Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
5,303 residents make their home in this town in Pennsylvania.
One weak subject stands out against an otherwise good record. Overall, South Huntingdon Township earns a B+: better than nearly two thirds of U.S. towns, and 492nd of 1032 in Pennsylvania. Its strongest is cost of living — a typical home costs about $219K, 2.9 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. The drawback is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 78% of U.S. towns. State Game Lands Number 296, at 1,364 acres with 5.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Bells Mills Covered Bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places. The town’s age of the median resident is 49.8 years, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (43.2 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years).
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · OpenStreetMap · National Register of Historic Places.
Where South Huntingdon Township beats most towns.
Where South Huntingdon Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far South Huntingdon Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 5 maps from 1902 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in South Huntingdon 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 South Huntingdon Township.
The median commute is under 15 miles. South Huntingdon Township had 1,648 jobs in 2023, up 206 from 2013. Most working residents leave South Huntingdon Township for work: only 7% work in town. Among workers here, 6.2% work from home.
| South Huntingdon Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6.2% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Yough SD runs its public schools. 2 public schools serve South Huntingdon Township, with 775 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yough Intrmd/MS SchLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 541 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 69% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, South Huntingdon Township has seen 32 flood insurance claims paid out. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 88% come from inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 21° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
11 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. South Huntingdon Township’s concentration of trails stands at 0.2 miles per square mile.
| South Huntingdon Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 8.5% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 296 | 5.3 mi | 1,364 |
| 2. South Huntingdon Municiple Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
17% of adults smoke cigarettes in South Huntingdon Township. This Pennsylvania town does better than the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and worse on 4.
| South Huntingdon Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 79% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | South Huntingdon Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.4% | 79.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.6% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around South Huntingdon Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw22 mi MuseumFallingwater
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
17 mi Theme parkKennywood
25 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
25 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
24 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints ArenaFallingwater: 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
5 within 15 miles of the center of South Huntingdon Township
About 3 of every 100 South Huntingdon Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
10 towns share a border with South Huntingdon Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Huntingdon Township | #492 | B+ | A | — | B | B |
| Sewickley Township | #436 | B+ | B+ | — | B | B |
| West Newton | #450 | B+ | A+ | B+ | B | C |
| Lower Tyrone Township | — | — | A+ | — | B− | C |
| Rostraver Township | #788 | C+ | B | C | B− | B− |
| Perry Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | B− |
| Hempfield Township | #104 | A+ | B+ | — | A | B+ |
| East Huntingdon Township | #404 | B+ | A | — | B | B− |
Lower Tyrone Township and Perry Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. South Huntingdon Township, Sewickley Township, Lower Tyrone Township, Perry Township, Hempfield Township and East Huntingdon Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare South Huntingdon Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. South Huntingdon Township grades B+ overall, better than 66% of U.S. towns and #492 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
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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