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

PITTSBURGH, PA - Mt. Lebanon is the state’s third-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 rankings of the 100 best places to live for each state. Twenty nine southwestern Pennsylvania communities cracked the top 100, including three that made the top 10.

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. Houserville, Centre County
3. Mt. Lebanon
4. Penn Wynne, Montgomery County
5. Squirrel Hill North
6. Ardmore, Delaware County
7. Lemont, Centre County
8. Franklin Park
9. Boalsburg, Centre County
10. Berwyn, Chester County

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

3. Mt. Lebanon
5. Squirrel Hill North
8. Franklin Park
11. O’Hara
13. Squirrel Hill South
16. Bradford Woods
17. Point Breeze
19. Regent Square
23. Upper St. Clair
29. Shadyside
30. Marshall
31. Aspinwall
35. Edgeworth
42. Fox Chapel
46. Swisshelm Park
47, Ben Avon
49. Indiana Township
50. Sewickley
56. North Point Breeze
60. Edgewood
69. Blawnox
72. Allison Park
78. Seven Fields
80. Leet
83. Bell Acres
87. Cranberry
88. Pine
90. Murrysville
100. Friendship

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