Paint TownshipPA
A town of 2,999, settled in 1900.
Is Paint Township a good place to live?
Paint Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $158K, 2.6 years of the Somerset area’s $61K median household income. It grades A− overall, 393rd among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. On the plus side, its schools rank ahead of 85% of Pennsylvania towns. Paint Township’s median age is 57.8 years, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 43.2 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. On hazard risk, just 36 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do better. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 87% of U.S. towns.
What makes Paint Township stand out
Where Paint Township beats most towns.
94% of working residents leave Paint Township for work
Where Paint Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Paint Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Paint Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for hazard risk (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for walkability (better than 13%), so the A− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Paint Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Paint 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Paint Township.
Paint Township pairs an A for schools with modest home prices, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has homes that are cheap against local pay.
The FEMA risk score in Paint Township is lower than in the typical Pennsylvania or U.S. town
The FEMA risk score in Paint Township is 2 of 100. Since 1979, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Paint Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Paint Township’s grade for schools is an A
Its A for schools comes with an A− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $158K.
Its public schools are run by Windber Area SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windber El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 617 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Most of Paint Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
Jobs based here grew from 367 in 2013 to 669.
Most working residents leave Paint Township for work: only 6% work in town. Since 2013, Paint Township has added 302 jobs, to 669 in 2023. The top destinations are Richland Township (16%), Windber (10%) and Johnstown (9%).
| Paint Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $61,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.4% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Paint Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Paint Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Paint Township’s July high is 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conserved land covers 1.8% of Paint Township
5.2 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Gallitzin State Forest, at 256 acres.
| Paint Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.8% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Gallitzin State Forest | — | 256 |
| 2. Babcock Division | — | 256 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Health in Paint Township trails 53% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,278 U.S. towns with household incomes like Paint Township’s, it is healthier than 71%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income.
Paint Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 37% of adults have high blood pressure in Paint Township.
| Paint Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 80% | 79% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | Paint Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.1% | 79.2% |
| More adults with arthritis | 37.4% | 30.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A home in Paint Township sells for about $85K at the median
At 2.6 years of the Somerset area’s $61K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 78% of Pennsylvania towns; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $1,566, against $3,311 across Pennsylvania, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
91% of Paint Township households own their home.
| Paint Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 91% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $746 a month | $1,116 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Flight 93 National Memorial and 22 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Paint Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw9 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
Big draw39 mi MuseumFallingwater
10 mi DamSouth Fork Dam
34 mi MountainMount Davis
10 mi National Historic SiteAllegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site163K visitors a year23 mi Theme parkIdlewild and Soak ZonePhoto credits
Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · South Fork Dam: Ernest Walter Histed, Public domain · Mount Davis: Wikiuser100, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site: Matthew A. Lynn; Original uploader was Mosamiazaz at en.wikipedia, Public domain
Everything we know about Paint Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Paint Township
About 1 of every 100 Paint Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Paint Township
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Paint is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 907 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Established
- 1900
- Area
- 0.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,673 ft
Paint Township’s neighbors
8 towns share a border with Paint Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paint Township · Paint | #393 | A− | A− | — | A | B− |
| Conemaugh Township | #102 | A+ | A− | A | A+ | B− |
| Shade Township | — | — | A+ | — | B | C |
| Richland Township | #506 | B+ | B− | C− | A | B+ |
| Windber | #703 | B− | A | C | B+ | C |
| Quemahoning Township | — | — | A | — | B | C+ |
| Ogle Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Benson | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Shade Township and Quemahoning Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Paint Township, Shade Township and Quemahoning Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Ogle Township and Benson aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Paint and Paint Township are one community, graded once. Compare Paint Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Paint Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Paint Township, PA a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Paint Township grades A− overall, better than 75% of U.S. towns and #393 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health and A for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Paint Township, PA expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $158,000, 45% 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 A−.