Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Public schools that outperform most of Pennsylvania. With 31,697 residents, it is a town in Pennsylvania.
North Huntingdon Township does well on nearly every count. Where it does best is schools (A+): its public schools beat 96% of Pennsylvania towns on state tests and graduation. This Pennsylvania town grades A+ overall, better than almost every U.S. town. The ranking puts it 13th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. A typical home there costs about $232K, 3.1 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. Health is a strength too: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 79% of the country. The town’s density of trails is 1.3 miles per square mile, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 0.4 and U.S. towns at 0.4. North Huntingdon Township has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Fullerton Inn and Andrew and Jennie McFarlane House.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · OpenStreetMap · National Register of Historic Places.
Where North Huntingdon Township beats most towns.
Where North Huntingdon Township’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 North Huntingdon Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 29,443 in 1970, 31,847 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 1798 and 4 maps from 1904 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around North Huntingdon Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw32 mi MuseumFallingwater
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
8 mi Theme parkKennywood
17 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
17 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
16 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 North Huntingdon 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 North Huntingdon Township.
North Huntingdon Township pairs an A+ for schools with modest home prices and has less tooth loss than most of Pennsylvania, but it has seen reported crime rise by about half.
The biggest place to walk is Braddock's Trail Park, 166 acres with 5.4 miles of trail. 35 miles of trail in 11 parks and preserves.
| North Huntingdon Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.1% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Oak Hollow Park | 6.4 mi | 158 |
| 2. Braddock's Trail Park | 5.4 mi | 166 |
| 3. Otto and Magdalene Ackermann Nature Preserve | 2.5 mi | 80 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
That grade comes with a B+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $232K. It ranks #42 of the 1,037 Pennsylvania towns we grade for schools.
Of its 10 schools, three are listed below, each with the reason. Public schools: Norwin SD.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwin MSLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 819 | A− |
| Norwin HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,671 | B |
| Sunset Valley El SchTop results in townGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 448 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Federal disaster aid has reached households in North Huntingdon Township once, in 2004. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage locally than in 91% of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims in the town since 1978: 52. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 82% come from inland flooding.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its widest gap with Pennsylvania is tooth loss: 9.3% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 14.5% statewide.
Among adults in North Huntingdon Township, 22% get no exercise outside work. On the CDC’s 26 measures, North Huntingdon Township is ahead of Pennsylvania on 5 and behind on 1. Just over one in ten adults in North Huntingdon Township report frequent physical distress; 31% have obesity.
| North Huntingdon Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 35% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | North Huntingdon Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.3% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults in fair or poor health | 15.6% | 18.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Reported crimes rose from 205 to 305 over the last three FBI years, a rise beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 7 reported in 2025, 0.2 per 1,000 residents.
Pennsylvania has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns North Huntingdon Township sits closer to the middle. The town’s level of violent crime stands at 0.2 per 1,000 residents.
| North Huntingdon Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.2 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 9.4 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
18% of North Huntingdon Township workers work from home. Commuting out is the norm in the town: just over a tenth of working residents work locally. In North Huntingdon Township, the middle household income is $101,000. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (19%), Hempfield Township (5%) and Monroeville (5%).
| North Huntingdon Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 18% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $101,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.1% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect July afternoons of 83° and January nights of 21°, with about 25 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
42% of adults 25 and older hold at least a bachelor’s degree, against 35% across Pennsylvania. Adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 43% of residents (38% statewide). The share of residents in North Huntingdon Township who are 65 or older: 21%.
| North Huntingdon Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 42% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 44.9 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 21% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 20% | 22% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.8 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women. Median age: women 47.8, men 42.8.
| North Huntingdon Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.3% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.4% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.8% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.3% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.3% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.7% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.9% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.4% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.9% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.6% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.2% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.7% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.6% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.2% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.6% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
11 within 15 miles of the center of North Huntingdon Township
About 4 of every 100 North Huntingdon Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
2 places in North Huntingdon Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
North Huntingdon Township is a township in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 31,847 at the 2020 census.
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10 towns share a border with North Huntingdon Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Huntingdon Township | #13 | A+ | B+ | A− | A+ | A− |
| Penn Township | #44 | A+ | C | A+ | A+ | B+ |
| Manor | #9 | A+ | B | A+ | A+ | A |
| Sewickley Township | #436 | B+ | B+ | — | B | B |
| Trafford | #68 | A+ | B | B+ | A+ | B |
| Hempfield Township | #104 | A+ | B+ | — | A | B+ |
| Elizabeth Township | #186 | A | B | A− | A | B |
| Level Green | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Sewickley Township and Hempfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Level Green isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare North Huntingdon Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. North Huntingdon Township grades A+ overall, among the top 2% of U.S. towns and #13 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades A− for health, A− for safety and A+ for schools.
Yes, by national standards. Pennsylvania has less crime than most states, so among its own towns North Huntingdon Township 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+.
North Huntingdon Township has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places. 2 notable people were born here, including Paul Doucette and Mike Shanahan.
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