Best PlacesClairton, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Clairton, 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.
Clairton ranks 46,145th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Clairton
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.
Clairton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Clairton ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of towns
Where Clairton ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$38,367 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Clairton
A household needs to earn about $20,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Clairton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $38,367, 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 Clairton's effective rate of 1.37%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Clairton
Clairton 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 Clairton.
Who works in Clairton, and how
Work in Clairton 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 78%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Clairton
Clairton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of towns and more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Clairton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Clairton, month by month
Clairton 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 Clairton
Pittsburgh International sits about 23 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 Clairton
Schools across Clairton average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jefferson Hills Intermediate SchA+ · 85% proficient
- Clairton El SchD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pleasant Hills MsA · 60% proficient
- South Allegheny MsB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Thomas Jefferson HsA+ · 80% proficient
- South Allegheny HsA− · 60% proficient
- Clairton Ms/hsD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Clairton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Clairton 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 Clairton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Clairton
Is Clairton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Clairton ranks 46,145th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, transit, and walkability, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Clairton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $71,142. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $38,367 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Clairton safe?
Clairton is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $667 per resident a year.
Compare Clairton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Clairton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Clairton 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.
Clairton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Clairton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Clairton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Clairton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Clairton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Clairton 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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