28 Pittsburgh Communites Make Top 100 Places To Live In PA List

PITTSBURGH, PA - Mt. Lebanon is the state's seventh-best community in which to live and the best in southwestern Pennsylvania, according to Niche, a Pittsburgh-based website that analyzes neighborhoods, school districts and colleges.

Niche has released its 2019 rankings of the 100 best places to live for each state. Twenty-eight nine southwestern Pennsylvania communities cracked the top 100.

To calculate the rankings and assign grades to communities, Niche looks at factors like the quality of local schools, crime rates, housing trends, employment statistics and access to amenities. Niche gets its data from government sources like the Department of Education, the FBI and the U.S. Census. You can read more about Niche's methodology and data sources.

According to Niche, these are the state’s top 10 communities:

1. Chesterbrook, Chester County
2. Penn Wynne, Montgomery County
3. Ardmore, Delaware County
4. Berwyn, Chester County
5. Swarthmore, Delaware County
6. Lemont, Centre County
7. Mt. Lebanon
8. Boalsburg, Centre County
9. Houserville, Centre County
10. Devon, Chester County

What follows are Niche's state rankings of communities in southwestern Pennsylvania:

7. Mt. Lebanon
11. Squirrel Hill North
12. Regent Square
13. Point Breeze
15. Bradford Woods
22. Squirrel Hill South
25. Upper St. Clair
28. Marshall
33. O’Hara
36. Aspinwall
39. Blawnox
42. Edgeworth
44. Shadyside
51. Fox Chapel
55. Swisshelm Park
56. Sewickley
60. Ben Avon
63. Seven Fields
68. Allison Park
69. Chalfont
76. Bell Acres
78. Downtown Pittsburgh
79. Murrysville
81. Indiana Township
82. Greenfield
85. Pine
98. Edgewood
99. Leet

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