Borough · Potter County, Pennsylvania

Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania

Shinglehouse is a borough in Potter County, Pennsylvania. It has 1,076 residents. Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 56 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #6,829 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #620 of 997 cities and towns. It ranks best on students per teacher (low), grocery stores (high) and hot days (low). It ranks worst on access to exercise opportunities (low), mental health providers (low) and flu vaccinations (low).

56Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #6,829 of 15,651 cities and towns
Pennsylvania: #620 of 997 in PA
Population: 1,076 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 517.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 4270304

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 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#3,634/15,637
Economy24#11,852/15,631
Housing76#3,637/14,977
Health41#9,140/15,609
Healthcare31#10,834/15,650
Environment62#5,926/15,453
Education85#2,282/15,649
Infrastructure12#13,839/15,650
Community71#4,553/15,651
Leisure & amenities61#6,122/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Students per teacher · low9.6×
99/100Pennsylvania 13.1×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsPotter County value
Grocery stores · high3.8 /10k
98/100Pennsylvania 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPotter County value
Hot days · low1 days
97/100Pennsylvania 7 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPotter County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.7×
97/100Pennsylvania 3.3×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Public libraries · high3.1 /10k
96/100Pennsylvania 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesPotter County value
Property crime rate · low325 /100k
96/100Pennsylvania 1,324 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figurePotter County value

Weaknesses

Access to exercise opportunities · low28.0%
2/100Pennsylvania 86.3%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePotter County value
Mental health providers · low31 /100k
2/100Pennsylvania 308 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePotter County value
Flu vaccinations · low26.0%
3/100Pennsylvania 52.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePotter County value
New business applications · low7.9 /1k
6/100Pennsylvania 12.4 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauPotter County value
Comfortable days · low23.2%
9/100Pennsylvania 23.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPotter County value
Mental health care shortage · high18.0
11/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationPotter County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
61.0% (2015-2019) → 25.2% (2020-2024)
−36 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
45.5% (2015-2019) → 12.2% (2020-2024)
−33 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
32.6% (2015-2019) → 9.0% (2020-2024)
−24 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$21,786 (2015-2019) → $47,315 (2020-2024)
+117%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
68.8% (2015-2019) → 89.0% (2020-2024)
+20 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
76.7% (2015-2019) → 96.4% (2020-2024)
+20 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, Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania improved on 5 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 4 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.

Improved5

High school++20 points76.7% → 96.4%
Household income+117%$21,786 → $47,315
Price / income−1.8×3.5× → 1.7×
Broadband+20 points68.8% → 89.0%
Bachelor's++9.8 points8.9% → 18.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	33.3 min2015-2019	20.5 min2020-2024	−12.8 min	Within the margin of error	99%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%2015-2019	18.7%2020-2024	+9.8 points	Improved	89%
Broadband subscriptions	68.8%2015-2019	89.0%2020-2024	+20 points	Improved	90%
High school diploma or higher	76.7%2015-2019	96.4%2020-2024	+20 points	Improved	100%
Home price to income ratio	3.5×2015-2019	1.7×2020-2024	−1.8×	Improved	99%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4442015-2019	0.3842020-2024	−0.060	Within the margin of error	87%
Median household income	$21,7862015-2019	$47,3152020-2024	+117%	Improved	99%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	34.2%2015-2019	22.1%2020-2024	−12 points	Within the margin of error	95%

“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 Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Shinglehouse, 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, Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania itself moved +46.1 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

1,076 residents (±221)

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

464 households (±86)

Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k12%†55
$25k–50k39%†179
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

464 households (±86)

Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own64%297
Rent36%†167

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

548 workers (±153)

Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone78%†428
Carpool2.9%†16
Public transit

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 Potter County, the county holding most of Shinglehouse's residents.

Potter County has 344 employer establishments, 214 for every 10,000 residents (0.86× the US rate of 248; 0.91× Pennsylvania's), with 4,292 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,262. The Census Bureau also counts 1,158 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 344; 1,158 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 214; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 4,292
Average annual pay: $54,262; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	24	15	0.81×About typical	180	$12,189	—
Ambulatory health care services	20	12.5	0.60×Fewer than typical	215	$45,823	31
Religious organizations	20	12.5	2.25×More than typical	69	$19,449	—
Specialty trade contractors	19	11.8	0.76×Fewer than typical	69	$60,942	149
Full-service restaurants	18	11.2	1.46×More than typical	143	$12,245	—
Truck transportation	17	10.6	2.09×More than typical	157	$64,975	40
Individual and family services	11	6.9	2.45×More than typical	29	$48,621	7
Gasoline stations	10	6.2	1.92×More than typical	131	$20,481	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	8	5	0.99×Too few to compare	20	$32,600	29
Banks and credit unions	8	5	1.54×Too few to compare	48	$57,396	—
Building material and supplies dealers (hardware, home centers)	8	5	3.02×Too few to compare	64	$35,266	—
Civic and social organizations	8	5	6.80×Too few to compare	46	$9,717	—

Rank places for an industry Open Potter County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 16,050 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

-3.1FY2017

What was bought

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

Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania's figures are part of those of Potter County, PA ($21.9K 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: Shinglehouse is mostly in Potter County.

See federal money in Potter 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.

Shinglehouse, 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.

Potter County56100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Potter 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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