Borough · Pike County, Pennsylvania

Matamoras, Pennsylvania

Matamoras is a borough in Pike County, Pennsylvania, part of the Hemlock Farms, PA metro area. It has 2,539 residents. Matamoras, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 59 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #6,343 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #550 of 997 cities and towns. It ranks best on violent crime rate (low), property crime rate (low) and reading scores (high). It ranks worst on child care cost burden (high), dentists (low) and average weekly wage (low).

59Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #6,343 of 15,651 cities and towns
Pennsylvania: #550 of 997 in PA
Population: 2,539 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 3,664.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 4248048

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.

Safety94#938/15,637
Economy50#7,882/15,631
Housing48#7,729/14,977
Health74#4,003/15,609
Healthcare24#11,892/15,650
Environment87#1,931/15,453
Education93#1,167/15,649
Infrastructure17#13,018/15,650
Community33#10,515/15,651
Leisure & amenities30#10,959/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Violent crime rate · low50 /100k
98/100Pennsylvania 227 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationPike County value
Property crime rate · low257 /100k
98/100Pennsylvania 1,324 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationPike County value
Reading scores · high3.37
92/100Pennsylvania 3.10United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePike County value
Hot days · low3 days
92/100Pennsylvania 7 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPike County value
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationPike County value
Students per teacher · low11.4×
90/100Pennsylvania 13.1×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsPike County value

Weaknesses

Child care cost burden · high48.4%
1/100Pennsylvania 34.6%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePike County value
Dentists · low15 /100k
2/100Pennsylvania 73 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePike County value
Average weekly wage · low$885
4/100Pennsylvania $1,429United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPike County value
Primary care physicians · low25 /100k
8/100Pennsylvania 80 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePike County value
Distance to an emergency room · high13.6 mi
9/100Pennsylvania 5.0 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesPike County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.3 /10k
11/100Pennsylvania 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPike County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
2,336 (2015-2019) → 2,539 (2020-2024)
+8.7%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
80.5% (2015-2019) → 89.3% (2020-2024)
+8.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
25.9% (2015-2019) → 34.5% (2020-2024)
+8.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
35.6% (2015-2019) → 44.0% (2020-2024)
+8.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
High school diploma or higherImproving
88.0% (2015-2019) → 95.9% (2020-2024)
+7.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.3× (2015-2019) → 3.2× (2020-2024)
+37%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, Matamoras, Pennsylvania improved on 1 of 11 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.

Improved1

Broadband+8.8 points80.5% → 89.3%

Declined1

Price / income+0.9×2.3× → 3.2×

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Matamoras, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	32.5 min2015-2019	29.9 min2020-2024	−2.6 min	Within the margin of error	76%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%2015-2019	34.5%2020-2024	+8.6 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Broadband subscriptions	80.5%2015-2019	89.3%2020-2024	+8.8 points	Improved	53%
Effective property tax rate	1.46%2015-2019	1.48%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	13%
High school diploma or higher	88.0%2015-2019	95.9%2020-2024	+7.8 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	3.2×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	28%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4812015-2019	0.4312020-2024	−0.050	Within the margin of error	84%
Median household income	$73,7982015-2019	$76,5002020-2024	+3.7%	Within the margin of error	10%
Rent as share of income	25.0%2015-2019	24.1%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Rent-burdened households	35.6%2015-2019	44.0%2020-2024	+8.4 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.1%2015-2019	9.1%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	25%

“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 Matamoras, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Matamoras, 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, Matamoras, Pennsylvania itself moved +1.7 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

2,539 residents (±243)

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

1,120 households (±138)

Matamoras, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k12%†131
$25k–50k28%†318
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,120 households (±138)

Matamoras, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own70%786
Rent30%334

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,353 workers (±167)

Matamoras, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone80%1,080
Carpool3.7%†50
Public transit0.1%†

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 Hemlock Farms, 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 Pike County, the county holding most of Matamoras's residents.

Pike County has 995 employer establishments, 162 for every 10,000 residents (0.65× the US rate of 248; 0.69× Pennsylvania's), with 9,199 paid employees at an average annual pay of $38,566. The Census Bureau also counts 4,808 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 995; 4,808 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 162; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 9,199
Average annual pay: $38,566; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	77	12.5	0.68×Fewer than typical	1,018	$21,998	29
Ambulatory health care services	70	11.4	0.55×Fewer than typical	391	$47,128	201
Specialty trade contractors	70	11.4	0.73×Fewer than typical	267	$68,581	463
Construction of buildings	56	9.1	1.20×About typical	175	$54,623	256
Lessors of real estate	48	7.8	0.63×Fewer than typical	113	$40,522	574
Full-service restaurants	41	6.7	0.87×About typical	638	$21,940	12
Offices of other health practitioners	33	5.4	0.88×About typical	167	$36,766	115
Services to buildings and dwellings	29	4.7	0.70×Fewer than typical	81	$41,951	279
Automotive repair and maintenance	27	4.4	0.87×About typical	104	$39,481	40
Limited-service restaurants	27	4.4	0.55×Fewer than typical	299	$22,237	7
Gasoline stations	25	4.1	1.25×More than typical	190	$25,063	—
Religious organizations	25	4.1	0.73×Fewer than typical	83	$16,795	—

Rank places for an industry Open Pike County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 61,524 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 $1,435 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Matamoras, Pennsylvania: $0.57 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1,435; −89% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.57; 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

National Park Service$1,435100%

Top recipients

FACILITY ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES, P.C.$1,435100%

Spending by fiscal year

0FY2017
13.5KFY2025
1.4KFY2026

What was bought

Professional services$1,435100%

Top industries (NAICS)

Facilities support services · 5612$1,435100%

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

Matamoras, Pennsylvania's figures are part of those of Pike County, PA ($2.2M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

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

See federal money in Pike 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.

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

House

Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.R-PA-8 · 100% of residentsWith party 92%Missed 0.9%

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.

Pike County73100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Hemlock Farms, PA58

Other cities and towns in Pike 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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