Clairton, PA 357 Apartments for Rent

Just southeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania you'll find Clairton, right along the banks of the Monongahela River. In Clairton is the largest coke manufacturing facility in the country!

Efforts to revive Clairton have been underfunded, but this little city is still going strong. A new housing community was recently built, and as the economy in general improves, the fate of Clairton is set to reverse into one of prosperity. Most of the homes available in the area are rental property, so it's wide open for new people to move into the area.

Renting in Clairton

Studio apartments in Clairton are extremely reasonably priced. Larger apartment homes, such as two and three bedroom units, are slightly more. House rent also starts around the same price range. Many of the rental houses available were once homes for the area's steel workers. Sadly, many of the buildings have been abandoned entirely by their previous owners (but hey, one man's trash is another man's treasure, right?). However, a restructuring of property taxes is attempting to renovate the area and bring new buyers to the area. This should encourage property investors to renovate many of the existing dilapidated structures and open them up for renters to enjoy.

If you're going to rent instead of buy, make sure you bring all the right papers with you. This means you'll need copies of your ID, rental history, letters of reference, bank statements and a recent credit report to prove you're not hiding anything.

Living in Clairton

Just a half hour's drive from Pittsburgh, Clairton was the setting for the movie "The Deer Hunter," though no scenes from the actual movie were filmed there. A recreational trail, Montour Trail, connects Clairton to Coraopolis, Pennsylvania -- a nice hike for outdoors lovers.

Though having no distinct neighborhoods of its own, Clairton is bordered by the townships of Elizabeth, West Elizabeth, Mifflin, Glassport and Jefferson Hills. Property values here are quite a bit lower than in the state of Pennsylvania as a whole. This makes it easy to find all bills paid rental properties.

In nearby Pittsburgh, there are abundant opportunities for jobs, shopping, dining out and enjoying high profile sporting events like the Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) home games at Heinz Field and the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park (MLB).

You can also visit Point State Park, one of the Carnegie Museums, the Good Ship Lollipop and Kennywood amusement park -- which is the only amusement park in the country registered as a National Historic Landmark. A number of nearby lakes allow residents to enjoy boating, fishing and other water sports.

The climate in Clairton is cool in the summer, and cold in the winter. Clairton gets about 36 inches of rain on an average year, plus about 18 inches of snow. Temperatures in July are typically the warmest, topping out at a pleasant 84 degrees. January is usually the coldest month, with low temperatures averaging 21 degrees but frequently dipping lower.