Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety80#182/924
Economy29#657/925
Housing85#143/925
Health45#507/925
Healthcare49#472/923
Environment72#261/917
Education31#642/925
Infrastructure4#888/925
Community53#437/925
Leisure & amenities37#586/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where DuBois, PA micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Social associations · high18.0 /10k
97/100Pennsylvania 11.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Home price to income ratio · low2.2×
94/100Pennsylvania 3.3×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Drought exposure · low3%
91/100Pennsylvania 26%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAggregated from counties
Hot days · low3 days
91/100Pennsylvania 7 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Rent as share of income · low24.9%
91/100Pennsylvania 29.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Mammography screening · high55.0%
89/100Pennsylvania 51.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

New business applications · low7.3 /1k
4/100Pennsylvania 12.4 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Adult smoking · high20.1%
7/100Pennsylvania 15.6%United States 16.1%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.4 /10k
9/100Pennsylvania 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Broadband subscriptions · low83.9%
12/100Pennsylvania 89.7%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Distance to an emergency room · high12.0 mi
12/100Pennsylvania 5.0 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Comfortable days · low23.5%
16/100Pennsylvania 23.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties

Trends

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

New business applicationsImproving
4.3 /1k (2020) → 7.3 /1k (2025)
+72%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
42.1 /100k (2021) → 12.3 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−71%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Hot daysWorsening
2 days (2011-2020) → 3 days (2016-2025)
+63%5 yearsUS 41 days → 42 days
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
72.9% (2015-2019) → 83.9% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
53.2% (2010 & 2021) → 61.7% (2022 & 2024)
+8.5 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Property crime rateImproving
1,459 /100k (2019) → 852 /100k (2025)
−42%6 yearsUS 2,082 /100k → 1,535 /100k

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, DuBois, PA micropolitan area improved on 17 of 29 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 5 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved17

Rent / income−4.4 points29.3% → 24.9%
Rent burden−6.7 points48.4% → 41.7%
Bachelor's++5.2 points15.1% → 20.2%
High school++3.5 points87.2% → 90.7%
New businesses+72%4.3 /1k → 7.3 /1k

Declined5

Libraries−19%0.6 /10k → 0.5 /10k
Gyms−23%0.5 /10k → 0.4 /10k
Restaurants−5.7%8.8 /10k → 8.3 /10k
Pharmacies−11%1.9 /10k → 1.7 /10k
Price / income+0.2×2.0× → 2.2×

All 29 measures

Change of every measure of DuBois, PA micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.7 /10k2020	2.9 /10k2025	+7.7%	Improved	47%
Average commute time	26.1 min2015-2019	25.3 min2020-2024	−0.8 min	Within the margin of error	85%
Average weekly wage	$8432020	$1,0312025	+22%	Improved	39%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%2015-2019	20.2%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Improved	93%
Broadband subscriptions	72.9%2015-2019	83.9%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	70%
Child poverty rate	24.2%2015-2019	20.9%2020-2024	−3.3 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Distance to an airport	93 mi2020	93 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	23.6 /100k2020	12.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−48%	Improved	79%
Effective property tax rate	1.34%2015-2019	1.07%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	85%
Firearm deaths	13.7 /100k2020	11.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−15%	Improved	75%
Grocery stores	1.6 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	+11%	Improved	79%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.5 /10k2020	0.4 /10k2025	−23%	Declined	17%
High school diploma or higher	87.2%2015-2019	90.7%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Improved	87%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	+0.2×	Declined	76%
Homicide rate	3.2 /100k2020	2.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−22%	Improved	46%
Income adjusted for local prices	$49,2852019	$63,5072024	+29%	Improved	28%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4222015-2019	0.4392020-2024	+0.016	Within the margin of error	19%
Median household income	$49,0152015-2019	$62,1522020-2024	+27%	Improved	49%
New business applications	4.3 /1k2020	7.3 /1k2025	+72%	Improved	81%
Pharmacies	1.9 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	−11%	Declined	44%
Poverty rate	14.6%2015-2019	14.6%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.5 /10k2024	−19%	Declined	4%
Rent as share of income	29.3%2015-2019	24.9%2020-2024	−4.4 points	Improved	97%
Rent-burdened households	48.4%2015-2019	41.7%2020-2024	−6.7 points	Improved	93%
Restaurants and bars	8.8 /10k2020	8.3 /10k2025	−5.7%	Declined	23%
Suicide rate	22.4 /100k2020	19.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−13%	Improved	81%
Traffic deaths	18.3 /100k2015-2019	16.5 /100k2020-2024	−9.5%	Improved	76%
Unemployment rate	8.8%2020	4.6%2025	−4.2 points	Improved	84%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.4%2015-2019	7.5%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	18%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 786 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like DuBois, PA micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of DuBois, PA micropolitan area 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, DuBois, PA micropolitan area itself moved +5.7 points in standing on average over the same 28 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

78,635 residents

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

32,518 households (±492)

DuBois, PA micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k19%6,183
$25k–50k20%6,631
$50k–75k19%6,210

Homes

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

Owners and renters

32,518 households (±492)

DuBois, PA micropolitan area
United States share

Own79%25,534
Rent21%6,984

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

33,670 workers (±926)

DuBois, PA micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone78%26,410
Carpool8.7%2,913
Public transit0.2%†56

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 no occupation wages for DuBois, PA micropolitan area.

