Reserve TownshipPA
A town of 3,122, settled in 1835.
Why does Reserve Township grade so well?
Few places in the country grade higher. Reserve Township earns an A+, 109th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. Crime is low: it reports less per resident than 93% of U.S. towns, its schools rank ahead of 81% of Pennsylvania towns, and the median household earns $82K. The exception is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 76% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Reserve Township’s trail density is 2.4 miles per square mile, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (0.4) and U.S. towns (0.4). On the outdoors, just 21 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do better. Reserve Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 87% of U.S. towns.
What makes Reserve Township stand out
Where Reserve Township beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Reserve Township for work
Where Reserve Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Reserve Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Reserve Township is from typical.
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Acrisure Stadium and 56 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Reserve Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw3 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
3 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
3 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
3 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
9 mi Theme parkKennywood
3 mi LandmarkFort PittPhoto credits
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Moving to Reserve Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Reserve 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 Reserve Township.
Reserve Township reports less crime than Shaler Township or any other graded neighbor and is one of Pennsylvania’s best towns for the outdoors, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding).
12.8% of Reserve Township is conserved land
Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #16 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania.
5.0 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Girty's Woods, 154 acres with 4.1 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Girty's Woods | 4.1 mi | 154 |
| 2. Prom Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Reserve Township’s grade for schools is an A−
Its public schools are run by Shaler Area SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reserve Primary SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–3 | Grades K–3 | 111 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Reserve Township’s grade for safety is an A
Its A tops all 4 graded towns on its borders; Shaler Township (A) comes closest. Reported crimes fell from 18 to 4 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Reserve Township’s property crime rate is 1.3 per 1,000 residents, against 5.7 in Pennsylvania’s towns and 9.9 across U.S. towns. The violent crime rate in Reserve Township is 0 per 1,000 residents.
| Reserve Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.3 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
About two in five of Reserve Township’s working residents commute to Pittsburgh
Reserve Township has 190 jobs for its 1,704 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Reserve Township for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Reserve Township has added 63 jobs, to 190 in 2023. 18% of workers work from home in Reserve Township.
| Reserve Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 18% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.8% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Reserve Township faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 94% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $368 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1979, 10 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Reserve Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Reserve Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Reserve Township has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 22° and about 44 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More middle-aged adults than Pennsylvania overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 46% of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (22% statewide). 16% of Reserve Township residents are under 18. Reserve Township has lost 4.2% of its people since 2020, down to 3,122 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Reserve Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 16% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 45.3 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 21% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.9 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women. Among residents 35 to 44, 67% are men (PA 50%).
| Reserve Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.7% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.2% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.7% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 17.1% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.4% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.6% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.3% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.6% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.2% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 19% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.1% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.6% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.5% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,100, single groups can be off by several points
On CDC estimates, Reserve Township is less healthy than 51% of U.S. towns
All 4 graded neighbors score healthier than its B−, from Pittsburgh (B+) to Ross Township (A).
Reserve Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| Reserve Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 34% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 38% | 36% |
| What stands out | Reserve Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| More uninsured adults | 7.3% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Reserve Township
Colleges nearby
16 within 15 miles of the center of Reserve Township
About 2 of every 100 Reserve Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Reserve Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Reserve Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,333 at the 2010 census.
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- Established
- 1835
- Area
- 2.1 sq mi
Reserve Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Reserve Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reserve Township | #109 | A+ | B | A | A− | B− |
| Pittsburgh | #928 | C− | B− | D | C | B+ |
| Millvale | #132 | A | B+ | B+ | A− | B+ |
| Ross Township | #285 | A− | C | C | A | A |
| Shaler Township | #55 | A+ | C+ | A | A− | A− |
Questions about Reserve Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Reserve Township, PA a good place to live?
Yes, by almost any measure. Reserve Township grades A+ overall, better than 95% of U.S. towns and #109 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health, A for safety and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Reserve Township, PA expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.