July 1, 2025 Census estimate.
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Penn Hills, Pennsylvania
Penn Hills, Pennsylvania is part of the nationwide 5,000-plus population catalog, with Census population and ACS demographics, housing, income, education, employment, internet, and commute estimates.
Change from the April 1, 2020 estimates base to July 1, 2025.
No ACS place row matched this city yet.
No ACS place row matched this city yet.
Education estimate is pending for this city.
BLS state unemployment for June 2026; city career tags: regional employers, healthcare, local services.
Poverty estimate is pending for this city.
Age estimate is pending for this city.
Young-adult population estimate is pending.
Housing-tenure estimate is pending.
Housing occupancy estimate is pending.
Household internet estimate is pending.
Work-from-home estimate is pending.
State/city-form proxy until ACS commute data is available.
Verify carefully for 22-25 college grads; medium-low source confidence.
State/city-scale proxy: moderate cost pressure until ACS housing rows are available.
City crime rates are not scored yet; verify FBI CDE and local police data before choosing a neighborhood.
Personal budget check
Can I afford Penn Hills?
Lower of your housing-share limit and remaining 50% needs budget.
2020-2024 ACS median gross rent, not a live listing quote.
Adjust the inputs to compare your target with the city baseline.
Planning estimate only. Gross salary is before tax. Verify current rent, utilities, insurance, deposits, taxes, debt terms, and take-home pay.
Recent grad lens
What matters for a 22-25 year old college grad
Use these sectors for first-pass job-board and LinkedIn searches.
June 2026 preliminary; BLS LAUS state proxy, not a city hiring guarantee.
Check nearby universities, community colleges, certificates, and employer-paid education benefits.
Age 20-24 share is pending for this city.
State/city proxy is moderate; verify rent, renters insurance, taxes, utilities, and income after offer.
ACS housing estimate is pending for this city.
ACS poverty estimate is pending for this city.
Exact city/neighborhood rates are not scored yet; use FBI CDE, city police dashboards, and neighborhood-level checks.
Confirm commute mode, parking, transit frequency, and remote-work expectations before signing a lease.
Commute-mode estimates are pending.
Household broadband estimate is pending.
Useful for social fit, networking, dating, outdoor access, and first-apartment quality of life.
Coverage profile derived from Census all-place population estimates, BLS state unemployment, and transparent city/state tags.
Full profile
Penn Hills data coverage
U.S. Census July 1, 2025 city estimate.
ACS median age is pending.
ACS young-adult share is pending.
Current state/city-scale proxy until an ACS place row is available.
Needs ACS home value, public listing/rental market source, or licensed housing dataset before a number is published.
Needs ACS gross rent, HUD FMR, or market rent source with geography and date.
Needs ACS income and BLS wage data at city/MSA level.
ACS housing occupancy is pending.
ACS renter and owner occupancy shares are pending.
City-level ACS employment is pending; using BLS state unemployment as a proxy.
Needs ACS poverty estimate before a city value is published.
Needs FBI Crime Data Explorer and local agency caveats before any rate or safety score is shown.
Current page shows higher-ed access only. K-12 ratings require NCES/state sources and boundary caveats.
Prioritize winter snow, coastal storms, heat waves, and older-housing resilience. Use NOAA normals and hazard history before comparing weather.
Current commute form is a proxy. Walkability requires block/neighborhood or third-party walk/transit data.
ACS commute-mode shares are pending.
Needs ACS household internet and FCC provider-availability sources.
Current employer view is sector-level. Named employer lists require a sourced city/MSA employer layer.
Needs FAA airport records and drive-time checks.
Current lifestyle tags are transparent place signals. Venue and recreation detail remains queued.
Relocation read
Should Penn Hills be on your shortlist?
Penn Hills has a lower 2025 estimate than its 2020 estimates base, which deserves a closer look at jobs, housing affordability, migration, and quality-of-life tradeoffs.
Northeastern cities often require careful checks on housing age, taxes, transit, commute time, and neighborhood-level affordability. WhereToLive.us keeps those categories separate so a reader can see what is verified and what still needs source review.
