Upper Tyrone TownshipPA
A town of 1,694.
Is Upper Tyrone Township a good place to live?
The best of Upper Tyrone Township’s subject grades is an A+ for cost of living; the weakest is a D for walkability. On cost of living, just 17 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do better. Upper Tyrone Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Upper Tyrone Township has shrunk 18% since 2010
2,059 counted in 2010 and 1,773 in 2020; an estimated 1,694 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Upper Tyrone Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Upper Tyrone Township is from typical.
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Moving to Upper Tyrone Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Upper Tyrone 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 Upper Tyrone Township.
Public schools in Upper Tyrone Township beat 58% of Pennsylvania districts
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Carmel Christian School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 84 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
A smaller share of working residents in Upper Tyrone Township work locally than in the typical Pennsylvania or U.S. town
0.7% of Upper Tyrone Township working residents work locally, below both the Pennsylvania town median (6.3%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). Since 2013, Upper Tyrone Township has lost 677 jobs, to 126 in 2023. 6.6% of workers work from home in Upper Tyrone Township.
| Upper Tyrone Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6.6% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Upper Tyrone Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Upper Tyrone Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 21° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Upper Tyrone Township is less healthy than 62% of U.S. towns
Upper Tyrone Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 19% of Upper Tyrone Township adults smoke cigarettes, against 17% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns. 15% of Upper Tyrone Township adults report frequent physical distress.
| Upper Tyrone Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Upper Tyrone Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.2% | 79.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 3.8% of Upper Tyrone Township
0.2 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kendi Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Moderate risk in Upper Tyrone Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 54% of U.S. communities. Since 1985, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Upper Tyrone Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fallingwater and 64 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Upper Tyrone Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi MuseumFallingwater
Big draw36 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
26 mi Theme parkKennywood
33 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
34 mi Stadium & arenaPNC ParkPhoto credits
Fallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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
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Everything we know about Upper Tyrone Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Upper Tyrone Township
About 5 of every 100 Upper Tyrone Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
99% of working residents leave Upper Tyrone Township for work
Where Upper Tyrone Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Upper Tyrone Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Upper Tyrone Township is a township that is located in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,768 at the time of the 2020 census. It is served by the Southmoreland School District. Communities in the township include Keifertown, King View, Owensdale, McClure, Dry Hill, Walnut Hill, and part of Prittstown. The township is named after County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
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- Area
- 7.8 sq mi
Upper Tyrone Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Upper Tyrone Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Tyrone Township | — | — | A+ | — | B | C+ |
| East Huntingdon Township | #404 | B+ | A | — | B | B− |
| Everson | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bullskin Township | #837 | C | A | — | C− | C+ |
| Scottdale | #685 | B− | A+ | C+ | B | C+ |
| Connellsville Township | — | — | A+ | — | C− | C |
| Lower Tyrone Township | — | — | A+ | — | B− | C |
| Dunbar Township | #919 | C− | A | — | C− | C |
Upper Tyrone Township, Connellsville Township and Lower Tyrone Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Upper Tyrone Township, East Huntingdon Township, Bullskin Township, Connellsville Township, Lower Tyrone Township and Dunbar Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Everson isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Upper Tyrone Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Upper Tyrone Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Upper Tyrone Township, PA expensive?
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+.