City · Warren County, Pennsylvania

Warren, Pennsylvania

Warren is a city in Warren County, Pennsylvania, part of the Warren, PA metro area. It has 9,240 residents. Warren, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 55 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,011 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #638 of 997 cities and towns. It ranks best on hot days (low), average commute time (low) and social associations (high). It ranks worst on new business applications (low), gyms and fitness centers (low) and job growth (low).

55Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,011 of 15,651 cities and towns
Pennsylvania: #638 of 997 in PA
Population: 9,240 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 3,162.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 4281000

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.

Safety71#4,594/15,637
Economy24#11,865/15,631
Housing92#1,167/14,977
Health28#11,238/15,609
Healthcare39#9,625/15,650
Environment53#7,200/15,453
Education46#8,419/15,649
Infrastructure59#6,387/15,650
Community84#2,546/15,651
Leisure & amenities29#11,063/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Hot days · low1 days
97/100Pennsylvania 7 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationWarren County value
Average commute time · low14.6 min
97/100Pennsylvania 26.3 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Social associations · high17.0 /10k
95/100Pennsylvania 11.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWarren County value
Rent as share of income · low22.9%
95/100Pennsylvania 29.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Rent-burdened households · low31.5%
95/100Pennsylvania 48.2%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Pennsylvania 4.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataWarren County value

Weaknesses

New business applications · low6.3 /1k
1/100Pennsylvania 12.4 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauWarren County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Pennsylvania 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWarren County value
Job growth · low-3.3%
6/100Pennsylvania -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataWarren County value
Natural hazard risk · high93.6
6/100Pennsylvania 22.42025Federal Emergency Management AgencyWarren County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.3 /10k
7/100Pennsylvania 4.5 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyWarren County value
Adult smoking · high20.4%
11/100Pennsylvania 15.6%United States 16.1%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
43.3% (2015-2019) → 31.5% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
81.0% (2015-2019) → 91.2% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$42,939 (2015-2019) → $53,815 (2020-2024)
+25%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateImproving
15.6% (2015-2019) → 10.8% (2020-2024)
−4.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
26.2% (2015-2019) → 22.9% (2020-2024)
−3.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Poverty rateImproving
12.6% (2015-2019) → 9.9% (2020-2024)
−2.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, Warren, Pennsylvania improved on 3 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 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.

Improved3

Rent burden−12 points43.3% → 31.5%
Broadband+10 points81.0% → 91.2%
Household income+25%$42,939 → $53,815

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Warren, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.0 min2015-2019	14.6 min2020-2024	−1.3 min	Within the margin of error	63%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%2015-2019	25.3%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Broadband subscriptions	81.0%2015-2019	91.2%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	60%
Child poverty rate	15.6%2015-2019	10.8%2020-2024	−4.8 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Effective property tax rate	1.72%2015-2019	1.53%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	56%
High school diploma or higher	93.9%2015-2019	94.7%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	1.9×2020-2024	+0.0×	Within the margin of error	77%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4382015-2019	0.4322020-2024	−0.006	Within the margin of error	56%
Median household income	$42,9392015-2019	$53,8152020-2024	+25%	Improved	45%
Poverty rate	12.6%2015-2019	9.9%2020-2024	−2.7 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Rent as share of income	26.2%2015-2019	22.9%2020-2024	−3.3 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Rent-burdened households	43.3%2015-2019	31.5%2020-2024	−12 points	Improved	85%
Unemployment rate	4.8%2015-2019	3.1%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.4%2015-2019	5.9%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	41%

“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 Warren, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Warren, 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, Warren, Pennsylvania itself moved +3.9 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

9,240 residents (±19)

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

4,329 households (±226)

Warren, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k18%789
$25k–50k26%1,136
$50k–75k23%1,000

Homes

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

Owners and renters

4,329 households (±226)

Warren, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own62%2,702
Rent38%1,627

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

4,168 workers (±288)

Warren, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone76%3,167
Carpool9.6%†400
Public transit0.0%†

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 Warren, 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 Warren County, the county holding most of Warren's residents.

Warren County has 837 employer establishments, 222 for every 10,000 residents (0.90× the US rate of 248; 0.94× Pennsylvania's), with 12,592 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,071. The Census Bureau also counts 2,149 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 837; 2,149 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 222; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 12,592
Average annual pay: $55,071; US $68,342

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

Banks and credit unions	85	22.6	6.99×More than typical	630	$86,408	—
Ambulatory health care services	54	14.4	0.69×Fewer than typical	664	$46,917	84
Restaurants and other eating places	54	14.4	0.78×Fewer than typical	796	$15,343	7
Religious organizations	45	12	2.16×More than typical	194	$15,129	—
Specialty trade contractors	30	8	0.52×Fewer than typical	190	$59,600	184
Full-service restaurants	25	6.6	0.87×About typical	410	$16,227	3
Limited-service restaurants	24	6.4	0.80×Fewer than typical	368	$14,356	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	22	5.8	1.16×About typical	93	$32,925	61
Offices of physicians	22	5.8	0.90×About typical	153	$73,163	12
Individual and family services	20	5.3	1.90×More than typical	343	$37,755	17
Truck transportation	19	5	1.00×About typical	267	$74,052	69
Personal care services	18	4.8	1.00×About typical	40	$22,025	58

Rank places for an industry Open Warren County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 37,629 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 $84.1K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Warren, Pennsylvania: $9.10 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $84.1K; +3.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9.10; US $1,994
Sole-source: 2.3%; US 30%
Single offer: 3.6%; 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

ARK CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT LLC$24.6K29%
CR TURNER ENTERPRISES, LLC$11.9K14%
CRW RESOURCES LLC$8,89311%
BASH CONTRACTING INC$6,5527.8%
BARNHART-DAVIS COMPANY$6,4927.7%

Spending by fiscal year

88.3KFY2017
29.2KFY2018
50KFY2019
60.4KFY2020
72.8KFY2021
79.4KFY2022
127.6KFY2023
92KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Support activities for forestry · 1153$32K38%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$24.6K29%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$7,8359.3%
Other specialty trade contractors · 2389$6,4217.6%
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing · 3363$5,3146.3%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413

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

Warren, Pennsylvania's figures are part of those of Warren County, PA ($31.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.3% of that total.

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

See federal money in Warren 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.

Warren, 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.

Warren County62100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Warren, PA63

Other cities and towns in Warren 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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Scores by category

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