Best PlacesCarrick, Pittsburgh, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Carrick, Pittsburgh, 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.
Carrick, Pittsburgh ranks 3,765th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Carrick, Pittsburgh
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.
Carrick, Pittsburgh's strengths and weaknesses
Where Carrick, Pittsburgh ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 78% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 74% of neighborhoods
Where Carrick, Pittsburgh ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than only 19% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 24% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Carrick, Pittsburgh
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Carrick, Pittsburgh home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,228, 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 Carrick, Pittsburgh's effective rate of 1.31%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Carrick, Pittsburgh
Carrick, Pittsburgh 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 Carrick, Pittsburgh.
Who works in Carrick, Pittsburgh, and how
Work in Carrick, Pittsburgh centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 18%
Life in Carrick, Pittsburgh
Carrick, Pittsburgh has more parkland per resident than 85% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Carrick, Pittsburgh and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Carrick, Pittsburgh, month by month
Carrick, Pittsburgh sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 68° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Carrick, Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh International sits about 15 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 Carrick, Pittsburgh
Schools across Carrick, Pittsburgh average a B−, better than 62% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Moore SchB+ · 55% proficient
- J.e. Harrison Education CtrB+ · 51% proficient
- Pittsburgh Concord K-5B · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brentwood MsC+ · 35% proficient
- Pittsburgh South Brook 6-8D+ · 25% proficient
- Pittsburgh Classical 6-8D · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Brentwood ShsA− · 63% proficient
- Baldwin ShsB · 47% proficient
- Pittsburgh Carrick HsC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Carrick, Pittsburgh school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Carrick, Pittsburgh 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 Carrick, Pittsburgh against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Carrick, Pittsburgh
Is Carrick, Pittsburgh a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Carrick, Pittsburgh ranks 3,765th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on low disaster risk, a stable housing market, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on taxes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Carrick, Pittsburgh expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $133,555. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $60,228 median income, cost of living beats 39% of neighborhoods.
Is Carrick, Pittsburgh safe?
Carrick, Pittsburgh is safer than 25% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $556 per resident a year.
Compare Carrick, Pittsburgh with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Carrick, Pittsburgh. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Carrick, Pittsburgh 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.
Carrick, Pittsburgh detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Carrick, Pittsburgh: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Carrick, Pittsburgh: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Carrick, Pittsburgh: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Carrick, Pittsburgh: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Carrick, Pittsburgh 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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