Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,114.
The best of Upper Burrell Township’s subject grades are an A for safety and an A− for cost of living and incomes; the weakest is a C− for walkability. Upper Burrell Township’s average trip to work is 32 minutes, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. On the outdoors, just 57 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do worse. Upper Burrell Township is home to Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington. Upper Burrell Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Upper Burrell Township beats most towns.
Where Upper Burrell 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 Upper Burrell Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,240 in 2000, 2,159 in 2020. The archive holds 5 maps from 1907 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Upper Burrell Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
15 mi Theme parkKennywood
19 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
19 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
18 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
19 mi LandmarkFort PittAcrisure 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 · 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 Upper Burrell 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 Upper Burrell Township.
Most working residents leave Upper Burrell Township for work: only 5% work in town. 5.3% of residents live below the poverty line in Upper Burrell Township, below both Pennsylvania’s towns (7.6%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Jobs based in Upper Burrell Township fell to 2,722 in 2023, 302 fewer than in 2013.
| Upper Burrell Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.7% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Upper Burrell Township’s property crime rate is 3.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Upper Burrell Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.3 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.5 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 90% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 9 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Upper Burrell Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Upper Burrell Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Upper Burrell Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 2 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 81% of Upper Burrell Township adults had a checkup this year.
| Upper Burrell Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 79% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Upper Burrell Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.6% | 79.2% |
| More adults getting cholesterol checked | 87.5% | 85.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.5% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0.5 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Proposed Park - City of Lower Burrell (90 ac) | — | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
4 within 15 miles of the center of Upper Burrell Township
About 4 of every 100 Upper Burrell Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Upper Burrell Township is a township in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States, within the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 2,159 at the 2020 census.
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5 towns share a border with Upper Burrell Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Burrell Township | — | — | A− | A | B+ | B− |
| Murrysville | #41 | A+ | C− | A+ | A+ | A |
| Allegheny Township | #219 | A | B+ | A | A− | B− |
| Plum | #19 | A+ | B− | — | A | A |
| Washington Township | #80 | A+ | B+ | A+ | A− | B |
| Lower Burrell | #57 | A+ | A− | A | B+ | B+ |
Upper Burrell Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Plum reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Upper Burrell Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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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