Scores by category

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

Safety93#65/924
Economy31#635/925
Housing91#82/925
Health63#341/925
Healthcare29#659/923
Environment44#512/917
Education26#685/925
Infrastructure4#892/925
Community41#547/925
Leisure & amenities17#771/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Severe housing problems · low9.5%
94/100Pennsylvania 13.8%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Social associations · high16.3 /10k
93/100Pennsylvania 11.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
93/100Pennsylvania 4.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Property crime rate · low554 /100k
90/100Pennsylvania 1,324 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.419
89/100Pennsylvania 0.474United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Rent-burdened households · low39.3%
89/100Pennsylvania 48.2%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Weaknesses

Average commute time · high31.2 min
2/100Pennsylvania 26.3 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.2 /10k
3/100Pennsylvania 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
New business applications · low7.5 /1k
5/100Pennsylvania 12.4 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Pharmacies · low0.7 /10k
6/100Pennsylvania 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Some college · low46.4%
6/100Pennsylvania 67.5%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
6/100Pennsylvania 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 31% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+31 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New business applicationsImproving
4.5 /1k (2020) → 7.5 /1k (2025)
+68%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
22.7 /100k (2021) → 9.7 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−57%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
75.9% (2015-2019) → 85.9% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Gyms and fitness centersWorsening
0.5 /10k (2020) → 0.2 /10k (2025)
−49%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Mental health providersImproving
114 /100k (2021) → 168 /100k (2025)
+47%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /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, Huntingdon, PA micropolitan area improved on 11 of 28 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 8 moved within the margin of error and 5 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.

Improved11

Suicides−43%29.5 /100k → 16.7 /100k
Unemployment−5.3 points10.3% → 5.0%
Grocery stores+17%1.6 /10k → 1.9 /10k
Overdose deaths−53%20.8 /100k → 9.7 /100k
New businesses+68%4.5 /1k → 7.5 /1k

Declined4

Pharmacies−39%1.1 /10k → 0.7 /10k
Gyms−49%0.5 /10k → 0.2 /10k
Traffic deaths+44%11.5 /100k → 16.5 /100k
Arts & recreation−13%3.0 /10k → 2.6 /10k

All 28 measures

Change of every measure of Huntingdon, PA micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.0 /10k2020	2.6 /10k2025	−13%	Declined	10%
Average commute time	31.1 min2015-2019	31.2 min2020-2024	+0.1 min	Within the margin of error	61%
Average weekly wage	$8232020	$9722025	+18%	Improved	12%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%2015-2019	19.2%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Improved	27%
Broadband subscriptions	75.9%2015-2019	85.9%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	62%
Child poverty rate	18.8%2015-2019	16.5%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Distance to an airport	68 mi2020	68 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	20.8 /100k2020	9.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−53%	Improved	85%
Effective property tax rate	0.91%2015-2019	0.80%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	45%
Firearm deaths	11.8 /100k2020	11.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	0%	Little change	49%
Grocery stores	1.6 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+17%	Improved	86%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.5 /10k2020	0.2 /10k2025	−49%	Declined	5%
High school diploma or higher	89.5%2015-2019	91.4%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	85%
Income adjusted for local prices	$43,1782019	$54,8832024	+27%	Improved	17%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4142015-2019	0.4192020-2024	+0.005	Within the margin of error	40%
Median household income	$51,6782015-2019	$65,5572020-2024	+27%	Improved	50%
New business applications	4.5 /1k2020	7.5 /1k2025	+68%	Improved	78%
Pharmacies	1.1 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	−39%	Declined	4%
Poverty rate	12.3%2015-2019	10.6%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Improved	68%
Public libraries	0.2 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	+3.5%	Little change	82%
Rent as share of income	24.7%2015-2019	25.8%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Rent-burdened households	35.7%2015-2019	39.3%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Restaurants and bars	6.4 /10k2020	6.3 /10k2025	−1.2%	Little change	39%
Suicide rate	29.5 /100k2020	16.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−43%	Improved	98%
Traffic deaths	11.5 /100k2015-2019	16.5 /100k2020-2024	+44%	Declined	9%
Unemployment rate	10.3%2020	5.0%2025	−5.3 points	Improved	95%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.5%2015-2019	5.7%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	36%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 879 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 Huntingdon, PA micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Huntingdon, 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, Huntingdon, PA micropolitan area itself moved +1.6 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

43,653 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

16,341 households (±342)

Huntingdon, PA micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k17%2,700
$25k–50k21%3,444
$50k–75k19%3,084

Homes

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

Owners and renters

16,341 households (±342)

Huntingdon, PA micropolitan area
United States share

Own79%12,942
Rent21%3,399

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+3.5 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

17,599 workers (±393)

Huntingdon, PA micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone76%13,334
Carpool9.6%1,690
Public transit0.0%†8

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 Huntingdon, 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.

