Is West Leechburg a good place to live?
The best of West Leechburg’s subject grades is an A for cost of living; the weakest is a C− for walkability. No town among the 1,036 in Pennsylvania we compare has a lower share of working residents who work in town than West Leechburg. West Leechburg’s median rent is $748 a month, against $1,115 a month in Pennsylvania’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. On history, just 108 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do worse. West Leechburg has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes West Leechburg stand out
Where West Leechburg beats most towns.
1,232 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How West Leechburg grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far West Leechburg is from typical.
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Moving to West Leechburg: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in West Leechburg, 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 West Leechburg.
Zillow puts the typical West Leechburg home at about $173K
Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home lost 2.4% of its value. West Leechburg: 85% of households are owner-occupiers.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
West Leechburg has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The share of residents in West Leechburg who live below the poverty line: 4.1%. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs locally rose by 21, to 51. In West Leechburg, the average commute is 28 minutes. The median commute is under 16 miles.
| West Leechburg | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.1% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 16% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazards: low risk in West Leechburg, mostly inland flooding
FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in West Leechburg than in just over two thirds of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in West Leechburg once, in 2004. Since 2018, one flood insurance claim has been paid in the town.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
West Leechburg: four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 84° and January nights of 20°, with about 29 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
West Leechburg ranks healthier than 65% of the country’s towns
81% of adults had a checkup this year in West Leechburg. Among adults locally, 39% sleep under 7 hours and 33% have obesity.
| West Leechburg | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 79% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 35% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | West Leechburg | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.4% | 8.8% |
| More adults with arthritis | 34.9% | 30.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Property crime in West Leechburg is lower than in the typical Pennsylvania or U.S. town
West Leechburg's reported crime rate is well below Pennsylvania's. No violent crimes were reported in 2024.
| West Leechburg | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 6.8 | 11.5 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.7 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
Acrisure Stadium and 52 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around West Leechburg. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
21 mi Theme parkKennywood
25 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
24 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
24 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
24 mi LandmarkFort PittPhoto credits
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 · 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
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Everything we know about West Leechburg
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of West Leechburg
About 2 of every 100 West Leechburg residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
100% of working residents leave West Leechburg for work
Where West Leechburg’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About West Leechburg
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
West Leechburg is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Kiskiminetas River. As of the 2020 census, West Leechburg had a population of 1,269.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1928
- Area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 994 ft
Questions about West Leechburg
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is West Leechburg, 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.