Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Sewickley grades A overall, ranked 185th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It is among the most walkable places in the country. Its schools outperform 95% of the state's and residents are healthier than 86% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. What holds it back is price: homes are expensive, about $502K for a typical one and 6.6 times the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. 65% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Sewickley, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 29% and U.S. towns at 29%. Only 54 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns score higher on the outdoors. Sewickley has 1 place on the National Register.
Where Sewickley beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| St. James School | PK–8 | 148 |
| Noah's Ark Preschool/Kindergarten | PK–K | 99 |
| Quaker Valley MS | 6–8 | 425 |
Census counts: 795 in 1860, a peak of 6,157 in 1960, 3,907 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1910 and 5 maps from 1906 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Sewickley is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 15%), so the A overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sewickley. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
11 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
11 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
12 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
20 mi Theme parkKennywood
11 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 Sewickley, 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 Sewickley.
Sewickley draws workers from Pittsburgh and beyond and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s; it also carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding).
At 6.6 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income, the typical home (about $502K) costs more against local pay than in 95% of Pennsylvania towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $7,025, against $3,311 across Pennsylvania, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical Sewickley home is worth about $502,000, up 3.5% in a year, 75% above the Pennsylvania typical home. The median rent in Sewickley is $955 a month.
| Sewickley | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 68% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $955 a month | $1,116 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its A+ for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $502K.
Its public schools are run by Quaker Valley SD. One of its 3 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quaker Valley MSLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 425 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
1.5 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. Sewickley’s trail density is 1.4 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sewickley Valley War Memorial Park | 0.6 mi | 19 |
| 2. Riverfront Park | 0.2 mi | 2 |
| 3. Community Field | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
2,749 jobs are based in Sewickley, 1.8 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 1,717 in 2013 to 2,749.
Most working residents leave Sewickley for work: only 12% work in town. Jobs based in Sewickley grew to 2,749 in 2023, 1,032 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (28%), Moon Township (5%) and Findlay Township (3%).
| Sewickley | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $101,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
14% of Sewickley adults report frequent mental distress. Sewickley beats the Pennsylvania average on 10 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 19% of Sewickley adults get no exercise outside work.
| Sewickley | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 24% | 25% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 38% | 36% |
| What stands out | Sewickley | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.8% | 14.5% |
| Fewer smokers | 12.5% | 15.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 7.9 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 63% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 59 to 12 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Sewickley has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 21° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 89% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $502 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1995, 13 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Sewickley.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
16 within 15 miles of the center of Sewickley
About 7 of every 100 Sewickley residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
17.6% of the town is conserved land, across 4 parks and preserves.
Borough in Pennsylvania, United States
Sewickley is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located along the Ohio River 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Pittsburgh, it is a residential suburb in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 3,907 at the 2020 census. The Sewickley Bridge crosses the Ohio River from Sewickley to Moon Township.
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5 towns share a border with Sewickley.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sewickley | #185 | A | D | A− | A+ | A |
| Sewickley Heights | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Moon Township | #61 | A+ | C | A− | A | A |
| Aleppo Township | — | — | D | — | A+ | A |
| Edgeworth | — | — | C− | — | A+ | A+ |
| Glen Osborne | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Aleppo Township and Edgeworth have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Aleppo Township and Edgeworth report no FBI crime data of their own. Sewickley Heights and Glen Osborne aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Sewickley with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Sewickley grades A overall, better than 90% of U.S. towns and #185 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 D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
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