Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Port Vue gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $82K for a typical one, or 1.1 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. It grades B+ overall, ranked 443rd of 1032 in Pennsylvania. On the plus side, it reports less crime per resident than 100% of U.S. towns. Port Vue’s mean commuting time is 31 minutes, above both the Pennsylvania town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 8 of the 529 Pennsylvania towns we compare have a lower level of property crime than Port Vue.
Where Port Vue beats most towns.
Where Port Vue’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 Port Vue is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,803 in 1900, a peak of 6,635 in 1960, 3,680 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 5 maps from 1904 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Port Vue. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
Big draw37 mi MuseumFallingwater
4 mi Theme parkKennywood
10 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
10 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
9 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 Port Vue, 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 Port Vue.
Port Vue is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has homes that are cheap against local pay, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding).
Violent crime is rare: 0 reported in 2025, 0 per 1,000 residents.
Port Vue reports less crime per resident than 100% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. Police in Port Vue reported no violent crime.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its one school is below. South Allegheny SD runs its public schools. Enrollment at Port Vue’s public school: 635 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Allegheny El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 635 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Port Vue has 226 jobs for its 1,542 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
The median commute is under 9 miles. For Port Vue, the typical household income is $58,000. Also worth knowing: just 2% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Among workers locally, 8.7% do their job from home.
| Port Vue | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $58,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Work from home | 8.7% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Summer afternoons peak near 84° in July, and January nights bottom out around 22°; snowfall runs to about 21 inches a winter. Expect chilly winters and warm summers in Port Vue.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 8,399 U.S. towns with household incomes like Port Vue’s, it is healthier than 66%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
For adults in Port Vue, the share who have diabetes is 12%. Among adults here, 16% report frequent physical distress and 19% binge drink.
| Port Vue | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| What stands out | Port Vue | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.8% | 14.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.4% | 7.7% |
| More adults with arthritis | 36.2% | 30.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 85% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $257 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
Of the losses FEMA expects in Port Vue, 83% come from inland flooding and 10% from cold waves. For Port Vue, the FEMA risk score is 60 of 100. The town has had 4 paid flood insurance claims since 1985.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
At 1.1 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 99% of Pennsylvania towns; that ratio is one input to its A for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $1,374, against $3,311 across Pennsylvania, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The median rent in Port Vue is $963 a month. In Port Vue, 78% of households live in a home they own.
| Port Vue | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $963 a month | $1,116 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 78% | 78% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
13 within 15 miles of the center of Port Vue
About 2 of every 100 Port Vue residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Port Vue is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,680 at the 2020 census.
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3 towns share a border with Port Vue.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Vue | #443 | B+ | A | A+ | C | C+ |
| Liberty | — | — | A+ | — | C | C+ |
| McKeesport | #1016 | D | A− | D− | D | D− |
| Glassport | #857 | C | A | C+ | C | C |
Liberty has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Liberty reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Port Vue with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Port Vue grades B+ overall, better than 71% of U.S. towns and #443 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C+ for health, A+ for safety and C for schools.
Yes, by national standards. Port Vue reports less crime per resident than 100% of U.S. towns, an A+ Safety Grade: 0 violent and 0 property crimes in 2025.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $83,000, 71% 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.
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