Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Because it does well by almost any measure. Millvale earns an A, 132nd among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. Its schools outperform 81% of the state's, few places in the country are easier to get around without a car, and 8% of its land is conserved. The exception is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 82% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 92% of U.S. towns, with 2 places on the National Register. 10% of residents are under 18 in Millvale, below both the Pennsylvania town median (20%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%).
Where Millvale beats most towns.
Where Millvale’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 Millvale is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for hazard risk (better than 12%), so the A overall blends very different results.
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Census counts: 668 in 1870, a peak of 8,166 in 1930, 3,376 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1923 and 4 maps from 1904 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Millvale. Close and well known come first.
Big draw3 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
3 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
3 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
3 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
9 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 Millvale, 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 Millvale.
Millvale pairs an A overall with homes cheaper than the Pennsylvania norm and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding).
Millvale grades A overall with a typical home of about $128K, below the Pennsylvania typical value; only 34 of the 112 Pennsylvania towns graded A− or better can say that. At 1.7 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income, the typical home (about $128K) costs less against local pay than in 94% of Pennsylvania towns; that ratio is one input to its B+ for cost of living.
42% of Millvale households own their home. Typical home values fell 5.9% in the year to September 2026.
| Millvale | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 42% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,029 a month | $1,116 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 98% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $700 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on. 252 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 47 properties have flooded more than once.
Since 1979, 252 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Millvale.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The average commute for its 1,582 working residents takes 18.9 minutes, against 26.3 across Pennsylvania.
Most working residents leave Millvale for work: only 5% work in town. 17% of residents live below the poverty line in Millvale. Since 2013, Millvale has lost 190 jobs, to 856 in 2023.
| Millvale | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $73,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.5% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025, 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
Millvale’s violent crime rate is 0.3 per 1,000 residents. Pennsylvania has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Millvale sits closer to the middle.
| Millvale | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.3 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 5.3 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Against the 10,710 U.S. towns with household incomes like Millvale’s, it is healthier than 87%, so its B+ isn’t only a matter of income.
Millvale beats the Pennsylvania average on 6 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 4.
| Millvale | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 34% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 79% | 79% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.7% | 11% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Millvale | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.8% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 9.7% | 11.6% |
| More binge drinkers | 22.1% | 18.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Only 41.8% of households own their home, against 69.3% across Pennsylvania.
Children under 18 are 10% of residents (21% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 46% of residents (38% statewide). Millvale has lost 4.7% of its people since 2020, down to 3,211 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 27% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Millvale | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 21% | 18% |
| Median age | 40.5 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
54% women, 46% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.2 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Millvale | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 3.1% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.2% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11.1% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 18.4% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.9% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.3% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.5% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.3% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.2% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.6% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.5% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.1% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 16.3% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.6% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.8% | 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
Millvale 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
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Millvale Riverfront Park | — | 3 |
| 2. Girty's Woods | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
15 within 15 miles of the center of Millvale
About 6 of every 100 Millvale residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
2 places in Millvale on the National Register of Historic Places.
Borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, US
Millvale is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Allegheny River, opposite Pittsburgh. The borough is located off Pennsylvania Route 28. The population was 3,376 at the 2020 census. Current estimates place the 2024 population at around 3,247 residents.
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3 towns share a border with Millvale.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millvale | #132 | A | B+ | B+ | A− | B+ |
| Shaler Township | #55 | A+ | C+ | A | A− | A− |
| Reserve Township | #109 | A+ | B | A | A− | B− |
| Pittsburgh | #928 | C− | B− | D | C | B+ |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Millvale grades A overall, better than 94% of U.S. towns and #132 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B+ for health, B+ for safety and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes, by national standards. Pennsylvania has less crime than most states, so among its own towns Millvale 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+.
2 notable people were born here, including Anne Jackson and Bill Ballantine.
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