Rostraver TownshipPA
A town of 11,455, settled in 1828.
Is Rostraver Township a good place to live?
Rostraver Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $228K, 3 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. It grades C+ overall, ranked 788th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. Rostraver Township’s property crime rate is 26.7 per 1,000 residents, against 5.7 in Pennsylvania’s towns and 9.9 across U.S. towns. Cedar Creek Park, at 416 acres with 4.4 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
How Rostraver Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Rostraver Township is from typical.
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Moving to Rostraver Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Rostraver 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 Rostraver Township.
Rostraver Township trades workers with Pittsburgh and other neighbors and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s.
| Rostraver Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 3.3% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cedar Creek Park | 4.4 mi | 416 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Rostraver Township’s schools rank behind 51% of Pennsylvania districts
Its public schools are run by Belle Vernon Area SD. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Belle Vernon Area HS, with 735 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rostraver El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 660 | B− |
| Belle Vernon Area HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 735 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Rostraver Township reports more crime per resident than 69% of U.S. towns
At 27.9 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 86% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
In Rostraver Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Rostraver Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 22° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Rostraver Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 66% of U.S. communities. Since 1985, 43 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Rostraver Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents commute out of Rostraver Township
Rostraver Township has about as many jobs (4,594) as working residents, but only 469 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Rostraver Township for work: only 9% work in town. 14% of residents live below the poverty line in Rostraver Township. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (13%), West Mifflin (3%) and Hempfield Township (3%).
| Rostraver Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 7.9% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $73,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Older than Pennsylvania overall
People 65 and older are 25% of residents (20% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (22% statewide). Rostraver Township’s median age is 47.9 years. 30% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Rostraver Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47.9 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 25% | 21% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 20% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.8 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Rostraver Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.1% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.7% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.6% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.2% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.9% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.6% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.1% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.6% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.2% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.3% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 36.3% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.4% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.1% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.1% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.8% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Health in Rostraver Township trails 52% of U.S. towns
Rostraver Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 18% of Rostraver Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Rostraver Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 79% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | Rostraver Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.6% | 79.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.4% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fallingwater and 62 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rostraver Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi MuseumFallingwater
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
15 mi Theme parkKennywood
22 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
22 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
21 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints ArenaPhoto credits
Fallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Acrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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
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Everything we know about Rostraver Township
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Rostraver Township
About 4 of every 100 Rostraver Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Rostraver Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Rostraver Township is a township in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 11,374 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 33 sq mi
Rostraver Township’s neighbors
10 towns share a border with Rostraver Township.
Monessen next door grades lower for schools (C− to Rostraver Township’s B−) and higher for cost of living (A to B).
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rostraver Township | #788 | C+ | B | C | B− | B− |
| Monessen | #961 | C− | A | D | C− | C− |
| South Huntingdon Township | #492 | B+ | A | — | B | B |
| Washington Township | #676 | B− | A− | A | B− | C+ |
| Collinsburg | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| West Newton | #450 | B+ | A+ | B+ | B | C |
| North Belle Vernon | — | — | A | B− | B− | C− |
| Donora | #797 | C+ | A− | B+ | C | D− |
North Belle Vernon has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. South Huntingdon Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Collinsburg isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Rostraver Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Rostraver Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rostraver Township, PA a good place to live?
Rostraver Township grades C+ overall, better than 40% of U.S. towns and #788 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health, C for safety and B− for schools.
Is Rostraver 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.