Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 23,262 people, the town was settled in 1781. Public schools that outperform most of Pennsylvania.
Trash day: look up yoursPeters Township’s strongest is schools (A+). It is strong on incomes as well (A+) — the median household earns $146K. The trade-off is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $461K, 6.1 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. Put together, the subjects come to an A+ overall, ranking 77th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. Set against the rest, it does better than 97% of U.S. towns. Enoch Wright House is on the National Register of Historic Places. 63% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more locally, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 29% and U.S. towns at 29%. Only 134 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score higher on health.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · health, CDC PLACES · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Peters Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Bower Hill El Sch | K–3 | 689 |
| McMurray El Sch | 4–5 | 608 |
| Pleasant Valley El Sch | K–3 | 495 |
| Widest gap | Peters Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.2% | 14.5% |
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Peters Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 17,566 in 2000, 22,946 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 5 maps from 1904 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Peters Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
12 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
14 mi Theme parkKennywood
13 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
13 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
12 mi LandmarkFort PittAcrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · 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 Peters 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 Peters Township.
Peters Township has schools in the top 5% of Pennsylvania, has less tooth loss than most of Pennsylvania and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s.
Its A+ ranks #1 of the 1,037 Pennsylvania towns we grade for schools. Its A+ is the best School Grade on its borders; Cecil Township (A) is next.
Of its 7 schools, three are listed below, each with the reason. The public schools here belong to Peters Township SD. 4 public schools serve Peters Township, with 2,744 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peters Twp MSLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 952 | – |
| Peters Twp HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,267 | A+ |
| Bower Hill El SchTop results in townGrades K–3 | Grades K–3 | 689 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Pennsylvania is tooth loss: 7.2% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 14.5% statewide. Against the 3,042 U.S. towns with household incomes like Peters Township’s, it is healthier than 55%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Among adults in Peters Township, 9.3% have diabetes. In Peters Township, 11% of adults report frequent physical distress, and 14% report frequent mental distress.
| Peters Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Peters Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.2% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults in fair or poor health | 13.5% | 18.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA puts 85% of Peters Township’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 91% of U.S. communities. 20 flood insurance claims have been paid here since 1997.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
At 7.6 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 64% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 108 to 72 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
In Peters Township, the property offense rate is 2.5 per 1,000 residents. For Peters Township, the violent crime rate is 0.6 per 1,000 residents.
| Peters Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.5 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.6 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The biggest place to walk is Peters Lake Park, 156 acres with 1.1 miles of trail. 6.2 miles of trail wind through 4 parks and preserves. The trail density in Peters Township is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Peters Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 4.6% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Peters Lake Park | 1.1 mi | 156 |
| 2. Rolling Hills Park | 0.5 mi | 72 |
| 3. Peterswood Park | 0.4 mi | 117 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Peters Township’s typical July afternoon high is 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
29.7% of workers work from home, against 15.6% across Pennsylvania.
Half of commuters travel less than 12 miles. Jobs based in Peters Township grew to 8,346 in 2023, 982 more than in 2013. Only a tenth of working residents stay in Peters Township for work; the rest commute out. The typical journey to work for Peters Township comes to 30 minutes.
| Peters Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 30% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $146,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.1% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
12 within 15 miles of the center of Peters Township
About 4 of every 100 Peters Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Peters Township is a township in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 22,946 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
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9 towns share a border with Peters Township.
Union Township next door grades lower for schools (C to Peters Township’s A+) and higher for cost of living (B to C−).
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peters Township | #77 | A+ | C− | A− | A+ | A |
| Cecil Township | #117 | A | C− | A+ | A | A− |
| North Strabane Township | #78 | A+ | C− | A | A | A− |
| Nottingham Township | #858 | C | C | — | C | B+ |
| Lawrence | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thompsonville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Union Township | #753 | C+ | B | — | C | B |
| Gastonville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nottingham Township and Union Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Lawrence, Thompsonville and Gastonville aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Peters Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Peters Township grades A+ overall, better than 97% of U.S. towns and #77 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 C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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