Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety73#4,254/15,637
Economy32#10,668/15,631
Housing67#4,870/14,977
Health35#10,176/15,609
Healthcare76#3,693/15,650
Environment62#5,845/15,453
Education73#4,258/15,649
Infrastructure22#12,200/15,650
Community91#1,424/15,651
Leisure & amenities51#7,686/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Avonmore, Pennsylvania ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Westmoreland County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Home price to income ratio · low1.6×
97/100Pennsylvania 3.3×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Drought exposure · low0%
96/100Pennsylvania 26%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAWestmoreland County value
Reading scores · high3.39
94/100Pennsylvania 3.10United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWestmoreland County value
Math scores · high3.45
94/100Pennsylvania 3.12United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWestmoreland County value
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationWestmoreland County value
Natural hazard risk · low6.6
89/100Pennsylvania 22.42025Federal Emergency Management AgencyWestmoreland County value

Weaknesses

New business applications · low8.7 /1k
12/100Pennsylvania 12.4 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauWestmoreland County value
New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
13/100Pennsylvania 2.0 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Adult smoking · high19.5%
15/100Pennsylvania 15.6%United States 16.1%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Broadband subscriptions · low83.6%
18/100Pennsylvania 89.7%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Drug overdose deaths · high24.2 /100k
18/100Pennsylvania 19.6 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataWestmoreland County value
Median household income · low$52,143
20/100Pennsylvania $77,532United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Child poverty rateImproving
32.8% (2015-2019) → 3.4% (2020-2024)
−29 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
68.6% (2015-2019) → 83.5% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
53.0% (2015-2019) → 41.4% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateImproving
16.7% (2015-2019) → 10.1% (2020-2024)
−6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$40,952 (2015-2019) → $52,143 (2020-2024)
+27%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Unemployment rateImproving
7.6% (2015-2019) → 2.5% (2020-2024)
−5.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Avonmore, Pennsylvania improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+15 points68.6% → 83.5%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Avonmore, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	34.0 min2015-2019	26.5 min2020-2024	−7.5 min	Within the margin of error	96%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%2015-2019	16.7%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Broadband subscriptions	68.6%2015-2019	83.5%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	79%
Effective property tax rate	1.92%2015-2019	1.35%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	93%
High school diploma or higher	92.3%2015-2019	91.5%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	1.7×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	88%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4322015-2019	0.4312020-2024	−0.001	Within the margin of error	52%
Median household income	$40,9522015-2019	$52,1432020-2024	+27%	Within the margin of error	49%
Poverty rate	16.7%2015-2019	10.1%2020-2024	−6.6 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Rent as share of income	31.5%2015-2019	26.6%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Rent-burdened households	53.0%2015-2019	41.4%2020-2024	−12 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.6%2015-2019	4.6%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	69%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Avonmore, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Avonmore, Pennsylvania in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Avonmore, Pennsylvania itself moved +11.8 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,033 residents (±242)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (+8.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,033 residents (±242)

Avonmore, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

White92%948
Black2.8%†29
Hispanic or Latino3.2%†33
Asian0.9%†9
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races1.4%†14

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Hispanic or Latino (+3.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

785 residents (±165)

Avonmore, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

No high school diploma8.5%†67
High school or GED47%372
Some college15%†119
Associate degree12%†96
Bachelor's degree12%†96
Graduate degree4.5%†35

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

468 households (±85)

Avonmore, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k20%†95
$25k–50k28%†133
$50k–75k14%†64
$75k–100k17%†81
$100k–150k13%†60
$150k–200k4.5%†21
$200k or more3.0%†14

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−11.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

468 households (±85)

Avonmore, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own69%325
Rent31%†143

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

143 households (±48)

Avonmore, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $75040%†57
$750–1,00045%†65
$1,000–1,50015%†21

Home values

325 homes (±69)

Avonmore, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $150k76%†247
$150k–250k12%†40
$250k–400k6.5%†21

Age of homes

507 homes (±81)

Avonmore, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

2010 or later7.7%†39
2000–20090.0%0
1980–199914%†70

Size of homes

507 homes (±81)

Avonmore, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom15%†75
2 bedrooms36%†180

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

550 workers (±139)

Avonmore, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone83%457
Carpool6.4%†35
Public transit0.9%†5
Walk5.3%†29
Bike0.0%0
Work from home4.4%†24
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

526 workers (±138)

Avonmore, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under 15 min18%†95
15–29 min44%†232
30–44 min23%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Pittsburgh, PA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Westmoreland County, the county holding most of Avonmore's residents.

Westmoreland County has 8,428 employer establishments, 240 for every 10,000 residents (0.97× the US rate of 248; 1.02× Pennsylvania's), with 124,843 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,303. The Census Bureau also counts 23,721 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 8,428; 23,721 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 240; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 124,843
Average annual pay: $51,303; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Westmoreland County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	740	21.1	1.01×About typical	7,557	$67,076	1,197
Restaurants and other eating places	586	16.7	0.91×About typical	10,982	$18,119	101
Specialty trade contractors	569	16.2	1.05×About typical	4,209	$68,715	1,973
Services to buildings and dwellings	285	8.1	1.20×About typical	1,686	$41,877	1,219
Construction of buildings	273	7.8	1.03×About typical	1,209	$56,596	701
Religious organizations	267	7.6	1.37×More than typical	1,376	$20,485	—
Offices of other health practitioners	263	7.5	1.23×About typical	1,286	$41,023	663
Full-service restaurants	261	7.4	0.97×About typical	6,035	$20,026	34
Limited-service restaurants	255	7.3	0.91×About typical	4,154	$15,382	46
Personal care services	231	6.6	1.38×More than typical	1,166	$23,936	751
Lessors of real estate	227	6.5	0.52×Fewer than typical	644	$39,742	2,372
Automotive repair and maintenance	220	6.3	1.24×About typical	1,085	$43,777	370

Rank places for an industry Open Westmoreland County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 351,233 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Avonmore, Pennsylvania: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

4.3KFY2017
1.5KFY2018

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Avonmore, Pennsylvania, so they do not add up across cities.

Avonmore, Pennsylvania's figures are part of those of Westmoreland County, PA ($67.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Avonmore is mostly in Westmoreland County.

See federal money in Westmoreland County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Avonmore, Pennsylvania is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).