pennsylvania, United States
Homestead is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Monongahela River 7 miles (11 km) southeast of downtown Pittsburgh. The borough is known for the Homestead strike of 1892, an important event in the history of labor relations in the United States. Its population was 2,884 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
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3 towns share a border with Homestead.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homestead | #966 | C− | A | D− | C | D |
| West Homestead | — | — | B+ | C− | C | B |
| Munhall | #653 | B− | A | B− | C | C+ |
| Pittsburgh | #928 | C− | B− | D | C | B+ |
West Homestead has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Compare Homestead with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
It grades D for health, D− for safety and C for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a D−.
Not for the area. That is 0.9 years of the area's median household income ($75,762 across the Pittsburgh, PA metro 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.
28 notable people were born here, including Orrin Hatch and Frank McHugh.
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