Scores by category

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

Safety37#9,756/15,637
Economy61#6,107/15,631
Housing59#6,096/14,977
Health71#4,551/15,609
Healthcare95#739/15,650
Environment16#12,988/15,453
Education98#251/15,649
Infrastructure55#7,005/15,650
Community91#1,325/15,651
Leisure & amenities83#2,687/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Oakmont, 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

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
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low1.9%
92/100Pennsylvania 7.2%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Distance to an emergency room · low3.1 mi
91/100Pennsylvania 5.0 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAllegheny County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · high58.6%
91/100Pennsylvania 35.2%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Poor or fair health · low12.1%
91/100Pennsylvania 17.0%United States 19.9%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

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
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.483
12/100Pennsylvania 0.474United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Median Air Quality Index · high52
12/100Pennsylvania 432025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAllegheny County value
Drug overdose deaths · high27.5 /100k
14/100Pennsylvania 19.6 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataAllegheny County value
Time spent in the emergency room · high213 min
16/100Pennsylvania 191 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAllegheny County value
Child care cost burden · high36.5%
18/100Pennsylvania 34.6%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAllegheny County value

Trends

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

Median household incomeImproving
$65,833 (2015-2019) → $92,782 (2020-2024)
+41%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
52.8% (2015-2019) → 58.6% (2020-2024)
+5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
35.7% (2015-2019) → 41.1% (2020-2024)
+5.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
85.3% (2015-2019) → 90.2% (2020-2024)
+5 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
22.8% (2015-2019) → 26.5% (2020-2024)
+3.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateWorsening
2.8% (2015-2019) → 6.5% (2020-2024)
+3.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

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, Oakmont, Pennsylvania improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 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.

Improved2

Property tax−0.5 points2.11% → 1.57%
Household income+41%$65,833 → $92,782

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Oakmont, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.1 min2015-2019	25.8 min2020-2024	−0.3 min	Within the margin of error	51%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.8%2015-2019	58.6%2020-2024	+5.9 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Broadband subscriptions	85.3%2015-2019	90.2%2020-2024	+5 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Effective property tax rate	2.11%2015-2019	1.57%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Improved	92%
High school diploma or higher	94.9%2015-2019	98.5%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	3.6×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	50%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4652015-2019	0.4832020-2024	+0.018	Within the margin of error	35%
Median household income	$65,8332015-2019	$92,7822020-2024	+41%	Improved	75%
Poverty rate	4.4%2015-2019	5.4%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Rent as share of income	22.8%2015-2019	26.5%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Rent-burdened households	35.7%2015-2019	41.1%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Unemployment rate	4.2%2015-2019	5.6%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	23%

“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 Oakmont, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Oakmont, 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, Oakmont, Pennsylvania itself moved −1.8 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

6,702 residents (±27)

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: 60–69 women (−4.3 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

6,702 residents (±27)

Oakmont, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

White93%6,251
Black0.8%†55
Hispanic or Latino2.3%†157
Asian0.2%†11
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%†10
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races3.3%†218

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Asian (−1.2 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

5,102 residents (±156)

Oakmont, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

No high school diploma1.5%†74
High school or GED18%935
Some college14%696
Associate degree7.9%405
Bachelor's degree31%1,607
Graduate degree27%1,385

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Graduate degree (+5.2 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 B15003View 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.

Income

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

Household income

3,219 households (±197)

Oakmont, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k14%†455
$25k–50k16%520
$50k–75k12%†402
$75k–100k9.2%297
$100k–150k16%†524
$150k–200k14%438
$200k or more18%583

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (−8.1 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

3,219 households (±197)

Oakmont, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own56%1,797
Rent44%1,422

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

1,373 households (±206)

Oakmont, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $7507.3%†100
$750–1,00025%†350
$1,000–1,50040%555

Home values

1,797 homes (±155)

Oakmont, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $150k8.1%†146
$150k–250k24%424
$250k–400k32%574

Age of homes

3,487 homes (±217)

Oakmont, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

2010 or later9.1%319
2000–20094.6%†161
1980–199913%461

Size of homes

3,487 homes (±217)

Oakmont, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Studio1.3%†44
1 bedroom11%381
2 bedrooms37%1,287

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

3,396 workers (±200)

Oakmont, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone65%2,222
Carpool6.1%†208
Public transit0.4%†15
Walk2.1%†70
Bike0.3%†9
Work from home24%832
Other1.2%†40

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+17.4 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

2,564 workers (±206)

Oakmont, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under 15 min23%582
15–29 min33%838
30–44 min30%777

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 Oakmont'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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Oakmont, Pennsylvania: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

162KFY2017
133.9KFY2018
37.6KFY2019
58.8KFY2020
116.6KFY2021
9.9KFY2022
-4.6FY2023
74.6KFY2024
83.4KFY2025

What was bought

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 Oakmont, Pennsylvania, so they do not add up across cities.

Oakmont, Pennsylvania's figures are part of those of Allegheny County, PA ($7B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Oakmont 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.

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