Huntingdon, PA has 841 employer establishments, 193 for every 10,000 residents (0.78× the US rate of 248), with 10,006 paid employees at an average annual pay of $40,261. The Census Bureau also counts 2,593 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 841; 2,593 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 193; US 248
Paid employees: 10,006
Average annual pay: $40,261; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	62	14.2	0.68×Fewer than typical	987	$48,742	63
Religious organizations	55	12.6	2.28×More than typical	183	$16,579	—
Restaurants and other eating places	55	12.6	0.69×Fewer than typical	827	$16,293	15
Specialty trade contractors	51	11.7	0.76×Fewer than typical	338	$64,166	288
Full-service restaurants	26	6	0.78×Fewer than typical	312	$15,061	6
Services to buildings and dwellings	26	6	0.89×About typical	77	$42,740	175
Truck transportation	26	6	1.18×About typical	158	$66,911	97
Limited-service restaurants	23	5.3	0.66×Fewer than typical	448	$17,295	3
Other specialty trade contractors	23	5.3	2.11×More than typical	94	$85,202	117
Construction of buildings	22	5.1	0.67×Fewer than typical	78	$43,641	103
Offices of other health practitioners	22	5.1	0.83×About typical	583	$38,177	30
Automotive repair and maintenance	20	4.6	0.91×About typical	53	$38,528	80

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 43,527 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 $587.9K on contracts performed in Huntingdon, PA micropolitan area: $13.67 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $587.9K; −74% vs FY2025
Per resident: $13.67; US $1,995
Sole-source: 5.2%; 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 the Army$587.9K100%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

1.2MFY2017
1MFY2018
13.3MFY2019
1.7MFY2020
4.5MFY2021
1.9MFY2022
1.4MFY2023
23.6M

Top industries (NAICS)

Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$537.4K91%
RV parks and recreational camps · 7212$85.8K15%
Justice, public order, and safety activities · 9221$30.4K5.2%

Largest awards

DAM TUNNEL & WARM WATER SLIDE GATES$21.5M
MARINE DIVING SOLUTIONS, LLC.· Huntingdon County, PA· Construction & real property· Aug 29, 2024 – Oct 15, 2025· W912DR24C0032
2023 REGULAR MOWING CYCLES-BASE$415.9K
FREEDOM GREEN LLC· Huntingdon County, PA· Facilities & utilities· Jul 24, 2023 – Dec 22, 2025· W912DR23P0024
RAYSTOWN REFUSE SERVICES$209.9K
BURGMEIERS HAULING INC· Huntingdon County, PA· Facilities & utilities· Jul 19, 2024 – Dec 29, 2025· W912DR24P0023
JANITORIAL SERVICES.$195.3K

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 $292.5M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Huntingdon, PA micropolitan area: $6,803 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $292.5M; −3.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,803; US $12,957
Loan face value: $6.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$191.3M65%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$29.4M10%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$23.5M8.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$17M5.8%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$7.9M2.7%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$3.1M1.1%
93.600 · Head Start$2.9M1.0%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$2.6M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF HUNTINGDON$3.8M1.3%
MOUNT UNION, PA
JUNIATA COLLEGE$3.6M1.2%
HUNTINGDON, PA
HUNTINGDON COUNTY CHILD AND ADULT DEVELOPMENT CORP$2.9M1.0%
HUNTINGDON, PA
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$1.7M0.6%
HARRISBURG, PA
FAMILIES INVOLVED IN RECOVERY SUPPORT AND TRANSFORMATION CENTER

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$245.6M84%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$26.2M8.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$3.8M1.3%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Farm Service Agency$3.1M1.1%
Department of Agriculture
Railroad Retirement Board

Assistance by fiscal year

269.5MFY2021
285.5MFY2022
279.5MFY2023
293.5MFY2024
303.9MFY2025
292.5MFY2026

County aggregates

94%

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Huntingdon, 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.

Huntingdon CountyCentral county5143,001

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

HuntingdonPrincipal city6,897

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
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

Improved11

Declined4

Metro and micro areas like Huntingdon, 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 Huntingdon, 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

Improved11

Declined4

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