Best PlacesEast Pittsburgh, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East 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.
East Pittsburgh ranks 43,167th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East 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.
East Pittsburgh's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Pittsburgh ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
Where East Pittsburgh ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Household income$47,745 median, better than only 10% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Pittsburgh
A household needs to earn about $23,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Pittsburgh home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $47,745, 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 East Pittsburgh's effective rate of 0.72%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in East Pittsburgh
East Pittsburgh runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for East Pittsburgh.
Who works in East Pittsburgh, and how
Work in East Pittsburgh centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in East Pittsburgh
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across East Pittsburgh.
What the weather is like in East Pittsburgh, month by month
East Pittsburgh 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 East Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh International sits about 22 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 East Pittsburgh
Schools across East Pittsburgh average a D+, better than 13% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Logan El SchC− · 29% proficient
- Edgewood El Steam AcademyD+ · 23% proficient
- Wilkins El Steam AcademyD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dickson Prep Steam AcademyD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Woodland Hills HsC · 34% proficient
- East Allegheny JshsC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Pittsburgh school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East 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 East Pittsburgh against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Pittsburgh
Is East Pittsburgh a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Pittsburgh ranks 43,167th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, transit, and biking, and lowest on crime and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Pittsburgh expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $90,590. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $47,745 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is East Pittsburgh safe?
East Pittsburgh is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $938 per resident a year.
Compare East Pittsburgh with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Pittsburgh. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East 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.
East Pittsburgh detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Pittsburgh: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Pittsburgh: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Pittsburgh: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Pittsburgh: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.