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SouthpointePA

A town of 3,136. A regional job hub with 7,727 jobs.

Is Southpointe a good place to live?

71% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Southpointe, against 29% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Southpointe’s trail density is 2.2 miles per square mile, above both the Pennsylvania town median (0.4) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). We don’t grade Southpointe yet; the figures below are still real.

What makes Southpointe stand out

Where Southpointe beats most towns.

A job hub

Every workday, about 7,623 people come to Southpointe for work

Where Southpointe’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

18% → Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 18% 14% → Cecil Township Cecil Township 14% 6% → North Strabane Township North Strabane Township 6% 4% → Peters Township Peters Township 4% 3% → Washington Washington 3% 3% → Canonsburg Canonsburg 3% Southpointe · 7% stay
7,727jobs based in Southpointe
7%of working residents work in town
11 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

Nearby attractions

Acrisure Stadium and 62 more within 40 miles

Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Southpointe. Close and well known come first.

All 77 attractions →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Acrisure 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 · Fort Pitt: Downtown_Pittsburgh_May_2008.jpg: Allie Caufield derivative work: GrapedApe (tal, CC BY 2.0

Getting set up

Moving to Southpointe: who provides what

Who provides power, water and the rest in Southpointe, and how to reach them.

PowerWest Penn PowerEIAHIFLD · EIA
WaterPennsylvania American WaterNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet4 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
SchoolsCanon-McMillan School DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Pennsylvania you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person until 15 days before Election Day, or by mail (received 15 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereWashington County Board of ElectionsWashington County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Sep 2023
ZIP code1531715317 100%Census 2020

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 Southpointe.

Work & commute

With 5.3 jobs for every working resident, Southpointe draws in 7,623 commuters

Most working residents leave Southpointe for work: only 7% work in town. The median household income in Southpointe is $107,000. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (18%), Cecil Township (14%) and North Strabane Township (6%).

7%work in town
SouthpointePennsylvania townsU.S. towns
Median household income$107,000$81,000$80,000
Average trip to work24 minutes26 minutes25 minutes
Below the poverty line7%7.6%9.6%

Where working residents work

In Southpointe7%
Pittsburgh18%
Cecil Township14%
North Strabane Township6%
Peters Township4%
11 mi
median commute distance
7,727
jobs based in Southpointe
A job hub
jobs vs. working residents

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

2risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
2Very low riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingTornadoes

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Climate

Southpointe has four seasons and pleasant summers

Southpointe has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 21° and about 32 inches of snow falls in a winter.

32″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter23–40°
Spring39–62°
Summer60–82°
Fall43–64°
Oct 23
typical first frost
Apr 24
typical last frost
+1.2°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Outdoors

1.7% of Southpointe is conserved land

5.6 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.

1.7%conserved
1.7%
conserved · 28 of 1,638 acres
5.6 mi
of trails · 2.2 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Southpointe Town Square—1

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Southpointe

14pages on Southpointe
After high school

Colleges nearby

6 within 15 miles of the center of Southpointe

Southpointe’s neighbors

4 towns share a border with Southpointe.

Explore the map →
How the neighbors grade
TownPA rankOverallCostSafetySchoolsHealth
Southpointe——————
Cecil Township#117AC−A+AA−
North Strabane Township#78A+C−AAA−
Canonsburg#23A+BAAB+
Muse——————

Southpointe and Muse aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Southpointe with a neighbor →

Questions about Southpointe

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Southpointe, PA a good place to live?

We don’t grade Southpointe yet; the figures below are still real.