Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety37#9,756/15,637
Economy6#14,712/15,631
Housing63#5,473/14,977
Health30#10,946/15,609
Healthcare82#2,833/15,650
Environment16#12,988/15,453
Education71#4,550/15,649
Infrastructure31#10,857/15,650
Community91#1,325/15,651
Leisure & amenities83#2,687/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where North Braddock, Pennsylvania ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Allegheny County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Public transit commuters · high15.1%
99/100Pennsylvania 3.6%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Reading scores · high3.39
94/100Pennsylvania 3.10United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAllegheny County value
Math scores · high3.45
93/100Pennsylvania 3.12United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAllegheny County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.9×
93/100Pennsylvania 3.3×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Distance to an emergency room · low3.1 mi
91/100Pennsylvania 5.0 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAllegheny County value
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationAllegheny County value

Weaknesses

Unemployment rate · high16.3%
2/100Pennsylvania 4.3%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Median household income · low$34,564
3/100Pennsylvania $77,532United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Poverty rate · high28.8%
4/100Pennsylvania 11.6%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Broadband subscriptions · low81.1%
9/100Pennsylvania 89.7%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.528
9/100Pennsylvania 0.474United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.1 µg/m³
10/100Pennsylvania 8.3 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAllegheny County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
4,741 (2015-2019) → 4,219 (2020-2024)
−11%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.3× (2015-2019) → 1.9× (2020-2024)
+52%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
70.9% (2015-2019) → 81.1% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
58.8% (2015-2019) → 50.8% (2020-2024)
−8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Unemployment rateWorsening
9.8% (2015-2019) → 16.3% (2020-2024)
+6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
35.3% (2015-2019) → 30.5% (2020-2024)
−4.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, North Braddock, Pennsylvania improved on 1 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 13 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+10 points70.9% → 81.1%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of North Braddock, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	28.3 min2015-2019	31.2 min2020-2024	+2.9 min	Within the margin of error	20%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%2015-2019	14.1%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Broadband subscriptions	70.9%2015-2019	81.1%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	61%
Child poverty rate	49.2%2015-2019	52.2%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	26%
High school diploma or higher	90.7%2015-2019	93.2%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Home price to income ratio	1.3×2015-2019	1.9×2020-2024	+0.7×	Within the margin of error	39%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5312015-2019	0.5282020-2024	−0.003	Within the margin of error	53%
Median household income	$32,2722015-2019	$34,5642020-2024	+7.1%	Within the margin of error	14%
Poverty rate	28.2%2015-2019	28.8%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Public transit commuters	15.8%2015-2019	15.1%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Rent as share of income	35.3%2015-2019	30.5%2020-2024	−4.8 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Rent-burdened households	58.8%2015-2019	50.8%2020-2024	−8 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Unemployment rate	9.8%2015-2019	16.3%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.2%2015-2019	12.3%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Within the margin of error	13%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like North Braddock, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of North Braddock, Pennsylvania in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, North Braddock, Pennsylvania itself moved +3.3 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

4,219 residents (±18)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 men (+6.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

4,219 residents (±18)

North Braddock, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

White40%1,680
Black48%2,009
Hispanic or Latino0.7%†29

Education

3,248 residents (±209)

North Braddock, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

No high school diploma6.8%†222
High school or GED40%1,294
Some college22%706

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,142 households (±213)

North Braddock, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k38%†808
$25k–50k21%†442
$50k–75k19%†407
$75k–100k6.8%†146
$100k–150k13%†270
$150k–200k1.4%†31
$200k or more1.8%†38

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+11.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,142 households (±213)

North Braddock, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own47%1,013
Rent53%1,129

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

1,082 households (±221)

North Braddock, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $75056%†603
$750–1,0005.9%†64
$1,000–1,50035%†378

Home values

1,013 homes (±203)

North Braddock, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $150k95%967
$150k–250k2.5%†25
$250k–400k0.0%0

Age of homes

2,652 homes (±193)

North Braddock, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

2010 or later1.5%†39
2000–20090.1%†3
1980–19994.6%†

Size of homes

2,652 homes (±193)

North Braddock, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Studio1.2%†33
1 bedroom12%†314
2 bedrooms42%1,117

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,934 workers (±287)

North Braddock, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone56%1,090
Carpool9.3%†180
Public transit15%†292
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home17%†321
Other2.6%†51

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+9.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,613 workers (±258)

North Braddock, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under 15 min9.9%†159
15–29 min42%678
30–44 min24%†388

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Pittsburgh, PA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Allegheny County, the county holding most of North Braddock's residents.

Allegheny County has 33,812 employer establishments, 275 for every 10,000 residents (1.11× the US rate of 248; 1.17× Pennsylvania's), with 709,774 paid employees at an average annual pay of $67,827. The Census Bureau also counts 95,928 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 33,812; 95,928 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 275; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 709,774
Average annual pay: $67,827; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Allegheny County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	3,281	26.7	1.28×More than typical	56,544	$81,487	5,146
Restaurants and other eating places	2,554	20.8	1.13×About typical	47,124	$21,860	410
Specialty trade contractors	1,711	13.9	0.90×About typical	20,285	$71,677	5,217
Offices of physicians	1,255	10.2	1.58×More than typical	27,370	$106,824	1,156
Lessors of real estate	1,244	10.1	0.82×About typical	7,200	$66,959	10,358
Limited-service restaurants	1,101	9	1.12×About typical	16,647	$18,540	196
Full-service restaurants	1,088	8.9	1.15×About typical	25,572	$24,702	142
Personal care services	952	7.7	1.62×More than typical	5,203	$28,923	2,860
Construction of buildings	880	7.2	0.95×About typical	7,607	$81,294	2,052
Offices of other health practitioners	865	7	1.16×About typical	4,625	$49,182	2,703
Services to buildings and dwellings	863	7	1.04×About typical	7,652	$41,262	3,875
Management, scientific and technical consulting	841	6.8	1.02×About typical	7,341	$110,473	4,809

Rank places for an industry Open Allegheny County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,228,911 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $6.2M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in North Braddock, Pennsylvania: $1,473 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $6.2M; +673% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,473; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$6.2M100%

Top recipients

SAF INC$6.3M100%
S365 INC$15K0.2%
CRAWFORD CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.$00.0%
GL POWER, INC.-$2,1760.0%
AMHERST MADISON, INC.-$112.8K0.0%

Spending by fiscal year

91.8KFY2017
62.7KFY2018
1.2MFY2019
17.1KFY2020
150.8KFY2021
55.5KFY2022
65.5KFY2023
856.5KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$6.2M99.8%
Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$15K0.2%

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in North Braddock, Pennsylvania, so they do not add up across cities.

North Braddock, Pennsylvania's figures are part of those of Allegheny County, PA ($7B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: North Braddock is mostly in Allegheny County.

See federal money in Allegheny County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

North Braddock, Pennsylvania is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Allegheny County83100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Pittsburgh, PA84

Other cities and towns in Allegheny County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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