Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Verona’s subject grades are an A+ for walkability and an A for schools and history; the weakest is a C− for safety. Verona’s property crime rate is 33.8 per 1,000 residents, against 6.8 in Pennsylvania’s towns and 11.5 across U.S. towns. Only 19 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score higher on walkability. Verona has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Verona beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Verner El Sch | K–6 | 160 |
Census counts: 1,599 in 1880, a peak of 4,396 in 1940, 2,492 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1896 and 6 maps from 1908 on.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Verona is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Verona. Close and well known come first.
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
8 mi Theme parkKennywood
10 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
10 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
9 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
10 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 Verona, 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 Verona.
Its public schools are run by Riverview SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verner El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 160 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
The typical Verona home is worth about $169,000, down 1.8% in a year, 41% below the Pennsylvania typical home. 46% of Verona households own their home, below both the Pennsylvania town median (78%) and the median of U.S. towns (73%). The median rent in Verona is $919 a month.
| Verona | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 46% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $919 a month | $1,115 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
Verona beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 12. 22% of Verona adults smoke cigarettes.
| Verona | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 19% | 19% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Verona | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 8.2% | 5.8% |
| More smokers | 21.5% | 15.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.7% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Verona has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 21° and about 25 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Verona for work: only 5% work in town. Verona’s median household income is $49,000. Since 2013, Verona has lost 66 jobs, to 1,252 in 2023.
| Verona | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $49,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 15% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 61% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 43 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Verona.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Verona | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.2% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cribs Field | — | 3 |
| 2. Riverbank Park | 0.1 mi | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
15 within 15 miles of the center of Verona
About 4 of every 100 Verona residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Verona is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is 13 miles (21 km) northeast of downtown Pittsburgh, along the left bank of the Allegheny River. As of the 2020 census, the borough had a population of 2,492.
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3 towns share a border with Verona.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verona | — | — | B+ | C− | A | C− |
| Penn Hills | — | — | — | — | C− | — |
| Oakmont | #174 | A | C− | B+ | A | A |
| O'Hara Township | #60 | A+ | D | A+ | A+ | A |
Verona has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Penn Hills reports no FBI crime data of its own. Penn Hills isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Verona with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. That is 2.2 years of the area's median household income ($75,762 across the Pittsburgh, PA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
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