Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 4,205.
Smith Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $176K, 2.3 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. It grades A− overall, 375th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. On the plus side, crime is low: it reports less per resident than 85% of U.S. towns. 13% of the land in Smith Township is conserved, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 8.2% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest place to walk is State Game Lands Number 117, 2,741 acres with 1.6 miles of trail.
Where Smith Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Smith Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 4,567 in 2000, 4,224 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and a map from 1904 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Smith Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
20 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
20 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
27 mi Theme parkKennywood
21 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
8 mi MuseumMeadowcroft RockshelterAcrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · PPG Paints Arena: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Meadowcroft Rockshelter: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Smith 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 Smith Township.
Smith Township trades workers with Pittsburgh and other neighbors 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 6.9 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 69% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 5 reported in 2025, 0.9 per 1,000 residents.
At 2.7 per 1,000 residents, Smith Township’s property crime rate is below both Pennsylvania’s towns (5.7) and U.S. towns (9.9).
| Smith Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.7 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.9 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by Burgettstown Area SD. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Burgettstown MS/HS, with 492 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burgettstown El CtrLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 430 | C+ |
| Burgettstown MS/HSLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 492 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Smith Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 19% of adults smoke cigarettes in Smith Township.
| Smith Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 35% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 34% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Smith Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.2% | 7.7% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.3% | 7.4% |
| More adults with arthritis | 38.1% | 30.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Smith Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Smith Township’s July high is 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
6.5 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The trail density in Smith Township is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 117 | 1.6 mi | 2,741 |
| 2. G. J. Barbush Memorial Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Smith Township has about as many jobs (1,629) as working residents, but only 206 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 1,084 in 2013 to 1,629.
Most working residents leave Smith Township for work: only 12% work in town. Jobs based in Smith Township grew to 1,629 in 2023, 545 more than in 2013. 11% of Smith Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Smith Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $73,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 87% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $383 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
Since 2004, 9 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Smith Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
3 within 15 miles of the center of Smith Township
About 3 of every 100 Smith Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Smith Township is a township in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 4,224.
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7 towns share a border with Smith Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Township | #375 | A− | A− | A | B+ | C |
| Robinson Township | — | — | B+ | — | A− | B− |
| Hanover Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C− |
| Cross Creek Township | — | — | B+ | — | B | C+ |
| Midway | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mount Pleasant Township | #196 | A | B | — | A− | B+ |
| Bulger | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jefferson Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C |
Robinson Township, Hanover Township, Cross Creek Township and Jefferson Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Robinson Township, Hanover Township, Cross Creek Township, Mount Pleasant Township and Jefferson Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Midway and Bulger aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Smith Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Smith Township grades A− overall, better than 77% of U.S. towns and #375 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C for health, A for safety and B+ for schools.
Not for the area. 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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