Best PlacesSouthside Flats, Pittsburgh, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Southside Flats, 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.
Southside Flats, Pittsburgh ranks 2,222nd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods 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 Southside Flats, 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.
Southside Flats, Pittsburgh's strengths and weaknesses
Where Southside Flats, Pittsburgh ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
Where Southside Flats, Pittsburgh ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Southside Flats, Pittsburgh
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Southside Flats, Pittsburgh home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,284, 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 Southside Flats, Pittsburgh's effective rate of 1.16%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Southside Flats, Pittsburgh
Southside Flats, Pittsburgh runs younger 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 Southside Flats, Pittsburgh.
Who works in Southside Flats, Pittsburgh, and how
Work in Southside Flats, Pittsburgh centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 47%
- Work from home 35%
- Transit, walk, or bike 18%
Life in Southside Flats, Pittsburgh
Southside Flats, Pittsburgh has more restaurants and bars per resident than 93% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 82% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Southside Flats, Pittsburgh and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Southside Flats, Pittsburgh, month by month
Southside Flats, Pittsburgh sees roughly 70 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 Southside Flats, Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh International sits about 14 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 Southside Flats, Pittsburgh
Schools across Southside Flats, Pittsburgh average a C−, better than 31% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Pittsburgh Whittier K-5A− · 60% proficient
- J.e. Harrison Education CtrB+ · 51% proficient
- Pittsburgh Phillips K-5B · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8D+ · 25% proficient
- Pittsburgh Classical 6-8D · 20% proficient
- Pittsburgh South Hills 6-8D− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Pittsburgh Capa 6-12A− · 64% proficient
- Pittsburgh Allderdice HsB · 48% proficient
- Baldwin ShsB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Southside Flats, Pittsburgh school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Southside Flats, 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 Southside Flats, Pittsburgh against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Southside Flats, Pittsburgh
Is Southside Flats, Pittsburgh a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Southside Flats, Pittsburgh ranks 2,222nd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on low disaster risk, population health, and cell coverage, and lowest on noise and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Southside Flats, Pittsburgh expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $231,511. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $70,284 median income, cost of living beats 59% of neighborhoods.
Is Southside Flats, Pittsburgh safe?
Southside Flats, Pittsburgh is safer than 16% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $622 per resident a year.
Compare Southside Flats, Pittsburgh with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Southside Flats, Pittsburgh. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Southside Flats, 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.
Southside Flats, Pittsburgh detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Southside Flats, Pittsburgh: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Southside Flats, Pittsburgh: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Southside Flats, Pittsburgh: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Southside Flats, Pittsburgh: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Southside Flats, 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.