Scores by category

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

Safety37#9,756/15,637
Economy41#9,169/15,631
Housing72#4,146/14,977
Health44#8,686/15,609
Healthcare94#991/15,650
Environment16#12,988/15,453
Education72#4,345/15,649
Infrastructure32#10,567/15,650
Community91#1,325/15,651
Leisure & amenities83#2,687/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Brackenridge, Pennsylvania ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Allegheny 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

Reading scores · high3.39
94/100Pennsylvania 3.10United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAllegheny County value
Math scores · high3.45
93/100Pennsylvania 3.12United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAllegheny County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.9×
93/100Pennsylvania 3.3×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Distance to an emergency room · low3.1 mi
91/100Pennsylvania 5.0 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAllegheny County value
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationAllegheny County value
Traffic deaths · low5.9 /100k
90/100Pennsylvania 9.0 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataAllegheny County value

Weaknesses

Broadband subscriptions · low81.8%
9/100Pennsylvania 89.7%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.1 µg/m³
10/100Pennsylvania 8.3 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAllegheny County value
Median Air Quality Index · high52
12/100Pennsylvania 432025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAllegheny 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 · high19.8%
13/100Pennsylvania 15.6%United States 16.1%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Drug overdose deaths · high27.5 /100k
14/100Pennsylvania 19.6 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataAllegheny County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
40.6% (2015-2019) → 22.2% (2020-2024)
−18 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
25.9% (2015-2019) → 18.6% (2020-2024)
−7.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
20.1% (2015-2019) → 15.1% (2020-2024)
−5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$41,204 (2015-2019) → $50,197 (2020-2024)
+22%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeImproving
26.6% (2015-2019) → 22.5% (2020-2024)
−4.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Unemployment rateImproving
5.8% (2015-2019) → 1.9% (2020-2024)
−4 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, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania improved on 0 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Brackenridge, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.5 min2015-2019	26.2 min2020-2024	+1.7 min	Within the margin of error	30%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%2015-2019	14.6%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Broadband subscriptions	79.0%2015-2019	81.8%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Effective property tax rate	2.24%2015-2019	1.70%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	92%
High school diploma or higher	93.1%2015-2019	93.7%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Home price to income ratio	1.7×2015-2019	1.9×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	70%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4442015-2019	0.3952020-2024	−0.049	Within the margin of error	83%
Median household income	$41,2042015-2019	$50,1972020-2024	+22%	Within the margin of error	37%
Poverty rate	20.1%2015-2019	15.1%2020-2024	−5 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Rent as share of income	26.6%2015-2019	22.5%2020-2024	−4.1 points	Within the margin of error	79%

“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 Brackenridge, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Brackenridge, 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, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania itself moved −0.1 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

3,167 residents (±30)

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: 60–69 men (+4.1 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

3,167 residents (±30)

Brackenridge, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

White86%2,731
Black9.1%†287
Hispanic or Latino2.3%†73
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races2.4%†76

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−8.4 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

2,362 residents (±172)

Brackenridge, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

No high school diploma6.3%†149
High school or GED46%1,096
Some college15%†353
Associate degree18%†420
Bachelor's degree10%†244
Graduate degree4.2%†100

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Associate degree (+8.3 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 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

1,533 households (±166)

Brackenridge, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k22%†342
$25k–50k28%†423
$50k–75k12%†187
$75k–100k18%†280
$100k–150k15%†235
$150k–200k3.7%†56
$200k or more0.7%†10

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+11.6 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

1,533 households (±166)

Brackenridge, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own67%1,026
Rent33%507

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

506 households (±152)

Brackenridge, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $75044%†224
$750–1,00025%†125
$1,000–1,50028%†

Home values

1,026 homes (±183)

Brackenridge, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $150k80%†822
$150k–250k14%†147
$250k–400k5.6%†57

Age of homes

1,701 homes (±198)

Brackenridge, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

2010 or later0.0%0
2000–20094.8%†81
1980–19994.3%†73

Size of homes

1,701 homes (±198)

Brackenridge, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Studio0.6%†10
1 bedroom18%†303
2 bedrooms53%896

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

1,620 workers (±226)

Brackenridge, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone77%1,252
Carpool6.3%†102
Public transit2.7%†44
Walk0.9%†15
Bike3.8%†62
Work from home7.8%†127
Other1.1%†18

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Bike (+3.8 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,493 workers (±242)

Brackenridge, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under 15 min31%†469
15–29 min24%†351
30–44 min24%†

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 Allegheny County, the county holding most of Brackenridge's residents.

Allegheny County has 33,812 employer establishments, 275 for every 10,000 residents (1.11× the US rate of 248; 1.17× Pennsylvania's), with 709,774 paid employees at an average annual pay of $67,827. The Census Bureau also counts 95,928 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 33,812; 95,928 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 275; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 709,774
Average annual pay: $67,827; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	3,281	26.7	1.28×More than typical	56,544	$81,487	5,146
Restaurants and other eating places	2,554	20.8	1.13×About typical	47,124	$21,860	410
Specialty trade contractors	1,711	13.9	0.90×About typical	20,285	$71,677	5,217
Offices of physicians	1,255	10.2	1.58×More than typical	27,370	$106,824	1,156
Lessors of real estate	1,244	10.1	0.82×About typical	7,200	$66,959	10,358
Limited-service restaurants	1,101	9	1.12×About typical	16,647	$18,540	196
Full-service restaurants	1,088	8.9	1.15×About typical	25,572	$24,702	142
Personal care services	952	7.7	1.62×More than typical	5,203	$28,923	2,860
Construction of buildings	880	7.2	0.95×About typical	7,607	$81,294	2,052
Offices of other health practitioners	865	7	1.16×About typical	4,625	$49,182	2,703
Services to buildings and dwellings	863	7	1.04×About typical	7,652	$41,262	3,875
Management, scientific and technical consulting	841	6.8	1.02×About typical	7,341	$110,473	4,809

Rank places for an industry Open Allegheny County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,228,911 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 Brackenridge, 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

4.3KFY2018

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 Brackenridge, Pennsylvania, so they do not add up across cities.

Brackenridge, Pennsylvania's figures are part of those of Allegheny County, PA ($7B 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: Brackenridge is mostly in Allegheny County.

See federal money in Allegheny 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.

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