Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Few places in the country grade higher. Ingram earns an A, ranked 151st of 1032 in Pennsylvania. Its schools outperform 93% of the state's and it is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. Its lowest mark, a B−, is in health. Among 1,035 Pennsylvania towns, just 1 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Ingram. Ingram’s average trip to work is 20 minutes, below both Pennsylvania’s towns (26 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes).
Where Ingram beats most towns.
Where Ingram’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 Ingram is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,037 in 1910, a peak of 4,902 in 1970, 3,391 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 6 maps from 1904 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ingram. Close and well known come first.
Big draw3 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
3 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
3 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
4 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
12 mi Theme parkKennywood
3 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 Ingram, 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 Ingram.
Ingram pairs an A overall with homes cheaper than the Pennsylvania norm and sends most of its workers to Pittsburgh and beyond, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding).
Ingram grades A overall with a typical home of about $181K, below the Pennsylvania typical value; only 34 of the 112 Pennsylvania towns graded A− or better can say that. At 2.4 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income, the typical home (about $181K) costs less against local pay than in 83% of Pennsylvania towns; that ratio is one input to its B+ for cost of living.
The typical Ingram home is worth about $181,000, about the same as a year ago, 37% below the Pennsylvania typical home. 60% of Ingram households own their home.
| Ingram | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 60% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $909 a month | $1,116 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Ingram has 252 jobs for its 1,691 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 395 in 2013 to 252.
Most working residents leave Ingram for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2013, Ingram has lost 143 jobs, to 252 in 2023. 13% of residents live below the poverty line in Ingram.
| Ingram | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 15% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Ingram has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 22° and about 44 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Pennsylvania has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Ingram sits closer to the middle.
| Ingram | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 9.3 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.9 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Pennsylvania average. Ingram has lost 5% of its people since 2020, down to 3,222 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 26% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Ingram | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 21% | 18% |
| Median age | 40.2 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 26% | 29% | 29% |
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.3 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Ingram | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.6% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.5% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.2% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.9% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.3% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.4% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.5% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.5% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.2% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.3% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 25% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.5% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.5% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.3% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,200, single groups can be off by several points
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 85% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $251 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
Ingram’s FEMA risk score is 60 of 100. Since 1981, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Ingram.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Ingram beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| Ingram | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 77% | 79% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Ingram | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 19% | 15.8% |
| Fewer adults seeing a dentist | 60.8% | 64.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0.1 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Ingram | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.6% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Foster Avenue Park | 0.1 mi | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
16 within 15 miles of the center of Ingram
About 4 of every 100 Ingram residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Ingram is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,391 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
2 towns share a border with Ingram.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingram | #151 | A | B+ | B+ | A | B− |
| Pittsburgh | #928 | C− | B− | D | C | B+ |
| Crafton | #652 | B− | C+ | C+ | C+ | A− |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Ingram grades A overall, better than 93% of U.S. towns and #151 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health, B+ for safety and A for schools.
Yes, by national standards. Pennsylvania has less crime than most states, so among its own towns Ingram 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 B+.
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