Borough · Tioga County, Pennsylvania

Elkland, Pennsylvania

Elkland is a borough in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. It has 1,588 residents. Elkland, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 37 out of 100 (low), ranking #9,862 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #911 of 997 cities and towns. It ranks best on hot days (low), homicide rate (low) and social associations (high). It ranks worst on gyms and fitness centers (low), new business applications (low) and adult smoking (high).

37Low

Quality-of-life score: #9,862 of 15,651 cities and towns
Pennsylvania: #911 of 997 in PA
Population: 1,588 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 607.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 4223152

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety90#1,542/15,637
Economy10#14,143/15,631
Housing51#7,388/14,977
Health37#9,902/15,609
Healthcare32#10,596/15,650
Environment64#5,607/15,453
Education56#6,960/15,649
Infrastructure9#14,269/15,650
Community49#7,978/15,651
Leisure & amenities29#11,111/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Hot days · low2 days
94/100Pennsylvania 7 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationTioga County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Pennsylvania 4.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataTioga County value
Social associations · high15.2 /10k
92/100Pennsylvania 11.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTioga County value
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationTioga County value
Violent crime rate · low89 /100k
89/100Pennsylvania 227 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureTioga County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low6.1 µg/m³
88/100Pennsylvania 8.3 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyTioga County value

Weaknesses

Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Pennsylvania 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTioga County value
New business applications · low8.3 /1k
9/100Pennsylvania 12.4 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauTioga County value
Adult smoking · high20.3%
12/100Pennsylvania 15.6%United States 16.1%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Comfortable days · low23.4%
12/100Pennsylvania 23.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationTioga County value
Distance to an airport · high93 mi
12/100Pennsylvania 36 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauTioga County value
New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
13/100Pennsylvania 2.0 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,831 (2015-2019) → 1,588 (2020-2024)
−13%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateWorsening
7.5% (2015-2019) → 28.4% (2020-2024)
+21 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
74.4% (2015-2019) → 89.9% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
59.3% (2015-2019) → 47.2% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
39.2% (2015-2019) → 27.2% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.9× (2015-2019) → 2.9× (2020-2024)
+54%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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, Elkland, Pennsylvania improved on 3 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 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.

Improved3

Property tax−0.4 points1.48% → 1.05%
Bachelor's++9.9 points11.7% → 21.6%
Broadband+16 points74.4% → 89.9%

Declined1

Unemployment+3.8 points2.8% → 6.5%

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Elkland, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	30.5 min2015-2019	28.2 min2020-2024	−2.4 min	Within the margin of error	74%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%2015-2019	21.6%2020-2024	+9.9 points	Improved	90%
Broadband subscriptions	74.4%2015-2019	89.9%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	81%
Effective property tax rate	1.48%2015-2019	1.05%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Improved	87%
High school diploma or higher	90.9%2015-2019	94.7%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+1.0×	Within the margin of error	22%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4682015-2019	0.4532020-2024	−0.016	Within the margin of error	64%
Median household income	$42,5002015-2019	$54,5312020-2024	+28%	Within the margin of error	52%
Poverty rate	12.8%2015-2019	15.7%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	59.3%2015-2019	47.2%2020-2024	−12 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Unemployment rate	2.8%2015-2019	6.5%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Declined	6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.0%2015-2019	8.5%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	53%

“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 Elkland, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Elkland, 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, Elkland, Pennsylvania itself moved +10.9 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

1,588 residents (±239)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

653 households (±71)

Elkland, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k19%†124
$25k–50k24%†157
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

653 households (±71)

Elkland, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own74%486
Rent26%†167

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+13.7 points).

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

722 workers (±125)

Elkland, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone90%648
Carpool3.0%†22
Public transit0.0%0

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 Tioga County, the county holding most of Elkland's residents.

Tioga County has 868 employer establishments, 213 for every 10,000 residents (0.86× the US rate of 248; 0.90× Pennsylvania's), with 10,628 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,418. The Census Bureau also counts 2,556 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 868; 2,556 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 213; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 10,628
Average annual pay: $49,418; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	60	14.7	0.80×About typical	846	$17,083	12
Ambulatory health care services	54	13.3	0.64×Fewer than typical	700	$60,286	78
Religious organizations	48	11.8	2.13×More than typical	208	$21,043	—
Specialty trade contractors	41	10.1	0.65×Fewer than typical	186	$61,129	286
Full-service restaurants	30	7.4	0.96×About typical	306	$15,752	3
Truck transportation	28	6.9	1.36×More than typical	147	$47,905	82
Automotive repair and maintenance	26	6.4	1.27×More than typical	75	$43,360	88
Construction of buildings	26	6.4	0.84×About typical	62	$50,403	112
Limited-service restaurants	26	6.4	0.80×Fewer than typical	514	$17,253	5
Offices of physicians	23	5.7	0.87×About typical	290	$69,197	9
Other specialty trade contractors	22	5.4	2.15×More than typical	117	$66,496	126
Banks and credit unions	21	5.2	1.60×More than typical	371	$90,442	—

Rank places for an industry Open Tioga County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 40,697 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: Elkland is mostly in Tioga County.

See federal money in Tioga 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.

Elkland, 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.

Tioga County56100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Tioga 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
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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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