Homestead, Pennsylvania

About Homestead

Homestead is a small town in western Pennsylvania counting 2,852 people who proudly call it home.

Homestead holds the status of a borough — a form of municipal government most common in the Northeast. The community covers 0.58 square miles, giving it a compact, walkable footprint at roughly 4,917 residents per square mile.

📰 Homestead News Today

• One person killed in shooting near Homestead playground WTAE · Jul 23
• The strike that reshaped the labor movement NPR · Jun 27
• Homestead Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 22
• Person dead after shooting near playground in Homestead, victim identified WPXI · Jul 15
• Harmony Club of Homestead, Pa., Lance Weems Scholarship Prayer Brunch New Pittsburgh Courier · Jun 6

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Homestead Unique

• One of 7 places in the US named Homestead — but the Pennsylvania one has a character all its own.
• Positioned in western Pennsylvania, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Pennsylvania — one of 2,002 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 2 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Homestead

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Homestead

• African Eats Cuisine
• Burgatory — burger
• Coriander India Grill — indian
• Eat'n Park — american
• Eighth and Hays Wine Bar and Brick Oven — pizza
• Hokkaido Seafood Buffet — asian
• IHOP — breakfast
• MeLyng Restaurant — vietnamese
• Milky Way — pizza
• Mineo's Pizza House — pizza

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Dave & Buster's
• National Carpatho-Rusyn Cultural and Educational Center · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Homestead

• Magee Playground reviews ★
• Riverplex at Sandcastle reviews ★
• Burgwin Park reviews ★
• Frick Park reviews ★
• Hazelwood Greenway · Nature reserve reviews ★
• John F. Kennedy Park reviews ★
• Nine Mile Run Greenway · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Park Square reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Homestead

• Barrett El Sch
• Propel CS-Homestead

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Homestead

🏘️ Nearby Communities