Presto, Pennsylvania.
, asking rent $1,414 (-11.5%). Pittsburgh, PA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$793 (+111%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Pennsylvania$1,507
- United States$1,922
Asking rents in Presto, PA fell 11.5% over the past year — slower than the nation's +2.7%.
Living in Presto, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
The Census does not count Presto on its own, so the figures here are Allegheny County's. Half the county's households earn more than $78,548 a year and half less; 12% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 65% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 35% 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 people in Allegheny County work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Presto sits in Allegheny County, in the Pittsburgh region, where the rivers and the older industrial history shape daily life. Across the county, most homes are lived in by their owners, and many adults have a four-year degree. Winters are cold and snowy, summers are warm, and rain and melted snow arrive through much of the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, or in professional and business services. Others work in retail, or in banks, insurance and property. Across the county, unemployment has come down over the past year, while job numbers have held nearly steady.
Things to do. The Ohio River is a short drive away and is one of the best known rivers in the area. Acrisure Stadium and PNC Park are also a short drive off, and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History is a short drive away for a day indoors.
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- 545,802households
- 40.6median age
- 46%of adults have a degree
- 12%below the poverty line
- 25 mintypical commute
- 21%work from home
What people in Allegheny County work in
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
Coldest in January, with highs near 36° and lows near 21°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 63°. About 44 inches of snow and 40 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Pittsburgh International Airport weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Allegheny County
- University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusUniversity or college14,731
- Upmc - Presbyterian ShadysideGeneral hospital8,829FTE
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityUniversity or college6,271
- University of Pittsburgh PhysiciansOffices of physicians4,542
- University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterDirect health and medical insurance carriers4,222
- Pittsburgh SDSchool district4,141FTE
- Eaton3,956
- 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. 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
- Inland floodingVery high
- Cold wavesVery high
- Ice stormsVery high
- Strong windRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Allegheny County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. 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 and the Pittsburgh, PA metro.
Presto home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Presto9
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Presto address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Presto — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.