Loyalhanna TownshipPA
A town of 2,041.
Is Loyalhanna Township a good place to live?
Loyalhanna Township’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for civic life. On cost of living, just 138 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do better. Loyalhanna Township’s median age is 53.3 years, against 43.2 years in Pennsylvania’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. On civic life, just 112 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns do better. Concord School is on the National Register of Historic Places. Loyalhanna Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Loyalhanna Township stand out
Where Loyalhanna Township beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
Loyalhanna Township has shrunk 14% since 2010
2,382 counted in 2010 and 2,088 in 2020; an estimated 2,041 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Loyalhanna Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Loyalhanna Township is from typical.
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Moving to Loyalhanna Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Loyalhanna 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 Loyalhanna Township.
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Loyalhanna Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 90% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Loyalhanna Township since 1980.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Loyalhanna Township’s public schools outperform 64% of Pennsylvania districts
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Kiski School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 189 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Most of Loyalhanna Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.4 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Loyalhanna Township for work: only 8% work in town. 16% of workers work from home in Loyalhanna Township, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (12%) and U.S. towns (11%). The top destinations are Hempfield Township (5%), Pittsburgh (5%) and Murrysville (4%).
| Loyalhanna Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 16% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $76,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Loyalhanna Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Loyalhanna Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 21° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conserved land covers 4.5% of Loyalhanna Township
2.3 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. The trail density in Loyalhanna Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Loyalhanna Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.5% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
On CDC estimates, Loyalhanna Township is less healthy than 54% of U.S. towns
Loyalhanna Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 18% of adults smoke cigarettes in Loyalhanna Township.
| Loyalhanna Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 80% | 79% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | Loyalhanna Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.4% | 7.7% |
| More adults with arthritis | 35.7% | 30.4% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.6% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A home in Loyalhanna Township sells for about $168K at the median
Loyalhanna Township’s median rent is $838 a month.
| Loyalhanna Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $838 a month | $1,115 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 78% | 78% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Fallingwater and 59 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Loyalhanna Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi MuseumFallingwater
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
Big draw37 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
23 mi Theme parkKennywood
30 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
30 mi Stadium & arenaPNC ParkPhoto credits
Fallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Acrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0
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Everything we know about Loyalhanna Township
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Loyalhanna Township
About 3 of every 100 Loyalhanna Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
92% of working residents leave Loyalhanna Township for work
Where Loyalhanna Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Loyalhanna Township
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Loyalhanna is a census-designated place (CDP) in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,415 at the 2000 census, at which time it was listed as McChesneytown-Loyalhanna. The CDP name was changed to Loyalhanna for the 2010 census. As of the 2020 census the population was 3,409 residents. It is separate and apart from Loyalhanna Township, which is also in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The community described in this article has its own U.S. post office, established in 1890, and its own zip code, 15661.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 2.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 991 ft
- ZIP code
- 15661
Loyalhanna Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Loyalhanna Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loyalhanna Township | — | — | A | — | B | B− |
| Derry Township | #467 | B+ | A− | — | B+ | C+ |
| Conemaugh Township | — | — | B | — | B | B− |
| Bell Township | — | — | A+ | — | A− | B− |
| Salem Township | #166 | A | A | — | B− | B |
| Saltsburg | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Slickville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Loyalhanna Township, Conemaugh Township and Bell Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Loyalhanna Township, Derry Township, Conemaugh Township, Bell Township and Salem Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Saltsburg and Slickville aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Loyalhanna Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Loyalhanna Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Loyalhanna 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.