North Huntingdon's 27.32 square miles get crossed by two roads most townships don't have both of — the Pennsylvania Turnpike and the old Lincoln Highway (US-30) — while the Youghiogheny River clips the southwest corner for about a mile and a half. That mix left a housing stock spread across a lot of eras and terrain: colonial-era homes near the historic Fullerton Inn, split-levels from the highway-boom decades, ranch houses on the hillier lots off Route 30. With homeownership at 90.1% and better than one in five residents over 65, plenty of those houses were built for owners aging in place on their own stairs, and a stairlift on that back staircase is usually a straightforward retrofit, not a remodel.
Why a stairlift installed in North Huntingdon, PA is planned around the way this specific community lives, not stamped out from a one-size-fits-all template.
The township covers 27.32 square miles and borders the Youghiogheny River for about 1.5 km in its southwestern corner, and is traversed by the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76) and the Lincoln Highway (US-30).
Source ↗North Huntingdon was settled from its eastern end by German settlers and its western end by Scots-Irish settlers beginning in the late 1670s; the Fullerton Inn and the Andrew and Jennie McFarlane House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Source ↗Median household income was $45,376 in the 2000 census, and 17.7% of residents were 65 or older.
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| Your option | Upfront cost | 10-year total |
|---|---|---|
| Stairlift Installation Best value Professional install by All American Stairlifts, North Huntingdon PA | $2,750 – $14,700 One-time | $2,750 – $14,700 Lifetime use |
| Moving to a single-story home Selling, buying, closing, moving costs in the Westmoreland market | $50,000+ Plus relocation stress | $50,000+ Loss of community ties |
| Assisted living facility Westmoreland County average, private room | $4,500/mo Recurring | $540,000 And rising annually |
| In-home caregiver (8 hrs/day) Licensed home health aide, Florida market rates | $6,000/mo Recurring | $730,000+ Before wage increases |
| Home elevator installation Requires shaft construction, permits, months of work | $25,000 to $50,000 Plus renovation | $28,000 to $55,000 Includes maintenance |
Sources: AARP Cost of Care Survey 2025, Genworth Cost of Care Study, and Pennsylvania Department of Elder Affairs. Figures reflect North Huntingdon metro averages.
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Up to $6,800 for service-connected veterans and their surviving spouses. One-time, tax-free, no repayment.
Eligibility: Veterans & surviving spousesHome & Community-Based Services Waiver may cover up to 100% of installation for income-qualified residents.
Eligibility: Medicaid + medical needWith a doctor's letter of medical necessity, the full cost is deductible on Schedule A as a qualified medical expense.
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Common situations we get called out for across North Huntingdon's neighborhoods. Drag to scroll, or use the arrows and dots below.
Luis came out to our Jacktown Acres home two days after I called. My dad hadn't been upstairs in eight months. The straight rail went onto our carpeted stairs in about three hours — the crew cleaned up every scrap of carpet fiber. Dad took his first ride that same afternoon. He got emotional. I did too.
We have one of those 1980s two-story homes in Stewartsville with the curved staircase. I thought we'd need major construction. Luis laser-measured the whole thing in an hour, and the curved rail arrived fitted to our exact turn. Install took half a day. My mother-in-law uses it every morning now to get to her bathroom.
The outdoor lift Luis put on our Indian Lake area porch has been through two winters now — rain, snow, freeze, thaw, the whole western Pennsylvania cycle. Runs like the day it went in. My wife can sit on the porch again. We waited too long to do this.
Mom moved in with us in Oak Hollow after her stroke. The stairs were the one thing we couldn't solve. Luis showed us a straight rail model the same day we called, had it installed by Friday. Four days from phone call to Mom riding upstairs. The financing at $79 a month made it work for our budget.
Our house in Overholt Acres has unusually narrow stairs — 32 inches wide. Other companies told us a stairlift wouldn't fit. Luis measured, showed us a compact rail model that folds to 12 inches when not in use, and had it in within a week. My husband uses it three times a day now. Best decision we made last year.
After my knee replacement, the 14 stairs to our bedroom in Tinkers Run felt like a mountain. Luis had a straight rail installed on our hardwood treads in under three hours — no damage to the wood, no marks. I used it for four months during recovery, and now we're keeping it because my mom visits and needs it too.
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(800) 965-0350 Call Now. It's FreeNorth Huntingdon Township spans several distinct residential pockets, each with its own stair geometry. Circleville has a mix of 1950s-60s split-levels where straight rails fit the standard 13-tread flights. Sunset Valley's ranch homes often have wider staircases — straight-rail installs run 3 hours here. Penns Woods and Lincoln Hills feature 1970s-80s two-story homes with turned staircases that need curved-rail measurement. Ardara's older homes, some dating to the early 1900s, have steeper, narrower stairs where compact rail models fit best. Larimer has a growing number of ranch and patio homes popular with downsizing seniors.
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Stairlift Types
Most common · From $2,800
The standard choice for Circleville and Sunset Valley split-levels — 13-tread straight flights. Bolts to the treads, no wall work, runs off a standard outlet with battery backup.
vs Curved: 3x less expensive and installed in one visit. vs Home elevator: 10-15x less cost and no construction. vs Moving bedroom downstairs: Keeps your home exactly as it is.
