Best PlacesCheswick, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cheswick, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cheswick ranks 5,888th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cheswick
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.
Cheswick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cheswick ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
Where Cheswick ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$991 a month, better than only 25% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cheswick
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cheswick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $89,440, 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 Cheswick's effective rate of 1.51%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cheswick
Cheswick 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 Cheswick.
Who works in Cheswick, and how
Work in Cheswick centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Cheswick
Cheswick has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Cheswick and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cheswick, month by month
Cheswick sees roughly 74 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 Cheswick
Pittsburgh International sits about 21 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 Cheswick
Schools across Cheswick average an A−, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fairview El SchA+ · 93% proficient
- Hartwood El SchA+ · 83% proficient
- East Union Intrmd SchA− · 59% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dorseyville MsA+ · 72% proficient
- Deer Lakes MsB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Fox Chapel Area HsA+ · 93% proficient
- Hampton HsA+ · 90% proficient
- Riverview JshsB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cheswick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cheswick 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 Cheswick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cheswick
Is Cheswick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cheswick ranks 5,888th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, health care access, and transit, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cheswick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $290,466. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $89,440 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Cheswick safe?
Yes, Cheswick is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $216 per resident a year.
Compare Cheswick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cheswick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cheswick 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.
Cheswick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cheswick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cheswick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cheswick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cheswick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cheswick 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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