Region guide

Mon Valley: 31 towns, 469 places to eat

The former mill towns along the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers, from Homestead to McKeesport and Clairton. Every town below has its own guide, built from county permits, Census data and county open data.

31municipalities
469places to eat
71%independent
145,136residents (2020)
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Map: U.S. Census TIGER/Line · 469 listings

Towns in the Mon Valley

Listings in each municipality12. 2 of the 31 have no listings in our directory yet (South Versailles and Trafford); their guides point to the nearest places to eat.

Braddock12Braddock Hills8Clairton18Dravosburg7Duquesne14East McKeesport4East Pittsburgh4Elizabeth12Elizabeth Township34Forward7Glassport18Homestead35Liberty3Lincoln1McKeesport41Munhall31North Braddock5North Versailles37Port Vue4Rankin6South Versailles0Swissvale28Trafford0Turtle Creek7Versailles9West Elizabeth6West Homestead17West Mifflin66Whitaker1White Oak28Wilmerding6

Most places to eat

West Mifflin66McKeesport41North Versailles37Homestead35Elizabeth Township34Munhall31Swissvale28White Oak28Clairton18Glassport18West Homestead17Duquesne14

What the Mon Valley eats

Bars & pubs80Pizza60
Restaurant45
Clubs, posts & fire halls45Sandwiches & delis28Coffee & cafes27American21Bakeries20Burgers20Ice cream & dessert18

By listing count1.

People and places

The 31 towns cover about 103 square miles of land and had 145,136 residents in 202023. The largest by population is West Mifflin (19,589). Median household income ranges from about $34,219 in McKeesport to $80,589 in Elizabeth Township4.

West Mifflin19589McKeesport17727Elizabeth Township12982Munhall10774North Versailles10074Swissvale8624White Oak7630Clairton6181Duquesne5254Turtle Creek5114

The Mon Valley is our own grouping of municipalities for browsing. It is not an official region, and other sources draw the lines differently.

Sources

  1. Pittsburgh Spotlight directory, built from Allegheny County Health Department food facility permits, plus OpenStreetMap listings marked unverifiedUpdated October 28, 2026. Counts include every listing inside the official boundary.
  2. TIGER/Line 2024 county subdivisions, PennsylvaniaU.S. Census Bureau. Public domain (U.S. federal government work). Used for municipal boundaries, land area and point in polygon placement of listings.
  3. 2020 Census Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171), county subdivisionsU.S. Census Bureau. Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
  4. American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates (tables B01002, B01003, B08301, B15003, B19013, B25003), county subdivisionsU.S. Census Bureau. Public domain (U.S. federal government work). Estimates carry margins of error, which are large for small towns.
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