New Kensington · Arnold Lower Burrell · ZIP 15068
New Kensington holds the river-flat street grid, Arnold sits just upriver, and Lower Burrell covers the hills above. The ZIP also clips edges of Upper Burrell, Plum and Allegheny Township.
Borough 1892 · city 1934
The river-flat street grid, laid out for the 1891 land sale and the first aluminum works. Downtown sits along Fifth Avenue.
Violent crime: Up · 54 in 2024 (4.6 per 1,000), from 40 in 2023 (3.4). Crime in New Kensington ›
Sources: Census Bureau, newkensingtoncatholic.org, Library of Congress, City of New Kensington
Borough 1896 · city 1939
The smaller city just upriver, sharing New Kensington’s school district and its Alcoa-era mill history.
Violent crime: Up · 39 in 9 months of 2024 (about 4.3 a month), from 22 in 10 months of 2022 (about 2.2 a month). Crime in Arnold ›
Sources: Data USA, Wikipedia, City of Arnold
Township 1879 · city 1959
Hilltop suburbs and ravines above the valley, split from old Burrell Township in 1879.
Violent crime: Down · 10 in 2024 (about 0.8 a month), from 17 in 11 months of 2023 (about 1.5 a month). Crime in Lower Burrell ›
Sources: Data USA, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Wikipedia, City of Lower Burrell
Residents from the American Community Survey. Source: Census Reporter. Other counts from Overture Maps release 2026-08-19.0.
ZIP 15068 is bigger than the three cities. By area, 36% of it is New Kensington, Arnold and Lower Burrell; the rest is edges of Upper Burrell (29%), Plum (23%), Allegheny Township (11%) and Murrysville (1%). Those edges hold 5,030 of the ZIP’s 19,242 buildings. The map covers the whole ZIP; the town pages cover the three cities.
Sources: Census Bureau, newkensingtoncatholic.org, Library of Congress, Data USA, Wikipedia, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan, Overture Maps.