Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town in Pennsylvania has a population of 3,980.
Trash & recyclingWhat it saves you on housing, it gives back elsewhere. Where it falls short is incomes — the median household income is $64K, and 17% of residents live below the poverty line. Cost of living is its strong suit: a typical home costs about $161K, 2.1 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. Put together, the subjects come to a C+ overall, better than 37% of U.S. towns. That places it 824th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. The biggest park or preserve is Dunlap Creek Park, at 170 acres. Menallen Township’s age of the median resident is 54.8 years, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 43.2 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 96% of U.S. towns, with 3 places on the National Register.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · OpenStreetMap.
Where Menallen Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Menallen Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Searights Tollhouse, National Road is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1835 and 4 maps from 1900 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Menallen 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Menallen Township.
Its public schools are run by Uniontown Area SD. Menallen Township’s only public school teaches 318 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menallen SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 318 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Among adults in Menallen Township, 14% have diabetes. CDC measures, 26 in all: Menallen Township beats Pennsylvania on 1 and trails on 12. In Menallen Township, 16% of adults report frequent physical distress, and 39% have high blood pressure.
| Menallen Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 34% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Menallen Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.3% | 79.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.6% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In July, afternoons reach 84°; in January, nights fall to 22°, and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Half the trips to work are shorter than 14 miles. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Menallen Township dropped by 210, to 1,253. For most workers, Menallen Township is a place to come home to: only 5% work in town. Its typical journey to work comes in at 21 minutes.
| Menallen Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.1% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Menallen Township’s concentration of trails stands at 0.2 miles per square mile. Trails run 3.6 miles in 1 park or preserve.
| Menallen Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.8% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dunlap Creek Park | 0.1 mi | 170 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
8 flood insurance claims have been paid in Menallen Township since 1985. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 57% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Menallen Township break down as 86% from inland flooding and 6% from tornadoes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Menallen Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi MuseumFallingwater
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
31 mi Theme parkKennywood
8 mi National BattlefieldFort Necessity National Battlefield226K visitors a year
37 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
37 mi Stadium & arenaPNC ParkFallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Acrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · Fort Necessity National Battlefield: Wilson44691, CC0 · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Menallen Township
About 1 of every 100 Menallen Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
3 places in Menallen Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Menallen Township is a township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 4,095 at the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 4,205 tabulated in 2010. The Uniontown Area School District serves the region. The township is named after an older variant spelling of Moyallen, County Down, now in Northern Ireland. Waltersburg, Keisterville, Upper Middletown, Searights, Buffington, New Salem, Haddenville, Shamrock, Upper Peanut, Lower Peanut, Dearth, Rocks Works, Newboro, and portions of Smock and Balsinger are located in this township.
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8 towns share a border with Menallen Township.
All 4 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C+; German Township (B−) is closest.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menallen Township | #824 | C+ | A+ | — | C | C |
| German Township | #657 | B− | A− | A | C+ | C+ |
| Franklin Township | — | — | A+ | — | C | C |
| Redstone Township | #612 | B | A | A+ | D | C |
| South Union Township | #547 | B | A− | — | C+ | C+ |
| North Union Township | #350 | A− | A | A+ | C+ | C |
| New Salem | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Smock | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Franklin Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Menallen Township, Franklin Township and South Union Township report no FBI crime data of their own. New Salem and Smock aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Menallen Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Menallen Township grades C+ overall, better than 37% of U.S. towns and #824 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C for health and C for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a C−.
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+.
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