Census-designated place · Clinton County, Pennsylvania

Castanea, Pennsylvania

Castanea is a census-designated place in Clinton County, Pennsylvania, part of the Lock Haven, PA metro area. It has 1,138 residents. Castanea, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 45 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,602 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #804 of 997 cities and towns. It ranks best on time spent in the emergency room (low), mammography screening (high) and homicide rate (low). It ranks worst on comfortable days (low), new business applications (low) and distance to an emergency room (high).

45Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,602 of 15,651 cities and towns
Pennsylvania: #804 of 997 in PA
Population: 1,138 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 834.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 4211648

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 69 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety67#5,100/15,637
Economy39#9,465/15,631
Housing84#2,416/14,977
Health41#9,179/15,609
Healthcare51#7,740/15,650
Environment46#8,348/15,453
Education46#8,430/15,649
Infrastructure17#13,060/15,650
Community34#10,353/15,651
Leisure & amenities49#8,000/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Time spent in the emergency room · low82 min
99/100Pennsylvania 191 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesClinton County value
Mammography screening · high56.0%
94/100Pennsylvania 51.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClinton County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Pennsylvania 4.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataClinton County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.0×
91/100Pennsylvania 3.3×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Drug overdose deaths · low7.8 /100k
90/100Pennsylvania 19.6 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataClinton County value
Flu vaccinations · high53.0%
87/100Pennsylvania 52.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClinton County value

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low22.6%
5/100Pennsylvania 23.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationClinton County value
New business applications · low7.9 /1k
6/100Pennsylvania 12.4 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauClinton County value
Distance to an emergency room · high11.5 mi
13/100Pennsylvania 5.0 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesClinton County value
Adult smoking · high19.7%
14/100Pennsylvania 15.6%United States 16.1%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Primary care physicians · low34 /100k
15/100Pennsylvania 80 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClinton County value
Pharmacies · low1.1 /10k
16/100Pennsylvania 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsClinton County value

Trends

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

Child poverty rateWorsening
5.0% (2015-2019) → 9.2% (2020-2024)
+4.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
35.9% (2015-2019) → 32.3% (2020-2024)
−3.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Unemployment rateImproving
4.6% (2015-2019) → 2.4% (2020-2024)
−2.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.341 (2015-2019) → 0.378 (2020-2024)
+11%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
High school diploma or higherWorsening
93.7% (2015-2019) → 91.6% (2020-2024)
−2 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
20.0% (2015-2019) → 21.8% (2020-2024)
+1.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

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, Castanea, Pennsylvania improved on 0 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 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 12 measures

Change of every measure of Castanea, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.0 min2015-2019	21.4 min2020-2024	+0.4 min	Within the margin of error	43%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%2015-2019	21.8%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Broadband subscriptions	83.0%2015-2019	83.0%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Effective property tax rate	1.38%2015-2019	1.12%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	69%
High school diploma or higher	93.7%2015-2019	91.6%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	2.0×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	81%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3412015-2019	0.3782020-2024	+0.038	Within the margin of error	22%
Median household income	$62,1882015-2019	$63,2292020-2024	+1.7%	Within the margin of error	9%
Poverty rate	6.6%2015-2019	7.2%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	24.5%2015-2019	23.6%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Rent-burdened households	35.9%2015-2019	32.3%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	68%

“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 Castanea, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Castanea, 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, Castanea, Pennsylvania itself moved −8.4 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

1,138 residents (±156)

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 women (+8.9 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,138 residents (±156)

Castanea, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

White98%1,115
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino0.0%0

Education

813 residents (±109)

Castanea, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

No high school diploma8.4%†68
High school or GED44%356
Some college17%136

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

499 households (±66)

Castanea, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k10%†51
$25k–50k28%†139
$50k–75k16%†82
$75k–100k14%†72
$100k–150k18%†90
$150k–200k11%†54
$200k or more2.2%†11

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $150k–200k (+7.7 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 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

499 households (±66)

Castanea, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own80%400
Rent20%†99

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

99 households (±35)

Castanea, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $7504.0%†4
$750–1,00054%†53
$1,000–1,50031%†

Home values

400 homes (±65)

Castanea, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $150k56%225
$150k–250k29%†115
$250k–400k14%†57

Age of homes

522 homes (±70)

Castanea, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

2010 or later3.6%†19
2000–20093.4%†18
1980–199915%†78

Size of homes

522 homes (±70)

Castanea, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Studio0.6%†3
1 bedroom2.3%†12
2 bedrooms39%203

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

594 workers (±95)

Castanea, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone82%489
Carpool12%†70
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home5.4%†32
Other0.5%†3

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−8.0 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

562 workers (±95)

Castanea, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under 15 min52%291
15–29 min13%†75
30–44 min19%†106

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 Lock Haven, 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 Clinton County, the county holding most of Castanea's residents.

Clinton County has 801 employer establishments, 212 for every 10,000 residents (0.85× the US rate of 248; 0.90× Pennsylvania's), with 10,683 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,801. The Census Bureau also counts 2,147 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 801; 2,147 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 212; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 10,683
Average annual pay: $49,801; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	65	17.2	0.82×About typical	621	$53,775	58
Specialty trade contractors	56	14.8	0.96×About typical	317	$56,322	227
Restaurants and other eating places	54	14.3	0.78×Fewer than typical	829	$17,441	10
Construction of buildings	51	13.5	1.78×More than typical	240	$46,958	101
Religious organizations	33	8.7	1.57×More than typical	159	$16,484	—
Offices of physicians	29	7.7	1.18×About typical	253	$68,447	14
Full-service restaurants	28	7.4	0.96×About typical	357	$17,118	4
Gasoline stations	22	5.8	1.79×More than typical	284	$29,014	—
Limited-service restaurants	21	5.6	0.69×Fewer than typical	408	$17,375	—
Lessors of real estate	20	5.3	0.43×Fewer than typical	85	$42,647	200
Automotive repair and maintenance	19	5	1.00×About typical	51	$43,667	48
Building equipment contractors	19	5	0.83×About typical	161	$48,335	34

Rank places for an industry Open Clinton County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 37,815 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Clinton 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.

Castanea, Pennsylvania is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Glenn ThompsonR-PA-15 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.2%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Clinton County46100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Lock Haven, PA36

Other cities and towns in Clinton County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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