Town Hall · Penn Hills

Penn Hills, PA town hall & government

Penn Hills spent $54.9 million in the year to December 31, 2024, about $1,368 per resident.

Where the money goes, where it comes from, property taxes, and how to reach Penn Hills's government.

Town budget

Where Penn Hills's money goes

Spent
$54.9 million
fiscal year to December 31, 2024
Per resident
$1,368
typical Pennsylvania towns: $1,117
Long-term debt
$50.7 million
$1,264 per resident
Sewer & trash
$19.1 million35%
Police
$10.3 million19%
Roads & transportation
$7.4 million14%
Administration & buildings
$2.8 million5%
Parks & libraries
$2.4 million4%
Interest on debt
$2.3 million4%
Fire
$875,0002%
Housing & development
$829,0002%
Courts, inspections & corrections
$733,0001%
Other
$8.2 million15%

Where the money comes from

  • Fees & charges 38%
  • Income taxes 24%
  • Property taxes 19%
  • From the state 7%
  • Other taxes & licenses 7%
  • From the federal government 2%
  • Interest, fines & other 1%
  • From other local governments 1%
Town workforce

Who works for Penn Hills

Full-time staff
154
49 part-time too
Average full-time pay
$86,500
a year, before benefits
Sworn police officers
53
and 1 full-time firefighter
Police
56 full-time
Health & welfare
26 full-time24 part
Roads & transportation
23 full-time
Parks & libraries
9 full-time20 part
Administration & buildings
13 full-time
Sewer & trash
13 full-time
Housing & development
3 full-time
Courts, inspections & corrections
0 full-time5 part
Fire
1 full-time
Other
10 full-time

Staff on the town's payroll in March 2025. Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it's approximate.

Schools · school year 2023–24

Penn Hills School District

Penn Hills's K–12 school district. It is its own government, with a budget separate from the town's.

Spending per pupil
$21,373
Pennsylvania: $21,758
Students
3,016
in the whole district
Long-term debt
$150.8 million
at year end

Where the district's money comes from Pennsylvania districts overall: 55% local, 37% state, 8% federal

  • Local 52%
  • State 40%
  • Federal 7%

Of the $21,373 per pupil, $12,166 goes to classroom instruction (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to support services such as buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren't in the per-pupil figure.

Local

Contact Penn Hills's government

🏛️ Official websitepennhills.org ↗

Town hall & decisions in Penn Hills →

Budget: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Finance (every city and town government's revenue, spending and debt, grouped into plain categories). Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

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