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Northeast · Pennsylvania · pop 303K

Pittsburgh, PA

Fit score

Good match

at the reference profile: one person earning $6,700/mo gross, default weights.

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After estimated taxes in PA, your $6,700/mo income nets about $5,207 — covering estimated essentials here (about $1,054 rent plus everyday costs incl. local sales tax) with roughly $1,699 left over.

Expect summer highs near 83°F, winter lows around 22°F, and about 160 sunny days a year.

Home prices are within reach relative to local pay — the median home ($235,000) is about 3.9× the median household income.

Tradeoff: the local job market is softer than most on this list (3.7% unemployment).

AFFORD 95HOUSIN 70JOBS 42SAFETY 53CLIMAT 81AMENIT 63

The Pittsburgh fit print

Est. monthly cost

$3,508/mo

Typical rent

$1,240/mo

Home value ÷ income

3.9×

Score breakdown

Affordability
95
Housing
70
Jobs
42
Safety
53
Climate
81
Amenities
63

The data behind the score

Money (Census ACS · HUD)

Median gross rent
$1,160/mo
HUD fair market rent (2BR)
$1,240/mo
Median home value
$235,000
Median household income
$60,000
Population
303,000

Work (BLS)

Unemployment rate
3.7%
Job growth (1yr)
0.8%

Safety (FBI CDE, per 100k)

Violent crime rate
640
Property crime rate
2,900

Climate (NOAA normals)

Avg. summer high
83°F
Avg. winter low
22°F
Sunny days / year
160
Days ≥100°F by 2050 (air temp)
≈4/yr
Dangerous humid days by 2050 (feels-like)
≈40/yr
Unhealthy air days
≈12/yr
Annual rain
38"
Annual snow
42"

Community & access (approx.)

2024 county margin
D+20
Int'l airport
≈18 mi
Walkability
62/100
Disaster risk
30/100
Buying instead of renting? Pennsylvania's effective property tax runs about 1.41% of home value per year (≈$276/mo on the median $235,000 home). Our affordability score is rent-based, so this isn't double-counted.
A citywide number is an average. Rent, safety, and everything else vary block by block — treat these figures as a starting point and research specific neighborhoods before committing.

Data vintage: sample-approx-2024. Sources & methodology — this deployment is running the bundled sample dataset; figures are approximate.

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