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Everything else equal, I think we can all agree that living in a cheaper place is better than living in a more expensive place.
I'd much rather pay $500/mo in rent than $1,000. And I'd rather pay $2 for coffee than $5.
And while every neighbhorhood in Pittsburgh might be more expensive than living in rural Pennsylvania, there are certain neighborhoods that are definitely cheaper.
So what exactly are those Pittsburgh neighborhoods where your dollar goes a little further -- you can get that one bedroom instead of the studio?
Instead of relying on public opinion and speculation, we wanted to get the facts straight and find out which neighborhoods in Pittsburgh are the cheapest.
The Cheapest Neighborhoods In Pittsburgh For 2022
What's the cheapest neighborhood to live in Pittsburgh for 2022? According to the most recent census data, Marshall-Shadeland looks to be the cheaptest Pittsburgh neighborhood to live in.
At this point we should make it clear that you do get what you pay for -- some of these neighborhoods might not be the best places to live in Pittsburgh. You could be sacrificing location or crime rates in return for more space and cheaper groceries.
Read on to see how we determined the places around Pittsburgh that deserve a little bragging rights or maybe you're interested in the worst neighborhoods in Pittsburgh.
Once you're done, you can look at the bottom of the story for a complete chart of every neighborhood we looked at from cheapest to most expensive.
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The 10 Cheapest Neighborhoods To Live In Pittsburgh For 2022
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Population: 4,396
Cost Of Living Index: 84 (11th cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 1.2 (7th cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.013 (15th cheapest)
More on Marshall-Shadeland: Homes For Sale | Data
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Population: 1,783
Cost Of Living Index: 81 (3rd cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 1.2 (8th cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.015 (23rd cheapest)
More on Beltzhoover: Homes For Sale | Data
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Population: 3,534
Cost Of Living Index: 84 (11th cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 1.8 (36th cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.003 (3rd cheapest)
More on Lincoln Place: Homes For Sale | Data
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Population: 1,249
Cost Of Living Index: 89 (38th cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 0.6 (cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.013 (13th cheapest)
More on Fairywood: Homes For Sale | Data
Population: 404
Cost Of Living Index: 86 (23rd cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 1.7 (27th cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.0 (2nd cheapest)
More on Chartiers City: Homes For Sale | Data
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Population: 175
Cost Of Living Index: 84 (11th cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 1.1 (5th cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.017 (36th cheapest)
More on Esplen: Homes For Sale | Data
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Population: 562
Cost Of Living Index: 85 (18th cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 1.3 (12th cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.015 (26th cheapest)
More on Mt Oliver: Homes For Sale | Data
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Population: 831
Cost Of Living Index: 80 (2nd cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 0.7 (2nd cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.021 (59th cheapest)
More on Homewood West: Homes For Sale | Data
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Population: 944
Cost Of Living Index: 88 (30th cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 1.4 (15th cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.014 (19th cheapest)
More on Bon Air: Homes For Sale | Data
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Population: 2,415
Cost Of Living Index: 82 (4th cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 1.9 (39th cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.015 (24th cheapest)
More on Homewood South: Homes For Sale | Data
Methodology: How We Determined The Cheapest Pittsburgh Hoods In 2022
In order to rank the cheapest places to live in Pittsburgh, we had to determine what criteria defines "cheap".
Using census and extrapolated BLS data, we arrived at the following set of criteria:
- Overall Cost Of Living
- Rent To Income Ratio
- Median Home Value To Income Ratio
We then ranked each neighborhood with scores from 1 to 83 in each category, where 1 was the cheapest.
Next, we averaged the rankings for each neighborhood to create a cheap neighborhood index.
And finally, we crowned the neighborhood with the lowest cheapest neighborhood index the "Cheapest City Neighborhood In Pittsburgh." We're lookin' at you, Marshall-Shadeland.
Read on below to learn more about what it's like to live in the cheapest places Pittsburgh. Or skip to the end to see the list of all the neighborhoods in the city from cheapest to most expensive.
Summary: Lowest Cost Places To Live In Pittsburgh
If you're measuring the neighborhoods in Pittsburgh where prices are low and it's cheap to live, this is an accurate list.
As we mentioned earlier, the neighborhoods in Pittsburgh aren't all cheap. North Oakland takes the title of the most expensive neighborhood to live in Pittsburgh.
We ranked the neighborhoods from cheapest to most expensive in the chart below.
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