Kiskiminetas TownshipPA
A town of 4,522.
Is Kiskiminetas Township a good place to live?
Kiskiminetas Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $179K for a typical one, or 2.4 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. It grades B+ overall, 399th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania. On the plus side, it reports less crime per resident than 87% of U.S. towns. Kiskiminetas Township’s median age is 52.1 years, against 43.2 years in Pennsylvania’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 78% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Griftlo Park, at 23 acres.
What makes Kiskiminetas Township stand out
Where Kiskiminetas Township beats most towns.
92% of working residents leave Kiskiminetas Township for work
Where Kiskiminetas Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Kiskiminetas Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Kiskiminetas Township is from typical.
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Moving to Kiskiminetas Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Kiskiminetas 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Kiskiminetas Township.
Kiskiminetas Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes, has added a third more jobs in ten years and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s.
Kiskiminetas Township earns an A for safety
At 6.3 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 72% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 3 reported in 2025, 0.5 per 1,000 residents.
The property crime rate in Kiskiminetas Township is 3 per 1,000 residents.
| Kiskiminetas Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.5 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Public schools in Kiskiminetas Township fall behind 51% of Pennsylvania districts
Its public schools are run by Apollo-Ridge SD. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Apollo-Ridge HS, with 327 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo-Ridge El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 545 | C+ |
| Apollo-Ridge HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 327 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Kiskiminetas Township’s workers commute out
Jobs based here grew from 535 in 2013 to 739.
Most working residents leave Kiskiminetas Township for work: only 8% work in town. Since 2013, Kiskiminetas Township has added 204 jobs, to 739 in 2023. Kiskiminetas Township’s average trip to work is 28 minutes.
| Kiskiminetas Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $65,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Low risk in Kiskiminetas Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 76% of U.S. communities. Since 1996, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Kiskiminetas Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Kiskiminetas Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Kiskiminetas Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 20° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Kiskiminetas Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Griftlo Park | — | 23 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Health in Kiskiminetas Township trails 54% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,917 U.S. towns with household incomes like Kiskiminetas Township’s, it is healthier than 65%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income.
Kiskiminetas Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 18% of Kiskiminetas Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Kiskiminetas Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 80% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Kiskiminetas Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.5% | 79.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.6% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Kiskiminetas Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Kiskiminetas Township
About 2 of every 100 Kiskiminetas Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Kiskiminetas Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Kiskiminetas Township is a township in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,604 at the 2020 census, a decrease from the figure of 4,800 tabulated in 2010, making it the most populous township or borough in the county. Kiskiminetas is derived from a Native American language meaning "make daylight".
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- Area
- 41 sq mi
Kiskiminetas Township’s neighbors
10 towns share a border with Kiskiminetas Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiskiminetas Township | #399 | B+ | A− | A | B− | B− |
| Bell Township | — | — | A+ | — | A− | B− |
| Orchard Hills | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Avonmore | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Parks Township | — | — | A+ | A+ | A− | C |
| Apollo | — | — | A | — | B− | C |
| North Apollo | — | — | A+ | — | B− | C− |
| South Bend Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Bell Township, Parks Township, Apollo and North Apollo have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Bell Township, Apollo and North Apollo report no FBI crime data of their own. Orchard Hills, Avonmore and South Bend Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Kiskiminetas Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Kiskiminetas Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Kiskiminetas Township, PA a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Kiskiminetas Township grades B+ overall, better than 75% of U.S. towns and #399 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health, A for safety and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Kiskiminetas Township, PA expensive?
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−.