Penn Hills, Pennsylvania does not have a matched 2020-2024 ACS place row in the current bulk-table pass, so rent, income, housing, education, poverty, employment, and commute values stay pending until the next source refresh.
For a recent college grad, the first-pass profile is 53/100: verify carefully. The main career tags are regional employers, healthcare, local services, schooling access is regional college access, and the BLS state unemployment proxy is 3.9% for June 2026.
For monetization and search quality, this page answers a specific relocation query without hiding the source gaps. It gives a reliable population, ACS, and state-job baseline, then points readers toward the school-boundary, crime, weather, tax, healthcare, and lifestyle checks that usually drive move decisions.
What the current data says
Penn Hills, Pennsylvania is part of the nationwide catalog of incorporated places with at least 5,000 residents. Its July 1, 2025 Census estimate is 39,452, ranking #1,055 among unique incorporated-place names in this source pass.
The current move signal is stable, and the young-grad fit score is 53/100. This score is a transparent research shortcut, not a final recommendation. ACS city/place estimates are pending for this city because the current bulk-table pass did not match a published ACS place row. Crime, school boundaries, weather, healthcare, tax, utilities, live wages, provider-level broadband, and live listings still need source-specific refreshes before stronger advice is issued.
Housing and monthly costs
ACS rent, income, owner-occupied home value, occupancy, and tenure are live where matched. Verify current listings, deposits, utilities, insurance, parking, taxes, and roommate options in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania.
Data layer queuedJobs and education
ACS employment and education plus BLS state unemployment are live. Verify occupation wages, current openings, employer stability, degree programs, and alumni pipelines.
Data layer queuedSafety and health
Use FBI CDE, local police, CMS, and HRSA sources for neighborhood crime, hospital access, specialists, and shortage-area checks.
Data layer queuedClimate and daily access
ACS household broadband and commute modes provide baselines. Verify NOAA climate and hazards, FEMA risk, FCC address-level broadband, airports, commute routes, and local recreation before moving.
Data layer queuedPenn Hills pros
- 39,452 residents in the verified 2025 Census estimate.
- Verify carefully young-professional signal at 53/100.
- ACS place metrics are clearly marked pending instead of filled by hand.
- Competitive career signal from state job proxy and sector tags.
- Regional college access for post-college education/network checks.
Penn Hills cons and checks
- Exact rent, income, commute, and home-value layers are not available for this city yet.
- Standard city check is still a verification step, not a crime score.
- Mixed commute still needs route-level commute confirmation.
- Taxes, healthcare, utilities, provider-level broadband, and weather hazards still need source-specific layers.
Penn Hills research checklist
- Compare the 2025 population estimate against nearby cities and the state shortlist.
- Check whether population growth matches the local housing supply and commute tradeoffs.
- Layer in verified rent, wage, school, healthcare, tax, and safety data before making a move decision.
- Use official city, county, Census, BLS, HUD, NOAA, NCES, CMS, FCC, and state tax sources for final confirmation.
Common Penn Hills questions
- Is Penn Hills growing?
- Penn Hills, Pennsylvania is relatively stable on the verified population measure, with -3.82% change from the 2020 estimates base to the 2025 estimate.
- Is Penn Hills good for a 22-25 year old college grad?
- Penn Hills, Pennsylvania currently scores 53/100 on the young-grad fit model, with a competitive career signal, regional college access, watch rent cost-pressure label, and mixed commute commute signal. Treat that as a shortlist signal, not a guarantee.
- Is Penn Hills affordable?
- Penn Hills, Pennsylvania does not have a matched ACS city/place row in the current data pass, so affordability needs local rent, income, utility, insurance, and tax verification.
- What should I verify before moving to Penn Hills?
- Verify current rent or mortgage cost, wage expectations, commute route, school or graduate-program access, city and neighborhood crime data, healthcare access, utility costs, taxes, internet availability, and social fit using primary sources.
- Does WhereToLive.us recommend Penn Hills?
- Not as final advice. The current page is a research baseline. A recommendation requires verified affordability, occupation wages, job postings, safety, school, healthcare, tax, weather, and commute layers.
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