Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,338, settled in 1841.
The best of New Stanton’s subject grades is an A for schools. 41% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in New Stanton, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 29% and U.S. towns at 29%. New Stanton has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where New Stanton beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Stanwood El Sch | PK–5 | 518 |
| Central Westmoreland Career and Technology Center | 9–12 | 5 |
Where New Stanton’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 New Stanton is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,781 in 1970, 2,339 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1930 and 5 maps from 1902 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in New Stanton, 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 New Stanton.
Most working residents leave New Stanton for work: only 6% work in town. 17% of workers work from home in New Stanton, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (12%) and U.S. towns (11%). Since 2013, New Stanton has added 354 jobs, to 4,008 in 2023.
| New Stanton | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 17% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by Hempfield Area SD. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanwood El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 518 | B+ |
| Central Westmoreland Career and Technology CenterLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 5 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 96% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in New Stanton since 2005.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
New Stanton beats the Pennsylvania average on 3 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 19% of New Stanton adults binge drink.
| New Stanton | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | New Stanton | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.7% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults in fair or poor health | 16.5% | 18.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
New Stanton has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 21° and about 30 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical New Stanton home is worth about $239,000, down 1.2% in a year, 17% below the Pennsylvania typical home. 62% of households own their home in New Stanton.
| New Stanton | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 62% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,058 a month | $1,115 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Pennsylvania average. 41% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| New Stanton | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 19% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 43.2 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 21% | 18% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.9 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| New Stanton | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.7% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.5% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.7% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.6% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.5% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.7% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.6% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.1% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.4% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.2% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.7% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.4% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.5% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.7% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.4% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,300, single groups can be off by several points
0.3 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. New Stanton’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| New Stanton | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6.2% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. New Stanton Park | 0.3 mi | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around New Stanton. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi MuseumFallingwater
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
Big draw38 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
18 mi Theme parkKennywood
26 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
26 mi Stadium & arenaPNC ParkFallingwater: 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
6 within 15 miles of the center of New Stanton
About 5 of every 100 New Stanton residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
One town shares a border with New Stanton.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Stanton | — | — | B− | — | A | B+ |
| Youngwood | #1 | A+ | A+ | — | A | B+ |
New Stanton has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. New Stanton and Youngwood report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare New Stanton with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 3.2 years of the area's median household income ($75,762 across the Pittsburgh, PA metro 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−.
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