Best PlacesPoint Breeze, Pittsburgh, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Point Breeze, Pittsburgh, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Point Breeze, Pittsburgh ranks 433rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Point Breeze, 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.
Point Breeze, Pittsburgh's strengths and weaknesses
Where Point Breeze, Pittsburgh ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
Where Point Breeze, Pittsburgh ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 22% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 27% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 74 pleasant days a year, better than only 31% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Point Breeze, Pittsburgh
A household needs to earn about $131,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Point Breeze, Pittsburgh home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $138,542, 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 Point Breeze, Pittsburgh's effective rate of 1.24%, 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 Point Breeze, Pittsburgh
Point Breeze, 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 Point Breeze, Pittsburgh.
Who works in Point Breeze, Pittsburgh, and how
Work in Point Breeze, Pittsburgh centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 53%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Point Breeze, Pittsburgh
Point Breeze, Pittsburgh has more parkland per resident than 94% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Point Breeze, Pittsburgh and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Point Breeze, Pittsburgh, month by month
Point Breeze, 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 Point Breeze, Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh International sits about 18 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 Point Breeze, Pittsburgh
Schools across Point Breeze, Pittsburgh average a C+, better than 54% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Verner El SchA+ · 90% proficient
- Pittsburgh Linden K-5B · 50% proficient
- Penn Hills El SchB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8D+ · 25% proficient
- Linton MsD+ · 25% proficient
- Pittsburgh Classical 6-8D · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Riverview JshsB+ · 55% proficient
- Pittsburgh Allderdice HsB · 48% proficient
- Penn Hills ShsB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Point Breeze, Pittsburgh school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Point Breeze, 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 Point Breeze, Pittsburgh against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Point Breeze, Pittsburgh
Is Point Breeze, Pittsburgh a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Point Breeze, Pittsburgh ranks 433rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on health care access, low disaster risk, and what local pay buys, 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 Point Breeze, Pittsburgh expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $471,806. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $138,542 median income, cost of living beats 97% of neighborhoods.
Is Point Breeze, Pittsburgh safe?
Point Breeze, Pittsburgh is safer than 47% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $400 per resident a year.
Compare Point Breeze, Pittsburgh with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Point Breeze, Pittsburgh. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Point Breeze, 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.
Point Breeze, Pittsburgh detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Point Breeze, Pittsburgh: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Point Breeze, Pittsburgh: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Point Breeze, Pittsburgh: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Point Breeze, Pittsburgh: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Point Breeze, 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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