West HillsPA
1,584 residents make their home in this town in Pennsylvania.
Is West Hills a good place to live?
West Hills’ median age is 62.6 years, against 43.2 years in Pennsylvania’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. We don’t grade West Hills yet; the figures below are still real.
What makes West Hills stand out
Where West Hills beats most towns.
Every workday, about 1,445 people come to West Hills for work
Where West Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
The data
Ordered by what stands out in West Hills.
47% of residents are 65 or older
Four-year graduates: 27% of adults 25 and older here, 35% across Pennsylvania. 19% never finished high school.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.2 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 100% are men (PA 51%).
| West Hills | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 1.8% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.7% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.9% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 4.9% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 7.3% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.8% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.2% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 32.5% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 14.9% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 18.9% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 39.7% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 6.6% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.6% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 15.5% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.8% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
West Hills has 2.8 jobs for every working resident, and 1,445 people commute in
Half of commuters travel less than 19 miles. For West Hills, the average trip to work is 18 minutes. Most working residents leave West Hills for work: only 4% work in town. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in West Hills dropped by 229, to 1,466.
| West Hills | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $98,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is West Hills’ year
July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 35 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy West Hills is
In West Hills, just over a third of adults sleep under 7 hours, and 15% say their health is fair or poor. This Pennsylvania town does better than the Pennsylvania average on 6 of 26 CDC measures and worse on 2. 14% of West Hills adults report frequent mental distress.
| West Hills | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 38% | 36% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | West Hills | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer smokers | 12.9% | 15.8% |
| Fewer adults in fair or poor health | 15.3% | 18.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.5% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Top of a moderate hazard risk in West Hills: inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in West Hills, 90% come from inland flooding. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 57% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about West Hills
Moving to West Hills: who provides what
West Hills is unincorporated, so Armstrong County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of West Hills; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 West Hills residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About West Hills
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
West Hills is a census-designated place (CDP) in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,228 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 3.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,243 ft
West Hills’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with West Hills.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Hills | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| East Franklin Township | #535 | B | A | — | B− | C+ |
| West Kittanning | — | — | A | — | B− | A− |
| Kittanning | #624 | B | A | B | B− | D |
| Applewold | — | — | — | — | — | — |
West Kittanning has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. East Franklin Township and West Kittanning report no FBI crime data of their own. West Hills and Applewold aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare West Hills with a neighbor →
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