Borough · Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Youngwood, Pennsylvania

Youngwood is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, part of the Pittsburgh, PA metro area. It has 2,926 residents. Youngwood, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 81 out of 100 (very high), ranking #3,012 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #200 of 997 cities and towns. It ranks best on rent-burdened households (low), unemployment rate (low) and drought exposure (low). It ranks worst on new business applications (low), new homes permitted (low) and drug overdose deaths (high).

81Very high

Quality-of-life score: #3,012 of 15,651 cities and towns
Pennsylvania: #200 of 997 in PA
Population: 2,926 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,525.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 4287232

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.

Safety73#4,254/15,637
Economy54#7,220/15,631
Housing89#1,620/14,977
Health52#7,541/15,609
Healthcare81#2,930/15,650
Environment62#5,845/15,453
Education81#2,920/15,649
Infrastructure43#8,997/15,650
Community91#1,424/15,651
Leisure & amenities51#7,686/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Youngwood, 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

Rent-burdened households · low13.9%
99/100Pennsylvania 48.2%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070High uncertainty
Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Pennsylvania 4.3%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Drought exposure · low0%
96/100Pennsylvania 26%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAWestmoreland County value
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
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.336
94/100Pennsylvania 0.474United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Weaknesses

New business applications · low8.7 /1k
12/100Pennsylvania 12.4 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauWestmoreland County value
New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
13/100Pennsylvania 2.0 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
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
Child poverty rate · high16.9%
26/100Pennsylvania 15.3%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Injury deaths · high108 /100k
27/100Pennsylvania 98 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWestmoreland County value

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
72.6% (2015-2019) → 90.6% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
2.0% (2015-2019) → 16.9% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Unemployment rateImproving
7.9% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−7.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$52,711 (2015-2019) → $70,581 (2020-2024)
+34%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
16.0% (2015-2019) → 21.9% (2020-2024)
+5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
17.5% (2015-2019) → 13.9% (2020-2024)
−3.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

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, Youngwood, Pennsylvania improved on 4 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 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.

Improved4

Unemployment−7.9 points7.9% → 0.0%
Inequality−0.0730.409 → 0.336
Broadband+18 points72.6% → 90.6%
Household income+34%$52,711 → $70,581

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Youngwood, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.9 min2015-2019	24.6 min2020-2024	+2.6 min	Within the margin of error	22%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%2015-2019	21.9%2020-2024	+5.9 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Broadband subscriptions	72.6%2015-2019	90.6%2020-2024	+18 points	Improved	87%
Effective property tax rate	1.57%2015-2019	1.13%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	87%
High school diploma or higher	93.9%2015-2019	96.5%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	62%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4092015-2019	0.3362020-2024	−0.073	Improved	91%
Median household income	$52,7112015-2019	$70,5812020-2024	+34%	Improved	63%
Poverty rate	6.4%2015-2019	9.7%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Rent as share of income	18.5%2015-2019	17.4%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Unemployment rate	7.9%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	−7.9 points	Improved	98%

“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 Youngwood, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Youngwood, 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, Youngwood, Pennsylvania itself moved +9.1 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

2,926 residents (±28)

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

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 women (−4.4 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,926 residents (±28)

Youngwood, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

White94%2,755
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino0.5%†15

Education

2,148 residents (±186)

Youngwood, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

No high school diploma3.5%†75
High school or GED45%975
Some college18%†393

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

1,356 households (±128)

Youngwood, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k11%†145
$25k–50k19%†253
$50k–75k25%†341
$75k–100k18%†242
$100k–150k20%†276
$150k–200k5.2%†70
$200k or more2.1%†29

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−11.2 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

1,356 households (±128)

Youngwood, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own66%900
Rent34%456

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

456 households (±131)

Youngwood, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $75027%†122
$750–1,00056%†257
$1,000–1,50014%†66

Home values

900 homes (±128)

Youngwood, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $150k32%†287
$150k–250k60%536
$250k–400k7.1%†64

Age of homes

1,536 homes (±156)

Youngwood, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

2010 or later2.5%†38
2000–20090.9%†14
1980–19997.9%†

Size of homes

1,536 homes (±156)

Youngwood, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Studio2.6%†40
1 bedroom11%†163
2 bedrooms39%†599

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

1,634 workers (±182)

Youngwood, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone79%1,298
Carpool10%†170
Public transit0.1%†2
Walk3.7%†60
Bike0.0%0
Work from home6.4%†104
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+4.9 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

1,530 workers (±185)

Youngwood, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under 15 min33%512
15–29 min40%616
30–44 min13%†206

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 Youngwood'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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Youngwood, 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

18KFY2017
-3KFY2018
17.3KFY2019
-1.7KFY2020

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

Youngwood, Pennsylvania's figures are part of those of Westmoreland County, PA ($67.9M 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: Youngwood 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.

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