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Pittsburgh, PA
Pennsylvania · Allegheny County · Pittsburgh Metro
Pittsburgh is a large city in Pennsylvania with a population of 303,620. Residents earn $64,137 per year, which is 15% below the national average.
3.6
/5.0
B+
Good
303,620
Population
5,483/sq mi density
$64,137
Median Income
$43,590 per capita
$193,200
Home Value
$230,723 Zillow
$1,221
Median Rent
28.8% income on rent
54°F
Avg Temperature
255 sunny days/yr
798
Violent Crime/100K
3,213 property/100K
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Overall
3.6 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
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Economy
3.7 / 5.0
$64,137 median income, 3.8% unemployment
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Affordability
5.0 / 5.0
$193,200 home value, $1,221/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
798 violent crimes/100K (110% above avg)
A+
Education
4.8 / 5.0
47.8% bachelor's degree or higher
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Haunted Places Near Pittsburgh, PA
23 reported haunted locations found near Pittsburgh, PA.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| "Old Main" Administration Building- Duquesne University | The Basement of "old Main" is said to be haunted by slaves, as it was a part of the Underground Railroad. Employees have been said to hear voices and moans. Lights go on and off and doors slam by themselves. Many unexplained happenings |
| Allegheny General Hospital South Tower | Oldest part of the hospital. Noises and people talking are heard, and some have seen things. |
| Byers Hall, CCAC North Campus | Old mansion, turned administration building. Story has it the Byers family went out to a dinner party, left the baby home with the nanny. The nanny went to check up on the baby and she found the baby dead in her crib. The nanny was so distraught, she hung herself. The parents came home later that night and found the nanny hanging over the staircase and the ghost of their dead baby looking at her. The second floor is closed off, however there is a window you can look up into and some say that ... |
| Carlow College | Room 947 - Late at night, students have reported seeing misty apparitions. They also hear scratching noises on the walls. Lights have also be said to turn on by themsleves. |
| Carnegie Library | This library was built over a old cemetery and believed at night spirits haunt it. |
| Cathedral of Learning | Unknown spirits haunt this building. This is mainly on the top floor of it. |
| Civic Arena | The neighborhood that was demolished to build the arena is said to come alive at night. The whole dome suddenly filling with the sounds of people, streetcars and car horns. Mario Lemieux, star player for the Pgh Penguins has said he’s seen shadowy guys in 1920s clothes mulling about in the halls. |
| Dixmont Mental Hospital | Lots of ghosts of formal mental patients who died there. |
| Duquesne University | St. Ann's Living Learning Center - Room 409 - A boy walks into the room and throws things around the room. |
| Fort Pitt Museum(Point State Park) | The Battle of Grant's Hill was fought at this location during the French & Indian War in 1758.Security Guards have seen people on the monitors that were not there. Objects have disappeared from the museum. Strange sounds have been heard from empty parts of the museum. A re-enactor was murdered there during the early 1970's. |
| ICM School Of Business and Medical Careers | A woman use to work at ICM for 20 yrs ever since it opened, well no one liked her and she was going for a supervisor job but the administrators at that time threatened her to not take the position cause one of the ones that worked there wanted her husband as the Supervisor. Well, one day they all went up to her office at night and her door was shut, when they walked in she had a heart attack and died in the school. Ever since then she haunts the school at night a ghost apparition of a woman h... |
| John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center | This building, in the Stripped District of Pittsburgh, was once site of the Chautauqua Lake Ice Co, which exploded due to fire on February 9, 1898. The building has since been renovated and now houses the John Heinz History Center. Several staff members, including night security guards, have witnessed strange sights and sounds there. Most activity seems to center around the 5th floor (used as storage/archives) and the loading dock area. Spirits have been known to occupy and interact with the ... |
| Mercy Hospital | a ghost of a caring nun haunts the 6th floor of the old building.(use to be Devine Mercy Hospital) the 6th floor was the OB department until the late 60s when it closed. Her name is believed to be Sister Mary Loretta. She is always looking out for staff and others. And she has been said to have been many times my patients at night who tell other staff members that a nun was in there room and brought them a blanket or a water pitcher. There are no nuns at mercy providence who care for patients... |
| National Aviary | Civil War soldiers walk the halls at night. |
| North shore/Northside | Allegheny Center, Building #7 - It has a documented high turnover for students living there, which some say is due to a "bad vibe" the building gives off. It had several incidents of strange phenomenon ranging from cold spots, knocking/rapping, poltergeist like activity, and even visual sightings. The energy's also seem to not be concentrated in just one place, and move freely around the building. Wide majorities of people have reported experiences while living there. A student radio show aro... |
| North Side Childcare, North Ave | This used to be a supermarket in the 80's and a woman was shot in the face with a shotgun while shopping. Children have seen a headless woman walking inside the building |
| Pittsburgh Playhouse | unknown spirits haunted this building. |
| Point Park College | Lawrence Hall - A student at living in Lawrence Hall on the 10th floor was said to be smoking a cigarette in her room and fell asleep with the cigarette left lit by her side. The room caught on fire trapping her in her room and killing her. Workers at the college cleaned and repainted the room. A new student moved in and 2 weeks the walls turned chard as if nobody ever painted them. Every year the walls are repainted and they continuously turn chard again. The room is no longer used. |
| Point State Park | For years, city police and the homeless have reported an array of night specters down here ranging from shapeless mists, coonskin frontiersmen, Indians and even George Washington. |
| Sarah Heinz House Boys and Girls Club | This place is said to be haunted by 2 ghosts. On of which is Sarah Heinz who is what this building is named after, staff members said to have heard footsteps and saw flickering lights...and every so often they would hear very fait voices during the night. The other ghost is f a boy who died while playing basket ball in the gym, he was up on the balcony above the gym and was looking over into the gym and he accidentally fell, members and staff claimed to still hear a basketball bouncing even t... |
| Three Rivers Stadium | - December 2005 Correction/Additional Information: No longer exists - after Heinz Field and PNC Park were built. - December 2005 Correction/Additional Information: No longer exists, but a replica has been built among the office buildings. Famous sport stadium home of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Supposed victim and fan was set on fire and hung and is said to haunt any road team that ventures into Pittsburgh. - September 2005 Update: has been torn down & made into a new parking lot for for the new... |
| University Pittsburgh | 201 Bruce Hall - a dorm on the University Pittsburgh Campus is also supposed to be haunted. - November 2003 update: the story on the sight said that room 201 was haunted..it was actually found that the 12th floor of bruce hall was haunted..it was the former sight of the schenley hotel..and story has it that the wife and mistress of the owner committed suicide on the 12th floor. the 12th floor is no longer used for housing purposes and is simply office space. Odd happenings have been reporte... |
| William Penn Hotel | The unused 22nd and 23rd floor are haunted. Was a female dormitory for a while early in the century. There was a murder in there. Night watchman report, gusts of cold wind, (windows not open), feeling the presents of people watching and unusual sounds of laughter and feet shuffling. |