Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Monongahela gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $152K, 2 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. It grades B overall, 586th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 84% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. On the plus side, it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 75% of U.S. towns. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 99% of U.S. towns, with 4 places on the National Register. Only 49 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score higher on history. 16% of residents are under 18 in Monongahela, against 20% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 22% across U.S. towns.
Where Monongahela beats most towns.
Edward G. Acheson House
Edward G. Acheson House is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 752 in 1840, a peak of 8,922 in 1950, 4,159 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1815 and 7 maps from 1902 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Monongahela is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for cost of living (better than 96% of comparable towns) to D for hazard risk (better than 10%), so the B overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Monongahela. Close and well known come first.
Big draw31 mi MuseumFallingwater
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
14 mi Theme parkKennywood
18 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
18 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
18 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints ArenaFallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Acrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · 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
Who provides power, water and the rest in Monongahela, 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 Monongahela.
Monongahela is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has homes that are cheap against local pay, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding).
At 2 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income, the typical home (about $152K) costs less against local pay than in 90% of Pennsylvania towns; that ratio is one input to its A+ for cost of living.
Monongahela’s median rent is $818 a month. The typical Monongahela home is worth about $152,000, about the same as a year ago, 47% below the Pennsylvania typical home. 69% of Monongahela households own their home.
| Monongahela | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $818 a month | $1,116 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 69% | 78% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Srces-Madonna Catholic Regional School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 114 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 98% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $550 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1978, 74 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Monongahela.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jobs based here fell from 1,269 in 2013 to 868.
Most working residents leave Monongahela for work: only 6% work in town. Since 2013, Monongahela has lost 401 jobs, to 868 in 2023. The average trip to work in Monongahela is 29 minutes.
| Monongahela | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $60,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 8.9% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Pennsylvania has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Monongahela sits closer to the middle.
| Monongahela | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.4 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Monongahela has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 22° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 8,876 U.S. towns with household incomes like Monongahela’s, it is healthier than 69%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
Monongahela beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 40% of adults have obesity in Monongahela.
| Monongahela | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 35% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Monongahela | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7.3% | 5.8% |
| More adults with arthritis | 35.4% | 30.4% |
| More adults with high blood pressure | 37.1% | 32.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Monongahela | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mounds Park | — | 6 |
| 2. Chess Park | 0.1 mi | 1 |
| 3. Monongahela Aquatorium | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
3 within 15 miles of the center of Monongahela
About 4 of every 100 Monongahela residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Where Monongahela’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
4 places in Monongahela on the National Register of Historic Places.
18 notable people were born in Monongahela.
City in Pennsylvania, US
Monongahela, referred to locally as Mon City, is a third-class city in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,149 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, about 17 miles (27 km) south of Pittsburgh proper. The city of Monongahela sits at a location where several locally important Pennsylvania state routes meet: a concurrency between Pennsylvania routes 88, 136, and 837 makes up most of the length of the city's Main Street, and the city's Park Avenue carries Pennsylvania route 481 to its northern terminus at Main Street. Monongahela is one of just two cities in Washington County, and is the second smallest city in Pennsylvania (after P…
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5 towns share a border with Monongahela.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monongahela | #586 | B | A+ | B+ | C | C+ |
| Carroll Township | #367 | A− | A | A+ | C | B− |
| Forward Township | #433 | B+ | B+ | — | A | B− |
| New Eagle | — | — | A+ | — | C | C |
| Wickerham Manor-Fisher | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Baidland | — | — | — | — | — | — |
New Eagle has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Forward Township and New Eagle report no FBI crime data of their own. Wickerham Manor-Fisher and Baidland aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Monongahela with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Monongahela grades B overall, better than 60% of U.S. towns and #586 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C+ for health, B+ for safety and C 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 Monongahela 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 A+.
18 notable people were born here, including Mitch Daniels and Jim Renacci.
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