Scores by category

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

Safety25#11,656/15,637
Economy2#15,311/15,631
Housing47#7,931/14,977
Health9#14,166/15,609
Healthcare71#4,482/15,650
Environment76#3,699/15,453
Education38#9,692/15,649
Infrastructure13#13,654/15,650
Community25#11,724/15,651
Leisure & amenities31#10,835/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Masontown, Pennsylvania ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Fayette 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%
95/100Pennsylvania 26%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAFayette County value
Hot days · low3 days
91/100Pennsylvania 7 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationFayette County value
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationFayette County value
Mental health providers · high520 /100k
89/100Pennsylvania 308 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFayette County value
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
84/100Pennsylvania 0.8%2025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyFayette County value
Social associations · high13.5 /10k
84/100Pennsylvania 11.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFayette County value

Weaknesses

Child poverty rate · high51.4%
1/100Pennsylvania 15.3%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Poverty rate · high31.7%
3/100Pennsylvania 11.6%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Unemployment rate · high12.6%
5/100Pennsylvania 4.3%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Injury deaths · high140 /100k
6/100Pennsylvania 98 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFayette County value
Adult smoking · high21.7%
7/100Pennsylvania 15.6%United States 16.1%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Preventable hospital stays · high4,019 /100k
9/100Pennsylvania 3,115 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFayette County value

Trends

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

Child poverty rateWorsening
31.4% (2015-2019) → 51.4% (2020-2024)
+20 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
68.8% (2015-2019) → 87.3% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$36,719 (2015-2019) → $53,676 (2020-2024)
+46%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Poverty rateWorsening
25.4% (2015-2019) → 31.7% (2020-2024)
+6.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
11.5% (2015-2019) → 16.9% (2020-2024)
+5.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
High school diploma or higherImproving
88.5% (2015-2019) → 92.9% (2020-2024)
+4.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, Masontown, Pennsylvania improved on 2 of 12 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.

Improved2

Broadband+18 points68.8% → 87.3%
Household income+46%$36,719 → $53,676

Declined1

Child poverty+20 points31.4% → 51.4%

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Masontown, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.3 min2015-2019	28.2 min2020-2024	+2.9 min	Within the margin of error	20%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%2015-2019	16.9%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Broadband subscriptions	68.8%2015-2019	87.3%2020-2024	+18 points	Improved	88%
Child poverty rate	31.4%2015-2019	51.4%2020-2024	+20 points	Declined	5%
High school diploma or higher	88.5%2015-2019	92.9%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	82%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4582015-2019	0.4332020-2024	−0.026	Within the margin of error	71%
Median household income	$36,7192015-2019	$53,6762020-2024	+46%	Improved	81%
Poverty rate	25.4%2015-2019	31.7%2020-2024	+6.3 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	32.8%2015-2019	36.3%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Rent-burdened households	54.2%2015-2019	52.9%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	61%

“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 Masontown, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Masontown, 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, Masontown, Pennsylvania itself moved +7.5 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

3,201 residents (±18)

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

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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

3,201 residents (±18)

Masontown, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

White89%2,862
Black7.2%†232
Hispanic or Latino1.5%†49

Education

2,155 residents (±200)

Masontown, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

No high school diploma7.1%†154
High school or GED49%1,056
Some college21%†454

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

1,286 households (±163)

Masontown, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k24%†312
$25k–50k22%†286
$50k–75k16%†208
$75k–100k16%†208
$100k–150k14%†175
$150k–200k5.0%†64
$200k or more2.6%†33

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $150k–200k (+4.2 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

1,286 households (±163)

Masontown, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own76%977
Rent24%†309

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+7.9 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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

309 households (±138)

Masontown, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $75074%†229
$750–1,0009.1%†28
$1,000–1,50017%†52

Home values

977 homes (±125)

Masontown, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $150k64%624
$150k–250k26%†256
$250k–400k8.8%†86

Age of homes

1,524 homes (±192)

Masontown, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

2010 or later3.3%†50
2000–20091.1%†16
1980–19995.4%†

Size of homes

1,524 homes (±192)

Masontown, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom6.4%†97
2 bedrooms24%†362

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

1,044 workers (±164)

Masontown, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone77%806
Carpool10%†105
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home3.3%†34
Other9.5%†99

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other (+9.5 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

1,010 workers (±165)

Masontown, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under 15 min32%†325
15–29 min28%†285
30–44 min19%†

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 Fayette County, the county holding most of Masontown's residents.

Fayette County has 2,485 employer establishments, 199 for every 10,000 residents (0.80× the US rate of 248; 0.84× Pennsylvania's), with 31,590 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,226. The Census Bureau also counts 6,708 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,485; 6,708 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 199; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 31,590
Average annual pay: $45,226; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	236	18.9	0.91×About typical	2,941	$70,395	290
Restaurants and other eating places	187	15	0.82×About typical	3,199	$17,374	44
Specialty trade contractors	147	11.8	0.76×Fewer than typical	907	$60,718	662
Religious organizations	108	8.7	1.56×More than typical	426	$16,939	—
Limited-service restaurants	98	7.9	0.98×About typical	1,421	$15,899	18
Automotive repair and maintenance	84	6.7	1.34×More than typical	304	$39,757	192
Truck transportation	79	6.3	1.25×More than typical	739	$53,847	155
Construction of buildings	75	6	0.80×Fewer than typical	220	$49,127	228
Full-service restaurants	75	6	0.78×Fewer than typical	1,623	$18,821	17
Offices of other health practitioners	72	5.8	0.95×About typical	500	$39,752	139
Offices of physicians	65	5.2	0.81×About typical	935	$124,882	32
Gasoline stations	61	4.9	1.51×More than typical	621	$25,477	3

Rank places for an industry Open Fayette County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 124,645 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 $4,879 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Masontown, Pennsylvania: $1.52 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $4,879
Per resident: $1.52; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Department of the Army$4,879100%

Top recipients

IT VISION NETWORKS INC$4,879100%

Spending by fiscal year

5.4KFY2018
27.7KFY2020
2.1KFY2021
4.9KFY2026

What was bought

Other equipment & supplies$4,879100%

Top industries (NAICS)

Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$4,879100%

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

Masontown, Pennsylvania's figures are part of those of Fayette County, PA ($9.8M 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: Masontown is mostly in Fayette County.

See federal money in Fayette 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.

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

House

Guy ReschenthalerR-PA-14 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 3.0%

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.

Fayette County45100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Pittsburgh, PA84

Other cities and towns in Fayette 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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