Lower Burrell is a city in northern Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Allegheny River.

The region in which Lower Burrell is located was originally part of the hunting reserves of the Iroquois.

The present-day cities of New Kensington and Arnold were once part of Lower Burrell Township.

Upper Burrell Township is still somewhat rural, though it has experienced some suburban growth and sprawl in recent years.

In 1959, in the midst of the growth of their community, township residents voted to make Lower Burrell a third class city.

Like many communities in Western Pennsylvania, Lower Burrell suffered economic and population stagnation with the collapse of local heavy industry.

Since the early 1990s, Lower Burrell experienced slight growth, though one of its only large shopping centers remains mostly vacant.

Preliminary data from the 2010 census shows that Lower Burrell has lost about 5 percent of its population since 2000.

Lower Burrell's central Business District overlaps Bon Air-Central City-Gladeview neighborhoods.

The landscape varies greatly, with large swaths of flat land (typically in Bon Air, Central City and Gladeview) to areas with gentle slopes, and even steep cliffs and hillsides in certain areas.

Lower Burrell Fire Company 1 is located in the Kinloch section of the city.

On a post-secondary level, Lower Burrell was once home to Newport Business Institute and Oakbridge Academy of Arts, both located in the Kinloch neighborhood.