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Clymer, Pennsylvania

Clymer is a borough in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, part of the Indiana, PA metro area. It has 1,106 residents. Clymer, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 36 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,077 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #926 of 997 cities and towns. It ranks best on drought exposure (low), home price to income ratio (low) and social associations (high). It ranks worst on broadband subscriptions (low), new business applications (low) and unemployment rate (high).

36Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,077 of 15,651 cities and towns
Pennsylvania: #926 of 997 in PA
Population: 1,106 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,942.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 4214520

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 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.

Safety77#3,541/15,637
Economy4#15,061/15,631
Housing67#5,007/14,977
Health42#9,002/15,609
Healthcare32#10,623/15,650
Environment55#6,919/15,453
Education66#5,395/15,649
Infrastructure3#15,174/15,650
Community47#8,334/15,651
Leisure & amenities24#11,955/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Drought exposure · low0%
98/100Pennsylvania 26%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAIndiana County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.8×
96/100Pennsylvania 3.3×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Social associations · high16.1 /10k
94/100Pennsylvania 11.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteIndiana County value
Violent crime rate · low81 /100k
91/100Pennsylvania 227 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationIndiana County value
Hot days · low4 days
87/100Pennsylvania 7 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationIndiana County value
Natural hazard risk · low8.8
85/100Pennsylvania 22.42025Federal Emergency Management AgencyIndiana County value

Weaknesses

Broadband subscriptions · low79.8%
2/100Pennsylvania 89.7%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
New business applications · low7.7 /1k
5/100Pennsylvania 12.4 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauIndiana County value
Unemployment rate · high12.1%
5/100Pennsylvania 4.3%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Median household income · low$44,044
8/100Pennsylvania $77,532United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Comfortable days · low23.1%
9/100Pennsylvania 23.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationIndiana County value
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
9/100Pennsylvania 3.5United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesIndiana County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,237 (2015-2019) → 1,106 (2020-2024)
−11%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Unemployment rateWorsening
3.8% (2015-2019) → 12.1% (2020-2024)
+8.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
73.9% (2015-2019) → 79.8% (2020-2024)
+5.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
43.6% (2015-2019) → 48.5% (2020-2024)
+4.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
High school diploma or higherImproving
91.5% (2015-2019) → 94.5% (2020-2024)
+3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
6.0% (2015-2019) → 8.7% (2020-2024)
+2.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

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, Clymer, Pennsylvania improved on 0 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 13 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 13 measures

Change of every measure of Clymer, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.5 min2015-2019	21.1 min2020-2024	−1.4 min	Within the margin of error	64%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%2015-2019	17.3%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Broadband subscriptions	73.9%2015-2019	79.8%2020-2024	+5.8 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Effective property tax rate	1.92%2015-2019	1.41%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	91%
High school diploma or higher	91.5%2015-2019	94.5%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	+0.0×	Within the margin of error	78%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4852015-2019	0.5322020-2024	+0.047	Within the margin of error	18%
Median household income	$41,2002015-2019	$44,0442020-2024	+6.9%	Within the margin of error	13%
Poverty rate	15.8%2015-2019	18.3%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	28.3%2015-2019	29.1%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Rent-burdened households	43.6%2015-2019	48.5%2020-2024	+4.9 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.0%2015-2019	8.7%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	21%

“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 Clymer, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Clymer, 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, Clymer, Pennsylvania itself moved −3.5 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

1,106 residents (±216)

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: 70–79 men (−3.4 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,106 residents (±216)

Clymer, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

White95%1,054
Black1.4%†15
Hispanic or Latino0.0%0

Education

705 residents (±137)

Clymer, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

No high school diploma5.5%†39
High school or GED54%383
Some college18%†127

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

480 households (±78)

Clymer, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k27%†128
$25k–50k31%†149
$50k–75k21%†99
$75k–100k8.3%†40
$100k–150k7.9%†38
$150k–200k3.5%†17
$200k or more1.9%†9

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (−11.2 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 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

480 households (±78)

Clymer, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own57%272
Rent43%208

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

207 households (±53)

Clymer, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $75046%†95
$750–1,00036%†75
$1,000–1,50016%†33

Home values

272 homes (±71)

Clymer, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $150k92%250
$150k–250k5.5%†15
$250k–400k1.5%†4

Age of homes

598 homes (±83)

Clymer, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

2010 or later2.8%†17
2000–20092.7%†16
1980–199913%†79

Size of homes

598 homes (±83)

Clymer, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Studio2.8%†17
1 bedroom10%†60
2 bedrooms33%200

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

433 workers (±95)

Clymer, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone81%349
Carpool13%†58
Public transit0.0%0
Walk3.0%†13
Bike0.0%0
Work from home1.4%†6
Other1.6%†7

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

427 workers (±95)

Clymer, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under 15 min29%†123
15–29 min47%†202
30–44 min16%†

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 Indiana, 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 Indiana County, the county holding most of Clymer's residents.

Indiana County has 1,774 employer establishments, 214 for every 10,000 residents (0.86× the US rate of 248; 0.91× Pennsylvania's), with 23,938 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,104. The Census Bureau also counts 5,252 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,774; 5,252 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 214; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 23,938
Average annual pay: $50,104; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	149	17.9	0.86×About typical	2,138	$58,895	221
Restaurants and other eating places	119	14.3	0.78×Fewer than typical	1,993	$15,761	15
Religious organizations	95	11.4	2.06×More than typical	262	$18,225	—
Specialty trade contractors	84	10.1	0.65×Fewer than typical	624	$57,994	607
Construction of buildings	55	6.6	0.88×About typical	208	$41,192	187
Limited-service restaurants	54	6.5	0.81×About typical	842	$15,658	4
Offices of physicians	50	6	0.93×About typical	334	$99,437	39
Offices of other health practitioners	47	5.7	0.93×About typical	498	$53,339	113
Truck transportation	46	5.5	1.10×About typical	403	$59,484	136
Automotive repair and maintenance	44	5.3	1.05×About typical	162	$57,173	144
Full-service restaurants	43	5.2	0.67×Fewer than typical	961	$14,835	9
Services to buildings and dwellings	41	4.9	0.73×Fewer than typical	183	$27,891	232

Rank places for an industry Open Indiana County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 83,045 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: Clymer is mostly in Indiana County.

See federal money in Indiana 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.

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