Penn Hills is a township with home rule status in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 41,059 as of the 2020 census. A suburb of Pittsburgh, Penn Hills is the second-largest municipality in Allegheny County.

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ZIP code15147, 15235

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Living in Penn Hills

Safety in Penn Hills

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Violent crime per 1,000

Penn Hills 3.7

Pennsylvania 2.5

U.S. 3.6

Property crime per 1,000

Penn Hills 10.5

Pennsylvania 14.7

U.S. 17.7

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Schools in Penn Hills

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School Grade C-

The public schools Penn Hills’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 76% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation.

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Penn Hills El Sch C-Elementary · Grades K–5 · 1,228 students Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship CElementary · Grades K–8 · 527 students Linton MS DMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 626 students Penn Hills SHS CHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,049 students REDEEMER LUTHERAN SCHOOL

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Where Penn Hills is

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EPlum SEMonroeville WPittsburgh NVerona NOakmont SWWilkinsburg SChurchill NWBlawnox NWO'Hara SWilkins

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