Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 9,587, settled in 1869.
North Versailles Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $111K, 1.5 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 791st among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 79% of the country and its schools rank behind 77% of the state's. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. North Versailles Township’s trail density is 1.3 miles per square mile, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (0.4) and U.S. towns (0.4). Only 93 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns score lower on civic life. North Versailles Township is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns.
Where North Versailles Township beats most towns.
Where North Versailles 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 Versailles Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 5,668 in 1930, a peak of 13,583 in 1960, 10,079 in 2020. The archive holds a map from 1904 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around North Versailles Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
Big draw37 mi MuseumFallingwater
3 mi Theme parkKennywood
12 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
12 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
11 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints ArenaAcrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · 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 Versailles 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 Versailles Township.
North Versailles Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s.
0.4% of the land in North Versailles Township is conserved, below both the Pennsylvania town median (8.2%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). 10 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Crestas Park & Ballfield | — | 4 |
| 2. Memorial Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by East Allegheny SD. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is East Allegheny JSHS, with 672 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logan El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 727 | C− |
| East Allegheny JSHSLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 672 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 90% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 22 flood insurance claims have been paid out in North Versailles Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Against the 6,895 U.S. towns with household incomes like North Versailles Township’s, it is less healthy than 57%, so its C− isn’t only a matter of income.
21% of adults smoke cigarettes in North Versailles Township. North Versailles Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 12. 17% of adults report frequent physical distress in North Versailles Township.
| North Versailles Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | North Versailles Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.6% | 79.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.8% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave North Versailles Township for work: only 4% work in town. 18% of North Versailles Township residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, North Versailles Township has lost 470 jobs, to 2,923 in 2023.
| North Versailles Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $53,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.3% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
North Versailles Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 22° and about 25 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 19.9 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 76% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns.
North Versailles Township’s property crime rate is 15.3 per 1,000 residents.
| North Versailles Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 15.3 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.7 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
14 within 15 miles of the center of North Versailles Township
About 2 of every 100 North Versailles Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
North Versailles ( vur-SAYLZ) is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 10,079 at the 2020 census. The township derives its name from the Palace of Versailles.
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10 towns share a border with North Versailles Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Versailles Township | #791 | C+ | B+ | B− | C− | C− |
| East McKeesport | — | — | A | — | C− | B |
| Wall | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Monroeville | #636 | B | C+ | C | B− | A− |
| West Wilmerding | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| North Braddock | #883 | C | A | — | D | C− |
| Wilmerding | — | — | A | — | C− | D |
| East Pittsburgh | — | — | B+ | — | D | D |
East McKeesport, Wilmerding and East Pittsburgh have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. East McKeesport, North Braddock, Wilmerding and East Pittsburgh report no FBI crime data of their own. Wall and West Wilmerding aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare North Versailles Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
North Versailles Township grades C+ overall, better than 40% of U.S. towns and #791 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C− for health, B− for safety and C− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Pennsylvania has less crime than most states, so among its own towns North Versailles 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+.
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