Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A strong record with one exception. Cost of living is where it shines: a typical home costs about $191K, 2.5 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. The trade-off is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 66% of U.S. towns. Put together, the subjects come to a B overall, ranking 573rd of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It comes out better than just over three fifths of U.S. towns. Adam Fisher Homestead is on the National Register of Historic Places. Mount Pleasant Township’s midpoint age is 51.1 years, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (43.2 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years).
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Mount Pleasant Township beats most towns.
Adam Fisher HomesteadCensus counts: 554 in 1840, a peak of 6,107 in 1960, 4,245 in 2020. The archive holds 24 old photos and papers going back to 1900 and 7 maps from 1922 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Mount Pleasant Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mount Pleasant 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 Mount Pleasant Township.
Mount Pleasant Township’s FEMA hazard score comes in at 14 of 100. Since 1983, Mount Pleasant Township has seen 46 flood insurance claims paid out. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 86% come from inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The largest public high school is Mount Pleasant Area HS, with 597 students. Public schools: Mount Pleasant Area SD. Below: Two of its 4 schools, each with why it was picked.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norvelt El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–3 | Grades K–3 | 457 | B+ |
| Mount Pleasant Area HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 597 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Commuting out is the norm in Mount Pleasant Township: 9% of working residents work locally. For workers here, the share who work remotely from home is 7%. The top destinations are Hempfield Township (9%), Greensburg (6%) and Unity Township (5%). Its median household income stands at $68,000.
| Mount Pleasant Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 7% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.9% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Mount Pleasant Township, the midsummer high is 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Trails total 8.7 miles in 3 parks and preserves. Mammoth Park, at 266 acres with 1.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. The trail network density for Mount Pleasant Township comes to 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Mount Pleasant Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.2% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mammoth Park | 1.1 mi | 266 |
| 2. Westmoreland Fairgrounds Park | — | 86 |
| 3. Willow Park | 0.1 mi | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Against the 10,339 U.S. towns with household incomes like Mount Pleasant Township’s, it is healthier than 66%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income.
Among adults in Mount Pleasant Township, 17% binge drink. The town does better than the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and worse on 6. Two figures for adults here: 81% had a checkup this year, 39% sleep under 7 hours.
| Mount Pleasant Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 79% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Mount Pleasant Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.7% | 79.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.4% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mount Pleasant Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi MuseumFallingwater
Big draw30 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
25 mi Theme parkKennywood
34 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
34 mi Stadium & arenaPNC ParkFallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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
5 within 15 miles of the center of Mount Pleasant Township
About 4 of every 100 Mount Pleasant Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Where Mount Pleasant Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Mount Pleasant is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It stands 45 miles (72 km) southeast of Pittsburgh. As of the 2020 census, the borough's population was 4,245. The Borough of Mount Pleasant, consisting of the town area, should not be confused with Mount Pleasant Township, which is an entirely separate municipality. Mount Pleasant Township is predominantly rural and adjoins the borough to the north. In the past, Mount Pleasant was a center of an extensive coke-making industry. Other products included flour, lumber, iron, glass, foundry products, etc.
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7 towns share a border with Mount Pleasant Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant Township | #573 | B | A− | — | B− | B− |
| Bullskin Township | #837 | C | A | — | C− | C+ |
| Unity Township | #253 | A | B | — | A | B |
| Hempfield Township | #104 | A+ | B+ | — | A | B+ |
| Mount Pleasant | #89 | A+ | A+ | A+ | B− | C+ |
| Donegal Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Bear Rocks | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| East Huntingdon Township | #404 | B+ | A | — | B | B− |
Donegal Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Mount Pleasant Township, Bullskin Township, Unity Township, Hempfield Township, Donegal Township and East Huntingdon Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Bear Rocks isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Mount Pleasant Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Mount Pleasant Township grades B overall, better than 61% of U.S. towns and #573 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health and B− for schools.
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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