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.

DuBois, PA has 1,910 employer establishments, 244 for every 10,000 residents (0.98× the US rate of 248), with 25,320 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,562. The Census Bureau also counts 4,341 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,910; 4,341 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 244; US 248
Paid employees: 25,320
Average annual pay: $46,562; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	177	22.6	1.08×About typical	2,249	$64,845	178
Restaurants and other eating places	126	16.1	0.88×About typical	1,835	$16,746	10
Truck transportation	112	14.3	2.83×More than typical	827	$63,531	136
Religious organizations	98	12.5	2.26×More than typical	445	$19,144	—
Specialty trade contractors	93	11.9	0.77×Fewer than typical	393	$61,639	462
Offices of physicians	76	9.7	1.50×More than typical	659	$107,475	36
Full-service restaurants	66	8.4	1.10×About typical	1,070	$16,843	6
Automotive repair and maintenance	52	6.6	1.32×More than typical	226	$41,088	142
Limited-service restaurants	50	6.4	0.80×Fewer than typical	704	$16,446	3
Offices of other health practitioners	50	6.4	1.05×About typical	598	$41,619	95
Personal care services	48	6.1	1.28×More than typical	146	$23,151	142
Beauty salons	40	5.1	2.04×More than typical	123	$22,480	97

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 78,336 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.3M on contracts performed in DuBois, PA micropolitan area: $16.43 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.3M; −32% vs FY2025
Per resident: $16.43; US $1,994
Sole-source: 60%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Department of Veterans Affairs$754.1K59%
Federal Aviation Administration$345.8K27%
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division$148.9K12%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$17.3K1.3%
Department of the Army$15.8K1.2%
National Park Service$1,3990.1%

Top recipients

DUBOIS CONTINUUM OF CARE COMMUNITY INC$755.2K59%
QUAD J INC$345.8K27%
DIMENSION SUPPLY INC$150.3K12%
QIAGEN, LLC$17.3K1.3%
SHIELD SERVICES LLC$15.8K1.2%

Spending by fiscal year

4.2MFY2017
671.4KFY2018
224.2KFY2019
752KFY2020
2.3MFY2021
1.9MFY2022
1.1MFY2023
308.1K

Top industries (NAICS)

Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$755.2K59%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$345.8K27%
Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing · 3259$93.6K7.3%
Chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers · 4246$56.7K4.4%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$17.3K1.3%

Largest awards

EXPRESS REPORT: CNH - SERVICES 01/01/2025 TO 09/30/2025.$755.2K
DUBOIS CONTINUUM OF CARE COMMUNITY INC· Clearfield County, PA· Health & medical· Nov 6, 2025 – Nov 6, 2025· 36C24426K0011
OPS FUNDED ELECTRICAL REFURBISHMENT AT (QCF) ARSR, NEAR CLEARFIELD, PA, JCN: 25016393 PER NAS DEFENSE PROGRAM, NDP.$345.8K
QUAD J INC· Clearfield County, PA· Equipment maintenance· Apr 23, 2026 – Apr 23, 2026· 6973GH26F00713
EXPLOSIVES AND EXPLOSIVE SUPPLIES$92.2K
DIMENSION SUPPLY INC· Clearfield County, PA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 27, 2026 – Jul 6, 2026· 15A00026PAQA00062
DYNO EXPLOSIVES

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.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $551.4M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for DuBois, PA micropolitan area: $7,060 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $551.4M; −5.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,060; US $12,955
Loan face value: $21.6M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$348.6M63%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$58M11%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$46.6M8.4%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$34.7M6.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$16.5M3.0%
93.600 · Head Start$8.8M1.6%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$4.6M0.8%
20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$4.5M0.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$16.5M3.0%
HARRISBURG, PA
CEN-CLEAR CHILD SERVICES INC$8.8M1.6%
BIGLER, PA
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF DUBOIS$2.2M0.4%
DU BOIS, PA
CLEARFIELD COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY$1.6M0.3%
CLEARFIELD, PA
CLEARFIELD JEFFERSON COUNTIES REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$457.8M83%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$51.8M9.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$16.5M3.0%
Department of Transportation
Administration for Children and Families$8.8M1.6%
Department of Health and Human Services
Railroad Retirement Board

Assistance by fiscal year

472.8MFY2021
478.4MFY2022
503.5MFY2023
576.1MFY2024
584.6MFY2025
551.4MFY2026

County aggregates

93%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in DuBois, PA

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Clearfield CountyCentral county6178,100

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

DuBoisPrincipal city7,402

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Pennsylvania

Areas based in Pennsylvania, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved17

Declined5

Metro and micro areas like DuBois, PA micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in DuBois, PA

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Pennsylvania

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved17

Declined5

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought