Most working residents leave Monessen for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (11%), Charleroi (6%) and Rostraver (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.
Monessen’s public schools outperform 16% of Pennsylvania districts
The public schools Monessen’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 84% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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Climate
Four seasons, pleasant summers
Monessen has chilly winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 84°, a January night drops to 22°, and about 21 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Monessen is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Monongahela River. The population was 6,876 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Steelmaking was a prominent industry in Monessen, and it became a third-class city in 1921. With restructuring of the steel industry in the late 20th century and loss of jobs, it is considered a Rust Belt borough in the "Mon Valley" of southwestern Pennsylvania. Monessen is included in the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area, as well as the Laurel Highlands. It sits across the Monongahela from the city of North Charleroi.
