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A town in Pennsylvania, home to 6,789 people.
Good on most counts; one lags. Its best grade is for safety (A+): it reports less crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns. Taken together, its subjects give Washington Township an A+ overall, better than 97% of U.S. towns. The ranking puts it 80th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. At about $236K, a typical home costs 3.1 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. What counts against it is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 91% of U.S. towns. Only 121 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns score lower on the outdoors.
Figures: FBI crime data, 2025 · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · USGS PAD-US.
Where Washington Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Kiski Area South Primary Sch | K–4 | 308 |
| Kiski Area Upper El Sch | 5–6 | 502 |
Where Washington 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 Washington Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for safety (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D for walkability (better than 9%), so the A+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,301 in 1810, a peak of 26,280 in 1950, 13,176 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1865 and 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 Washington Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
16 mi Theme parkKennywood
22 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
22 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
21 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
22 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 Washington 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 Washington Township.
Washington Township pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices and reports less crime than Murrysville or any other graded neighbor.
That grade tops all 3 graded towns on its borders; Murrysville (A+) comes closest. Violent crime is rare: 0 reported in 2025, 0 per 1,000 residents.
Washington Township’s property crime rate is 2.1 per 1,000 residents, below both the Pennsylvania town median (5.7) and the median of U.S. towns (9.9). Police in Washington Township reported no violent crime.
| Washington Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.1 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its A− for schools comes with a B+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $236K.
Its public schools are run by Kiski Area SD. The 2 public schools in Washington Township teach 810 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiski Area Upper El SchLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–6 | Grades 5–6 | 502 | C |
| Kiski Area South Primary SchTop results in townGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 308 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
For Washington Township, the FEMA risk score is 15 of 100. Since 1978, Washington Township has seen 5 flood insurance claims paid out. FEMA puts 85% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median commute is under 15 miles. For Washington Township, the average commute is 32 minutes. Only 7% of working residents stay in Washington Township for work; the rest commute out. 19% of Washington Township workers work from home, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (12%) and U.S. towns (11%).
| Washington Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 19% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.5% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Washington Township, 30% of residents are 65 or older. A bachelor’s degree or higher: 27% of adults 25 and older, vs 35% across Pennsylvania. The midpoint age in the town is 51.2 years.
| Washington Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 30% | 21% | 18% |
| Median age | 51.2 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 20% | 20% | 22% |
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2 points). Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Washington Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.7% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.1% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.3% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.8% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.1% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 17.9% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 12.1% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.5% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.8% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.6% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 18.2% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.2% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.6% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Washington Township’s peak summer temperature is 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The share of adults 18 to 64 in Washington Township who have no health insurance: 5.8%. CDC measures, 26 in all: Washington Township beats Pennsylvania on 3 and trails on 6. 81% of adults in the town had a checkup this year; 17% binge drink.
| Washington Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 79% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 16% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 5.8% | 7% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Washington Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12% | 14.5% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.9% | 79.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
4.7 miles of trail. The trail network density for Washington Township comes to 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Washington Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.2% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
2 within 15 miles of the center of Washington Township
About 2 of every 100 Washington Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
6 towns share a border with Washington Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Township | #80 | A+ | B+ | A+ | A− | B |
| Bell Township | — | — | A+ | — | A− | B− |
| Murrysville | #41 | A+ | C− | A+ | A+ | A |
| Salem Township | #166 | A | A | — | B− | B |
| Upper Burrell Township | — | — | A− | A | B+ | B− |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Allegheny Township | #219 | A | B+ | A | A− | B− |
Bell Township and Upper Burrell Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Bell Township and Salem Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Oklahoma isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Washington Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Washington Township grades A+ overall, better than 97% of U.S. towns and #80 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health, A+ for safety and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
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 B+.
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