Stowe TownshipPA
A town of 6,119, settled in 1869.
Is Stowe Township a good place to live?
Stowe Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $110K for a typical one, or 1.5 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. It grades C− overall, ranked 978th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. The low prices come with trade-offs. Its public schools trail 92% of Pennsylvania towns on state tests and graduation, and its police reported 16 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a higher rate per resident than 81% of U.S. towns. On the plus side, it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 98% of U.S. towns. 23% of residents live below the poverty line in Stowe Township, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 7.6% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. On the outdoors, just 173 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do worse. Stowe Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 83% of U.S. towns.
What makes Stowe Township stand out
Where Stowe Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
98% of working residents leave Stowe Township for work
Where Stowe Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Stowe Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Stowe Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 98% of comparable towns) to D for schools (better than 8%), so the C− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Acrisure Stadium and 56 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Stowe Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw4 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
4 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
4 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
5 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
13 mi Theme parkKennywood
4 mi LandmarkFort PittPhoto 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 · 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
Moving to Stowe Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Stowe 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Stowe Township.
Stowe Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has homes that are cheap against local pay, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding).
For schools, Stowe Township earns a D
Its public schools are run by Sto-Rox SD. Its one school is below. The largest public high school is Sto-Rox JSHS, with 422 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sto-Rox JSHSLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 422 | D− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
For safety, Stowe Township earns a C−
Stowe Township’s property crime rate is 21 per 1,000 residents. Stowe Township reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 81% report less. Stowe Township’s violent crime rate is 2.6 per 1,000 residents.
| Stowe Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 21 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.6 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Stowe Township has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs based here fell from 2,239 in 2013 to 1,609.
Most working residents leave Stowe Township for work: only 2% work in town. The median household income in Stowe Township is $53,000. Jobs based in Stowe Township fell to 1,609 in 2023, 630 fewer than in 2013.
| Stowe Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $53,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 8.1% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Stowe Township
Stowe Township has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 44 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
High risk in Stowe Township, with inland flooding at the top
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 88% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $414 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1996, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Stowe Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On CDC estimates, Stowe Township is less healthy than 57% of U.S. towns
Against the 6,778 U.S. towns with household incomes like Stowe Township’s, it is healthier than 77%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
Stowe Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 18% of Stowe Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Stowe Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Stowe Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7.1% | 5.8% |
| More smokers | 18.2% | 15.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.7% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Less of Stowe Township is set aside as conserved land than in the typical Pennsylvania or U.S. town
Just 3 of its 1,463 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Stowe Township itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
0.2% of the land in Stowe Township is conserved.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Presston Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Stowe Township sells for about $275K
At 1.5 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 96% of Pennsylvania towns; that ratio is one input to its B+ for cost of living.
52% of households own their home in Stowe Township.
| Stowe Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 52% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,142 a month | $1,114 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Stowe Township
Colleges nearby
15 within 15 miles of the center of Stowe Township
About 4 of every 100 Stowe Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Famous people from Stowe Township
4 notable people were born in Stowe Township.
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About Stowe Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Stowe Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,362 at the 2010 census. It is located in the Sto-Rox School District, which serves both Stowe Township and the neighboring borough of McKees Rocks. All locations in Stowe Township have McKees Rocks addresses. Stowe Township has partnered with the Allegheny Together organization to revitalize its main business district on Broadway Avenue. The area is served by Port Authority bus routes 21, 22, and 24.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1869
- Area
- 2.3 sq mi
Stowe Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Stowe Township.
Kennedy Township next door grades higher for schools (A to Stowe Township’s D) and lower for cost of living (C to B+).
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stowe Township | #978 | C− | B+ | C− | D | C+ |
| McKees Rocks | #1031 | D− | B | D | D | D |
| Kennedy Township | #434 | B+ | C | C | A | B |
| Neville Township | — | — | A− | — | C | B |
| Pittsburgh | #928 | C− | B− | D | C | B+ |
| Bellevue | #459 | B+ | B− | B− | B− | A− |
Neville Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Neville Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Stowe Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Stowe Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Stowe Township, PA a good place to live?
Stowe Township grades C− overall, better than 16% of U.S. towns and #978 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C+ for health, C− for safety and D for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Stowe Township, PA expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $110,000, 62% below the Pennsylvania typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
What is Stowe Township, PA known for?
4 notable people were born here, including Michael Musmanno and Max Homer.