Scores by category

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

Safety73#4,254/15,637
Economy43#8,946/15,631
Housing81#2,896/14,977
Health47#8,210/15,609
Healthcare80#3,100/15,650
Environment62#5,879/15,453
Education97#395/15,649
Infrastructure15#13,352/15,650
Community91#1,424/15,651
Leisure & amenities51#7,686/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

High school diploma or higher · high95.8%
98/100Pennsylvania 92.1%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Reading scores · high3.39
94/100Pennsylvania 3.10United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWestmoreland County value
Math scores · high3.45
94/100Pennsylvania 3.12United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWestmoreland County value
Drought exposure · low0%
93/100Pennsylvania 25%United States 43%Nov 2025–Oct 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAWestmoreland County value
Rent-burdened households · low36.8%
93/100Pennsylvania 48.2%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationWestmoreland County value

Weaknesses

New business applications · low8.7 /1k
12/100Pennsylvania 12.4 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauWestmoreland County value
Broadband subscriptions · low86.4%
15/100Pennsylvania 89.7%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Drug overdose deaths · high24.2 /100k
18/100Pennsylvania 19.6 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataWestmoreland County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high8.7 µg/m³
22/100Pennsylvania 8.3 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyWestmoreland County value
Injury deaths · high108 /100k
27/100Pennsylvania 98 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWestmoreland County value
High ozone days · high2 days
28/100Pennsylvania 1 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyWestmoreland County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
2,199 (2015-2019) → 2,515 (2020-2024)
+14%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
30.2% (2015-2019) → 41.1% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Child poverty rateImproving
10.2% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
41.2% (2015-2019) → 36.8% (2020-2024)
−4.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.9× (2015-2019) → 3.4× (2020-2024)
+18%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Median household incomeImproving
$61,464 (2015-2019) → $71,250 (2020-2024)
+16%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, New Stanton, Pennsylvania improved on 1 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 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

Bachelor's++11 points30.2% → 41.1%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of New Stanton, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.3 min2015-2019	26.7 min2020-2024	+2.5 min	Within the margin of error	23%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%2015-2019	41.1%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	92%
Broadband subscriptions	86.1%2015-2019	86.4%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Effective property tax rate	1.42%2015-2019	1.23%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	55%
High school diploma or higher	95.6%2015-2019	95.8%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.4×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	46%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3902015-2019	0.4252020-2024	+0.035	Within the margin of error	24%
Median household income	$61,4642015-2019	$71,2502020-2024	+16%	Within the margin of error	25%
Poverty rate	8.8%2015-2019	7.9%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Rent as share of income	24.7%2015-2019	26.3%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Rent-burdened households	41.2%2015-2019	36.8%2020-2024	−4.5 points	Within the margin of error	70%

“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 New Stanton, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of New Stanton, 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, New Stanton, Pennsylvania itself moved −8.2 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

2,515 residents (±325)

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

2,515 residents (±325)

New Stanton, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

White94%2,375
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino0.7%†18

Education

1,862 residents (±251)

New Stanton, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

No high school diploma4.2%†79
High school or GED26%479
Some college14%†269

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

1,131 households (±134)

New Stanton, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k14%†160
$25k–50k19%†214
$50k–75k19%†216
$75k–100k12%†134
$100k–150k14%†160
$150k–200k13%†149
$200k or more8.7%†98

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $150k–200k (+9.4 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 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

1,131 households (±134)

New Stanton, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own61%695
Rent39%436

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

408 households (±109)

New Stanton, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $75013%†54
$750–1,00024%†98
$1,000–1,50061%†249

Home values

695 homes (±94)

New Stanton, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $150k12%†80
$150k–250k42%289
$250k–400k35%240

Age of homes

1,244 homes (±133)

New Stanton, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

2010 or later4.8%†60
2000–200915%†186
1980–199912%†145

Size of homes

1,244 homes (±133)

New Stanton, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Studio3.6%†45
1 bedroom8.4%†104
2 bedrooms37%456

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

1,245 workers (±193)

New Stanton, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone74%917
Carpool6.4%†80
Public transit0.1%†1
Walk1.1%†14
Bike0.3%†4
Work from home17%†210
Other1.5%†19

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−16.5 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

1,035 workers (±193)

New Stanton, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under 15 min23%234
15–29 min43%441
30–44 min19%†196

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 Westmoreland County, the county holding most of New Stanton's residents.

Westmoreland County has 8,428 employer establishments, 240 for every 10,000 residents (0.97× the US rate of 248; 1.02× Pennsylvania's), with 124,843 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,303. The Census Bureau also counts 23,721 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 8,428; 23,721 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 240; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 124,843
Average annual pay: $51,303; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	740	21.1	1.01×About typical	7,557	$67,076	1,197
Restaurants and other eating places	586	16.7	0.91×About typical	10,982	$18,119	101
Specialty trade contractors	569	16.2	1.05×About typical	4,209	$68,715	1,973
Services to buildings and dwellings	285	8.1	1.20×About typical	1,686	$41,877	1,219
Construction of buildings	273	7.8	1.03×About typical	1,209	$56,596	701
Religious organizations	267	7.6	1.37×More than typical	1,376	$20,485	—
Offices of other health practitioners	263	7.5	1.23×About typical	1,286	$41,023	663
Full-service restaurants	261	7.4	0.97×About typical	6,035	$20,026	34
Limited-service restaurants	255	7.3	0.91×About typical	4,154	$15,382	46
Personal care services	231	6.6	1.38×More than typical	1,166	$23,936	751
Lessors of real estate	227	6.5	0.52×Fewer than typical	644	$39,742	2,372
Automotive repair and maintenance	220	6.3	1.24×About typical	1,085	$43,777	370

Rank places for an industry Open Westmoreland County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 351,233 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 $127.7K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in New Stanton, Pennsylvania: $50.79 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $127.7K; −48% vs FY2025
Per resident: $50.79; US $2,007
Sole-source: 5.7%; US 30%
Single offer: 35%; US 8.7%

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 Navy$126.4K99%
Defense Logistics Agency$1,3041.0%

Top recipients

GENERAL NUCLEAR CORP$127.7K100%
BEGONIA JEFFREY D$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

463.7KFY2017
592.3KFY2018
307.2KFY2019
155.4KFY2020
268.9KFY2021
162.3KFY2022
190KFY2023
188.5K

Top industries (NAICS)

Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$57.9K45%
Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327$14.7K12%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$12.2K9.6%
Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturing · 3336$8,3266.5%
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344$8,0196.3%
Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 New Stanton, Pennsylvania, so they do not add up across cities.

New Stanton, Pennsylvania's figures are part of those of Westmoreland County, PA ($67.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.2% of that total.

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

See federal money in Westmoreland 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.

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

House

Senate

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County

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

Westmoreland County88100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Pittsburgh, PA84

Other cities and towns in Westmoreland 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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