Robinson Township

Robinson Township is where the western suburbs do their shopping. In a stretch of a few square miles you will find The Mall at Robinson, the open-air Settlers Ridge center, IKEA, Costco, Trader Joe's, Target, and the Park Manor big-box corridor — a concentration of retail unmatched anywhere else in the metro. That commercial base does two useful things for homeowners: it broadens the tax base, which helps keep the township's own millage at a modest 3.20, and it means nothing is more than five minutes away. What surprises most buyers is that behind all of that commerce sit quiet residential streets, wooded hillsides, and one of the highest-rated school districts in Allegheny County.

Median list prices ran near $355,000 through mid-2026, with active inventory clustering between $250,000 and $500,000 and the top end reaching into the $600,000s. Housing stock is a mix of postwar ranches and split-levels, 1980s and 1990s colonials in the plans off Steubenville Pike and Campbells Run Road, and newer townhome developments built to serve corridor employees. Total property tax works out to roughly 27.6 mills, and the driver is Montour's unusually low 17.96 school millage — the lightest school rate of any of the districts covered in this guide. For a $355,000 house that difference against a 25-to-28-mill school district is thousands of dollars a year, and it is the single most underrated financial fact about living here.

Montour School District earns an A+ from Niche and ranks #8 in the Pittsburgh area with roughly 3,250 students across just three buildings. It has drawn national coverage for building K-12 esports and computer-science programs well before most districts considered them, and its David E. Williams Middle School is regularly cited for its innovation labs. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in Coraopolis and Bishop Canevin in Crafton cover the parochial side. Recreation leans on Clever Park and the Montour Trail, which runs through the township, while Settlers Ridge handles the movie theater and restaurant side of weekends. Healthcare is covered by UPMC and AHN outpatient centers along Steubenville Pike, with Heritage Valley Sewickley nearby. The commute is among the best on the west side — roughly 20 minutes Downtown on the Parkway West outside peak, though the tunnels and the Saturday retail traffic are both genuine tests of patience.