Hampton Township

Hampton Township is the North Hills community that consistently gets overlooked, and buyers who find it tend to feel like they discovered something. Most of the township carries an Allison Park mailing address, which is part of why it does not register the way Wexford or McCandless do. It sits on the eastern side of North Park along the Route 8 corridor, roughly seventeen miles north of Downtown, with about 18,000 residents spread across a landscape of wooded ridges, older established plans, and pockets of newer construction. The character is settled rather than aspirational — this is a place where the same families stay for decades and the high school football schedule is a community calendar.

Pricing is the headline. Redfin put the median sale price near $389,000 in mid-2026, which buys a considerably larger and better-located house than the same money does two exits west inside the North Allegheny footprint. Inventory is dominated by 1960s through 1990s single-family homes — colonials, split-levels, and ranches — on quarter- to half-acre lots, with newer construction concentrated in a handful of plans. Property tax runs roughly 33.3 mills combined: Allegheny County's 6.43, the township's modest 2.92 municipal millage, and Hampton's 23.92 school millage. Because the district is small and carries its own costs rather than spreading them across a large tax base, the school portion is the dominant line on the bill — something worth modeling before you buy rather than after.

The Hampton Township School District is the reason most families arrive. It earns an A+ from Niche and ranks #6 in the Pittsburgh metro, ahead of several districts with far bigger reputations and far bigger price tags. With roughly 2,600 students across five schools, it is small enough that students are known individually, and it is well regarded for music, athletics, and a solid AP catalogue. Daily life revolves around North Park, whose eastern entrances sit at the township's doorstep — nearly 3,000 acres of trails, a lake, a golf course, and a skating rink functioning as a shared back yard. Hampton Community Park adds a pool and local fields, and Wildwood Highlands covers rainy-day family entertainment. Retail is spread along Route 8 with McCandless Crossing about ten minutes west, and UPMC Passavant and AHN Wexford handle healthcare. The commute Downtown is 25 to 30 minutes via Route 8 to Route 28, though Route 8 is the only real artery and it does not forgive an accident.