Best PlacesSewickley Heights, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sewickley Heights, 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.
Sewickley Heights ranks 316th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sewickley Heights
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.
Sewickley Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Sewickley Heights ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$197,531 median, better than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
Where Sewickley Heights ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$991 a month, better than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sewickley Heights
A household needs to earn about $292,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sewickley Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $197,531, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Sewickley Heights' effective rate of 1.43%, 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 Sewickley Heights
Sewickley Heights 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 Sewickley Heights.
Who works in Sewickley Heights, and how
Work in Sewickley Heights centers on professional & technical and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 30%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Sewickley Heights
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sewickley Heights.
What the weather is like in Sewickley Heights, month by month
Sewickley Heights sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Sewickley Heights
Pittsburgh International sits about 6 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 Sewickley Heights
Schools across Sewickley Heights average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Franklin El SchA+ · 88% proficient
- Edgeworth El SchA+ · 85% proficient
- Osborne El SchA+ · 85% proficient
Top middle schools
- Quaker Valley MsA+ · 75% proficient
- Ingomar MsA+ · 68% proficient
- Avonworth MsA · 62% proficient
Top high schools
- Quaker Valley HsA+ · 85% proficient
- Avonworth HsA · 73% proficient
- Cornell HsC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sewickley Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sewickley Heights 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 Sewickley Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sewickley Heights
Is Sewickley Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sewickley Heights ranks 316th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, health care access, and high incomes, and lowest on property taxes and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sewickley Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,027,280. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $197,531 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Sewickley Heights safe?
Yes, Sewickley Heights is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $201 per resident a year.
Compare Sewickley Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sewickley Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sewickley Heights 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.
Sewickley Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sewickley Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sewickley Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sewickley Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sewickley Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sewickley Heights 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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