Borough · Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Depot, Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Depot is a borough in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. It has 1,297 residents. Susquehanna Depot, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 45 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,675 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #812 of 997 cities and towns. It ranks best on home price to income ratio (low), median Air Quality Index (low) and students per teacher (low). It ranks worst on hospital quality rating (low), adult smoking (high) and frequent mental distress (high).

45Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,675 of 15,651 cities and towns
Pennsylvania: #812 of 997 in PA
Population: 1,297 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,760.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 4275568

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.

Safety83#2,645/15,637
Economy5#14,923/15,631
Housing93#1,079/14,977
Health22#12,248/15,609
Healthcare20#12,520/15,650
Environment89#1,640/15,453
Education35#10,225/15,649
Infrastructure27#11,455/15,650
Community63#5,750/15,651
Leisure & amenities31#10,798/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Home price to income ratio · low1.5×
98/100Pennsylvania 3.3×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Median Air Quality Index · low22
97/100Pennsylvania 432025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencySusquehanna County value
Students per teacher · low10.8×
95/100Pennsylvania 13.1×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsSusquehanna County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low107 min
94/100Pennsylvania 191 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesSusquehanna County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Pennsylvania 4.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionSusquehanna County value
Hot days · low2 days
93/100Pennsylvania 7 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationSusquehanna County value

Weaknesses

Hospital quality rating · low1.0
1/100Pennsylvania 3.5United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesSusquehanna County value
Adult smoking · high25.5%
2/100Pennsylvania 15.6%United States 16.1%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · high22.1%
5/100Pennsylvania 15.9%United States 18.6%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Dentists · low24 /100k
6/100Pennsylvania 73 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSusquehanna County value
Unemployment rate · high11.1%
7/100Pennsylvania 4.3%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Comfortable days · low23.1%
9/100Pennsylvania 23.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationSusquehanna County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,562 (2015-2019) → 1,297 (2020-2024)
−17%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
67.7% (2015-2019) → 33.9% (2020-2024)
−34 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedImproving
0.7 /1k (2021) → 1.5 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+112%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent as share of incomeImproving
40.4% (2015-2019) → 22.0% (2020-2024)
−18 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
75.8% (2015-2019) → 89.9% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$36,058 (2015-2019) → $54,500 (2020-2024)
+51%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, Susquehanna Depot, Pennsylvania improved on 7 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 5 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.

Improved7

Rent / income−18 points40.4% → 22.0%
Property tax−0.7 points1.77% → 1.05%
Rent burden−34 points67.7% → 33.9%
Inequality−0.1170.519 → 0.402
Household income+51%$36,058 → $54,500

Declined2

Bachelor's+−7.3 points20.6% → 13.3%
Uninsured+6 points6.3% → 12.3%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Susquehanna Depot, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	34.5 min2015-2019	24.5 min2020-2024	−10.0 min	Within the margin of error	98%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%2015-2019	13.3%2020-2024	−7.3 points	Declined	4%
Broadband subscriptions	75.8%2015-2019	89.9%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	77%
Child poverty rate	32.4%2015-2019	37.8%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Effective property tax rate	1.77%2015-2019	1.05%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Improved	97%
High school diploma or higher	86.2%2015-2019	88.4%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Improved	61%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	1.5×2020-2024	−0.6×	Within the margin of error	95%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5192015-2019	0.4022020-2024	−0.117	Improved	97%
Median household income	$36,0582015-2019	$54,5002020-2024	+51%	Improved	85%
Poverty rate	24.9%2015-2019	24.2%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Rent as share of income	40.4%2015-2019	22.0%2020-2024	−18 points	Improved	98%
Rent-burdened households	67.7%2015-2019	33.9%2020-2024	−34 points	Improved	98%
Unemployment rate	10.2%2015-2019	11.1%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.3%2015-2019	12.3%2020-2024	+6 points	Declined	8%

“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 Susquehanna Depot, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Susquehanna Depot, 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, Susquehanna Depot, Pennsylvania itself moved +29.5 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

1,297 residents (±218)

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

486 households (±67)

Susquehanna Depot, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k25%120
$25k–50k23%†112
$50k–75k22%†

Homes

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

Owners and renters

486 households (±67)

Susquehanna Depot, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own71%346
Rent29%140

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

489 workers (±96)

Susquehanna Depot, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone73%355
Carpool13%†65
Public transit2.2%†

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 Susquehanna County, the county holding most of Susquehanna Depot's residents.

Susquehanna County has 855 employer establishments, 224 for every 10,000 residents (0.90× the US rate of 248; 0.95× Pennsylvania's), with 7,461 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,383. The Census Bureau also counts 3,130 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 855; 3,130 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 224; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 7,461
Average annual pay: $48,383; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	58	15.2	0.98×About typical	279	$65,785	364
Restaurants and other eating places	46	12	0.66×Fewer than typical	512	$19,924	12
Ambulatory health care services	38	9.9	0.48×Fewer than typical	240	$40,146	97
Religious organizations	35	9.2	1.65×More than typical	147	$23,143	—
Truck transportation	33	8.6	1.71×More than typical	130	$61,038	86
Automotive repair and maintenance	32	8.4	1.66×More than typical	108	$45,880	103
Construction of buildings	29	7.6	1.00×About typical	71	$42,915	178
Gasoline stations	27	7.1	2.18×More than typical	307	$34,463	—
Other specialty trade contractors	27	7.1	2.82×More than typical	152	$73,197	139
Full-service restaurants	22	5.8	0.75×Fewer than typical	234	$19,534	5
Services to buildings and dwellings	17	4.5	0.66×Fewer than typical	67	$42,373	192
Banks and credit unions	15	3.9	1.22×About typical	143	$47,007	—

Rank places for an industry Open Susquehanna County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 38,197 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: Susquehanna Depot is mostly in Susquehanna County.

See federal money in Susquehanna 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.

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

House

Daniel MeuserR-PA-9 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 5.2%

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.

Susquehanna County63100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Susquehanna 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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