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Avalon, Pennsylvania.

A borough in Allegheny County. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Allegheny County’s.

Living in Avalon, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Avalon is a borough of 4,762 people in Allegheny County. Half its households earn more than $51,250 a year and half less, against $78,548 across Allegheny County; 15% of its people live below the poverty line. 41% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 59% are rented. Unemployment in Allegheny County was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 4,762 in the 2020 census
Household income $51,250 the median, give or take $8,623 · Allegheny County: $78,548
Unemployment 3.8% Allegheny County, August 2026; 4.8% a year before
Homes 41% lived in by their owners; 59% rented
  • 2,710households
  • 35%of adults have a degree
  • 15%below the poverty line
  • 24 mintypical commute
  • 21%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care27%
  • Shops (retail)15%
  • Professional and business services15%
  • Banks, insurance and property10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Allegheny County had 670,169 jobs in 2025, 0.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 39° and 20°; warmest in July, 85° and 64° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 39° 20° F M A M J J 85° 64° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 39° and 20°; warmest in July, 85° and 64° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 39° 20° F M A M J J 85° 64° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 39° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 64°. About 38 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Emsworth L/d Ohio River weather station, a mile away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Allegheny County

  1. University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusUniversity or college14,731
  2. Upmc - Presbyterian ShadysideGeneral hospital8,829FTE
  3. Carnegie Mellon UniversityUniversity or college6,271
  4. University of Pittsburgh PhysiciansOffices of physicians4,542
  5. University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterDirect health and medical insurance carriers4,222
  6. Pittsburgh SDSchool district4,141FTE
  7. Eaton3,956
  8. University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterOffices of physicians3,812

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 1,072 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 217,600 people in all across the county; Avalon has two of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Cold wavesRelatively moderate
  2. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Avalon’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Allegheny County.