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A town of 8,909, settled in 1875. Public schools that outperform most of Pennsylvania.
Yes, by almost any measure. O'Hara Township earns an A+, 60th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania. Its public schools are among the best in Pennsylvania, it reports less crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns, and it is healthier than 92% of U.S. towns. The exception is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $401K, 5.3 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. 72% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in O'Hara Township, against 29% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. On civic life, just 117 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns do better. O'Hara Township is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 79% of U.S. towns.
Where O'Hara Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| OHara El Sch | K–5 | 726 |
| Kerr El Sch | K–5 | 426 |
| Fox Chapel Area HS | 9–12 | 1,360 |
Where O'Hara 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 O'Hara Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,498 in 1880, 9,288 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and a map from 1904 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around O'Hara Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw8 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
8 mi Theme parkKennywood
8 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
8 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
7 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
8 mi LandmarkFort PittAcrisure 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 · Fort Pitt: Downtown_Pittsburgh_May_2008.jpg: Allie Caufield derivative work: GrapedApe (tal, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in O'Hara 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 O'Hara Township.
O'Hara Township has schools in the top 5% of Pennsylvania and draws workers from Pittsburgh and beyond, but it has seen reported crime rise by about half.
Its A+ ranks #1 of the 1,037 Pennsylvania towns we grade for schools. Its A+ for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $401K.
The largest public high school is Fox Chapel Area HS, with 1,360 students. Its three schools are below. 3 public schools serve O'Hara Township, with 2,512 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| OHara El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 726 | A+ |
| Fox Chapel Area HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,360 | A+ |
| Kerr El SchTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 426 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Reported crimes rose from 20 to 38 over the last three FBI years, a rise beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 8 reported in 2025, 0.8 per 1,000 residents.
For O'Hara Township, the rate of thefts and burglaries is 2.9 per 1,000 residents. Its rate of reported violence is 0.8 per 1,000 residents.
| O'Hara Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.9 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.8 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
13,136 jobs are based in O'Hara Township, 3.2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Half the trips to work are shorter than 7 miles. The typical household income for O'Hara Township comes to $117,000. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (44%), Ross Township (2%) and Fox Chapel (2%). Just over a fifth of workers do their job from home here.
| O'Hara Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 22% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $117,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.4% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its widest gap with Pennsylvania is tooth loss: 9.1% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 14.5% statewide.
In O'Hara Township, 18% of adults get no exercise outside work. The town beats the Pennsylvania average on 14 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| O'Hara Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 38% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | O'Hara Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.1% | 14.5% |
| Fewer smokers | 11.1% | 15.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.5% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The biggest park or preserve is Camp Guyasuta, at 121 acres. 2.6 miles of trail wind through 12 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in O'Hara Township: 12, covering 235 acres.
| O'Hara Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 8% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Camp Guyasuta | 0.3 mi | 121 |
| 2. O'Hara Township Community Park | 0.3 mi | 22 |
| 3. Meadow Park | — | 24 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A winter brings about 25 inches of snow, with January nights at 21° and July afternoons at 84°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Since 1978, 30 flood insurance claims have been paid out in O'Hara Township. Compared with 52% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage locally is lower. 90% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
15 within 15 miles of the center of O'Hara Township
About 3 of every 100 O'Hara Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
8,407 counted in 2010 and 9,284 in 2020; an estimated 8,909 in 2025.
Since 2020 the trend has turned: down 4%, after 10.4% growth in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Township in Pennsylvania, US
O'Hara Township is a township with home rule status in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, six miles northeast of Downtown Pittsburgh. The community was long organized as a township, and retains "Township" in its official name, but adopted a home rule charter in 1973 (taking effect on January 5, 1976) and is no longer subject to the Pennsylvania Township Code. The population was 9,288 at the 2020 census. It is named for James O'Hara, an early American industrialist in western Pennsylvania, and a Revolutionary War general.
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10 towns share a border with O'Hara Township.
Pittsburgh next door grades lower for schools (C to O'Hara Township’s A+) and higher for cost of living (B− to D).
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'Hara Township | #60 | A+ | D | A+ | A+ | A |
| Fox Chapel | #7 | A+ | C− | A+ | A+ | A+ |
| Sharpsburg | #355 | A− | B | B | A+ | C+ |
| Blawnox | — | — | B+ | — | A+ | C+ |
| Aspinwall | #135 | A | D | — | A+ | A+ |
| Pittsburgh | #928 | C− | B− | D | C | B+ |
| Oakmont | #174 | A | C− | B+ | A | A |
| Penn Hills | — | — | — | — | C− | — |
Blawnox has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Blawnox, Aspinwall and Penn Hills report no FBI crime data of their own. Penn Hills isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare O'Hara Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. O'Hara Township grades A+ overall, better than 98% of U.S. towns and #60 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades A for health, A+ for safety and A+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes, by national standards. O'Hara Township reports less crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns, an A+ Safety Grade: 8 violent and 30 property crimes in 2025.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
2 notable people were born here, including David Newell and Mandy Steele.
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