Custom-built · From $9,000
For the turned staircases in Penns Woods and Lincoln Hills two-story homes. Luis laser-measures every angle on site; the rail is bent to match your exact stair geometry in the factory.
vs Straight with landing break: One smooth ride instead of transferring seats. vs Home elevator: Half the cost, no construction permits, no shaft needed. vs Moving: A fraction of what selling and relocating costs.
Weatherproof · From $4,000
IP55-sealed and built for western Pennsylvania freeze-thaw cycles. Common on Ardara and Penns Woods porch entries — the 4Ah battery runs 6 hours through a winter outage.
vs Standard stairlift outdoors: Won't rust, seize, or void its warranty. vs Exterior ramp: No permits, no concrete work, no lost yard. vs Home entry renovation: Installed in a single day.
600 lb Rated · From $5,050
Wider seat, reinforced rail, higher-torque motor. For bariatric users and wheelchair transfers. Fits most North Huntingdon staircases — we measure first to confirm clearance.
vs Standard stairlift: Extra capacity and wider seat for maximum comfort. vs Custom furniture lift: A fraction of the price with faster install. vs Home elevator: Much lower cost with the same weight confidence.
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Straight-rail lifts run at the lower end of the price range; curved rails cost more because the rail is custom-fabricated to match the stairway, and North Huntingdon has enough split-level and older colonial floor plans that we quote both configurations regularly. The township's income data (the 2000 census figure was $45,376 median household income) points to a middle affordability range for a lot of local homeowners — not desperate, but not able to write a check for a full curved-rail job without help — which is exactly what the PA Assistive Technology Foundation loan exists for: up to $60,000, with anything under $7,000 financed at 0% interest.
Age of the house matters less than the shape of the stair run. What we see in the older sections — colonial and early-1900s construction — tends to have narrower treads and a tighter turn at the top landing, which sometimes pushes a job from straight-rail into curved-rail territory once we actually measure. That's a site-visit question, not a phone-quote one; I'd rather walk the stairs than guess at a number.
North Huntingdon covers 27.32 square miles and sits right off both I-76 and Route 30, so getting a crew and the rail stock to your house isn't the bottleneck — a straight-rail install is usually done in one visit, start to finish. Curved rail takes longer because the track has to be custom-measured on-site first, then fabricated off-site before we come back to mount it.
With homeownership at 90.1% here, this doesn't come up as often as it does in denser suburbs, but it still comes up. The rail attaches to the stair treads or the adjacent wall without permanent structural changes, so it can come back out later — if you're one of the roughly one in ten renting, get the landlord's sign-off in writing before we schedule.
The Fullerton Inn and the Andrew and Jennie McFarlane House are the two North Huntingdon properties actually listed on the National Register, and neither is a private home being fitted for a lift. For everyone else, a stairlift rail doesn't count as a structural alteration under most local ordinances — it bolts on and comes off — but if your property carries any local historic designation, a quick call to the township before we install keeps the paperwork clean.
The clearest path is Pennsylvania's Community HealthChoices (CHC) Medicaid waiver, which lists stair glides as a covered benefit under Home Accessibility DME and Home Adaptations — there's no published dollar cap, but approval needs clinical justification and sign-off from your MCO service coordinator. If you're not sure you qualify or don't know where to start, the PHLP helpline (1-800-274-3258) walks through it for free.
That's what the state's OPTIONS program is for. It's lottery-funded, not Medicaid, so there's no income cap to qualify, just a sliding-scale contribution based on what you make. Locally it runs through the Westmoreland County Area Agency on Aging at (724) 830-4444 — they don't publish a specific stairlift dollar figure, but home modifications fall within what OPTIONS covers, and they're also the local intake point for CHC.
Yes, two separate VA paths apply. If the disability is service-connected, HISA grants go up to $6,800 (non-service-connected caps at $2,000), and a stairlift can also be authorized directly through VA Prosthetics with no set dollar ceiling since it's issued as medically prescribed equipment. For a bigger structural project, Specially Adapted Housing grants go up to $126,526 for FY2026. Call the VA at 1-800-827-1000 to find out which track fits your situation.
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North Huntingdon Stairlift Specialist · 15+ yrs
I've worked both ends of North Huntingdon — the German-settled side toward Route 30 and the Scots-Irish end near the Youghiogheny — and the staircases split about the way the township's history does: straight-run colonials near the historic district, split-levels with an awkward mid-flight landing out toward the Turnpike interchange. The mid-flight landings are the ones that need a custom curved rail, not the straight colonials. What I tell people here first is to call the Westmoreland County Area Agency on Aging at (724) 830-4444 before signing anything — they're the local gateway into both CHC and OPTIONS, and skipping that call is the most common way people end up paying full price.
North Huntingdon Township's mix of housing stock means no two stairlift installs look exactly the same. A straight rail for a Sunset Valley split-level runs about three hours and $2,800. A curved rail for a Penns Woods two-story with a landing takes custom measurement and hits around $9,000. The outdoor units on Ardara porches and Indian Lake entries are built for freeze-thaw durability. Every job starts with a free in-home assessment — Luis walks your staircase, takes measurements, and gives you a firm price before any work begins.
Between the VA HISA grant (up to $6,800 for service-connected veterans), the Westmoreland County Accessible Housing Program, and Pennsylvania's Community HealthChoices waiver, most North Huntingdon families find a funding path that works. Financing at $79 a month covers the rest. If you've been putting this off because the stairs feel manageable most days — call anyway. Most people tell us they wish they'd done it a year sooner.
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