Best PlacesAliquippa, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Aliquippa, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Aliquippa ranks 1,358th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Aliquippa
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Aliquippa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Aliquippa ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 83% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 80% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 80% of cities
Where Aliquippa ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 15% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 17% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 22% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 23% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Aliquippa
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Aliquippa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,866, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Aliquippa's effective rate of 1.44%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Aliquippa
Aliquippa runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Aliquippa.
Who works in Aliquippa, and how
Work in Aliquippa centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Aliquippa
Aliquippa has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of cities and more parkland per resident than 84% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Aliquippa and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Aliquippa, month by month
Aliquippa sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Aliquippa
Pittsburgh International sits about 8 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Aliquippa
Schools across Aliquippa average a B−, better than 50% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- South Side El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Independence El SchA · 67% proficient
- Margaret Ross El SchA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Side MsA− · 55% proficient
- Hopewell JhsB · 45% proficient
- Central Valley MsB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Central Valley HsA+ · 83% proficient
- South Side HsA− · 60% proficient
- Hopewell ShsA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Aliquippa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Aliquippa measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Aliquippa against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Aliquippa suits
Common questions about living in Aliquippa
Is Aliquippa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Aliquippa ranks 1,358th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low disaster risk, tree cover, and heat safety, and lowest on state infrastructure and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Aliquippa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $179,771. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $73,866 median income, cost of living beats 38% of cities.
Is Aliquippa safe?
Aliquippa is safer than 35% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $323 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Aliquippa?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 22. That works out to about 72 pleasant days a year, more than 31% of cities.
Is Aliquippa good for families?
Schools beat 50% of cities, crime safety beats 35%, and childcare runs $868 a month.
Compare Aliquippa with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Aliquippa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Aliquippa represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Aliquippa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Aliquippa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Aliquippa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Aliquippa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Aliquippa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Aliquippa detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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