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A town of 16,838, settled in 1861.
Scott Township is one of the best-graded places in America: an A+, ranked 67th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 85% of the country, the median household earns $89K, and it reports less crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns. Its lowest mark, a B−, is in cost of living. Scott Township’s trail network density is 1.9 miles per square mile, above both the Pennsylvania town median (0.4) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Scott Township is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns. Only 92 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score lower on history.
Where Scott Township beats most towns.
7.6% of the town is conserved land, across 7 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Scott Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,807 in 1870, 17,649 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2002 and 6 maps from 1904 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Scott Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw5 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
5 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
6 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
6 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
11 mi Theme parkKennywood
5 mi LandmarkFort PittAcrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · 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 Scott 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 Scott Township.
Scott Township trades workers with Pittsburgh and other neighbors and sees little violent crime, but it has a long record of flood insurance claims.
In 7 parks and preserves, walkers have 7.3 miles of trail. The biggest place to walk is Kane Woods Nature Area, 68 acres with 2.4 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kane Woods Nature Area | 2.4 mi | 68 |
| 2. Twin Hills Trails Park | 1.4 mi | 26 |
| 3. Scott Park | 0.8 mi | 28 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Chartiers Valley SD runs its public schools. Its one school is below. 801 students attend Scott Township’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chartiers Valley Intrmd SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 3–5 | Grades 3–5 | 801 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Just over a tenth of Scott Township adults report frequent physical distress. The share of adults in Scott Township who report frequent mental distress is 14%, below both Pennsylvania’s towns (16%) and U.S. towns (17%). Two figures for adults in the town: 29% have obesity, 33% sleep under 7 hours. The town does better than the Pennsylvania average on 11 of 26 CDC measures and worse on 1.
| Scott Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 35% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 38% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | Scott Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.9% | 14.5% |
| Fewer smokers | 12.7% | 15.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
218 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 32 properties have flooded more than once.
FEMA puts three quarters of Scott Township’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 13% to cold waves. On expected storm and flood damage, Scott Township sits below 85% of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims in the town since 1978: 218.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Violent crime is rare: 14 reported in 2024, 0.8 per 1,000 residents.
Pennsylvania has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Scott Township sits closer to the middle. For Scott Township, the level of violent crime is 0.8 per 1,000 residents.
| Scott Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 0.8 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.7 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 8.5 per 1,000 residents | 6.7 | 11.5 |
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
Summer afternoons peak near 84° in July, and January nights bottom out around 21°; snowfall runs to about 44 inches a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Scott Township has about as many jobs (8,552) as working residents, but only 488 people both live and work here. 27.3% of workers work from home, against 15.6% across Pennsylvania.
Half of commuters travel less than 7 miles. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (31%), Robinson Township (3%) and Moon Township (3%). Commuting out is the norm in Scott Township: 6% of working residents work locally. For Scott Township, the average trip to work is 23 minutes.
| Scott Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.4% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
15 within 15 miles of the center of Scott Township
About 3 of every 100 Scott Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Scott Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 17,024 at the 2010 census.
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10 towns share a border with Scott Township.
At #67 in PA, it grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Upper St. Clair Township (A+) comes closest. Upper St. Clair Township next door grades higher for schools (A+ to Scott Township’s B+) and lower for cost of living (D to B−).
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Township | #67 | A+ | B− | A− | B+ | A |
| Mount Lebanon | — | — | — | A− | A+ | — |
| Collier Township | #381 | A− | D | B+ | B+ | A− |
| Upper St. Clair Township | #90 | A+ | D | B+ | A+ | A+ |
| Glendale | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Carnegie | #406 | B+ | B | B | C+ | B+ |
| Heidelberg | — | — | A | — | B+ | B+ |
| Pittsburgh | #928 | C− | B− | D | C | B+ |
Heidelberg has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Heidelberg reports no FBI crime data of its own. Mount Lebanon and Glendale aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Scott Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Scott Township grades A+ overall, better than 97% of U.S. towns and #67 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades A for health, A− for safety and B+ for schools.
Yes, by national standards. Scott Township reports less crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade: 14 violent and 146 property crimes in 2024. Pennsylvania has less crime than most states, so among its own towns Scott Township sits nearer the middle.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
2 notable people were born here, including Bill Peduto and Paul Steigerwald.
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