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A town of 3,317, settled in 1790.
Ohioville is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades A overall, ranked 240th of 1032 in Pennsylvania, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is safety: it reports less crime per resident than 87% of U.S. towns. It also does better than most on schools: its schools outperform 80% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $202K, 2.7 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. Only 53 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score lower on walkability. Ohioville's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 89% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is State Game Lands Number 173, at 1,049 acres.
Where Ohioville beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Fairview El Sch | PK–5 | 303 |
Where Ohioville’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 Ohioville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,918 in 1970, 3,349 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 2 maps from 1969 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Ohioville, 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 Ohioville.
Ohioville has homes that are cheap against local pay, is healthier than Industry and its other neighbors and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s.
At 6.4 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 72% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns.
Ohioville’s property crime rate is 2.1 per 1,000 residents, below both the Pennsylvania town median (5.7) and the median of U.S. towns (9.9).
| Ohioville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.1 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.2 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by Western Beaver County SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 303 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 79% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Ohioville since 2023.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Ohioville has 427 jobs for its 1,533 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Ohioville for work: only 6% work in town. Jobs based in Ohioville grew to 427 in 2023, 34 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (9%), Brighton Township (5%) and Moon Township (5%).
| Ohioville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 6.5% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its B+ for health tops all 4 graded neighbors; Industry (B) comes closest.
Ohioville beats the Pennsylvania average on 2 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 20% of adults binge drink in Ohioville, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 18% and U.S. towns at 16%. 15% of adults report frequent mental distress in Ohioville.
| Ohioville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 24% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 38% | 36% |
| What stands out | Ohioville | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults in fair or poor health | 16.5% | 18.7% |
| More adults seeing a dentist | 68.8% | 64.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Ohioville has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Ohioville’s July high is 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
3.8 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The trail density in Ohioville is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Ohioville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 7.4% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 173 | — | 1,049 |
| 2. Lock 57 Community Park | 0.2 mi | 11 |
| 3. Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 2.7 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 76% of Pennsylvania towns; that ratio is one input to its B− for cost of living.
84% of Ohioville households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ohioville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw30 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
30 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
30 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
39 mi Theme parkKennywood
31 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
28 mi MuseumMeadowcroft RockshelterAcrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · PPG Paints Arena: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Meadowcroft Rockshelter: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0
5 within 15 miles of the center of Ohioville
About 4 of every 100 Ohioville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Ohioville is a borough in western Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,349 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
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6 towns share a border with Ohioville.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohioville | #240 | A | B− | A | A− | B+ |
| Industry | — | — | B | — | A− | B |
| South Beaver Township | #362 | A− | B− | A+ | B+ | B− |
| Greene Township | — | — | C+ | — | A− | B− |
| Midland | — | — | A+ | — | C+ | D |
| Glasgow | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Georgetown | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Industry, Greene Township and Midland have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Industry, Greene Township and Midland report no FBI crime data of their own. Glasgow and Georgetown aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Ohioville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Ohioville grades A overall, better than 87% of U.S. towns and #240 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B+ for health, A for safety and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
The typical home is worth about $202,000, 30% below the Pennsylvania typical home. 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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