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Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 57 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,349 of 3,143 US counties. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #50 of 67 counties. It ranks best on mental health care shortage (low), drought exposure (low) and social associations (high). It ranks worst on natural hazard risk (high), adult smoking (high) and effective property tax rate (high).

57Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,349 of 3,143 counties
Pennsylvania: #50 of 67 in PA
Population: 63,698 (2025)
Land area: 653 mi²
Density: 97.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 42005

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety85#457/3,096
Economy42#1,826/3,143
Housing74#817/3,140
Health42#1,826/3,144
Healthcare68#997/3,143
Environment13#2,719/3,108
Education62#1,191/3,144
Infrastructure36#2,007/3,144
Community89#355/3,144
Leisure & amenities31#2,157/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Armstrong County, Pennsylvania ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Mental health care shortage · low0.0
96/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Drought exposure · low0%
96/100Pennsylvania 26%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Social associations · high19.5 /10k
92/100Pennsylvania 11.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Primary care shortage · low0.1
88/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Violent crime rate · low88 /100k
85/100Pennsylvania 227 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figure
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low6.6%
83/100Pennsylvania 7.2%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Natural hazard risk · high89.9
9/100Pennsylvania 22.42025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Adult smoking · high21.1%
11/100Pennsylvania 15.6%United States 16.1%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Effective property tax rate · high1.36%
11/100Pennsylvania 1.25%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Time spent in the emergency room · high195 min
11/100Pennsylvania 191 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
New homes permitted · low0.3 /1k
16/100Pennsylvania 2.0 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high8.5 µg/m³
19/100Pennsylvania 8.3 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Trends

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

New business applicationsImproving
4.3 /1k (2020) → 9.5 /1k (2025)
+122%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Violent crime rateImproving
298 /100k (2019) → 88 /100k (2025)
−71%6 yearsUS 369 /100k → 328 /100k
New homes permittedWorsening
0.9 /1k (2021) → 0.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−70%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
58.3 /100k (2021) → 20.3 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−65%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
74.9% (2015-2019) → 86.8% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Gyms and fitness centersWorsening
0.3 /10k (2020) → 0.2 /10k (2025)
−49%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k

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, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania improved on 10 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 16 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: 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.

Improved10

New businesses+122%4.3 /1k → 9.5 /1k
Unemployment−4.8 points9.7% → 4.9%
Commute−2.1 min30.7 min → 28.6 min
Overdose deaths−49%39.7 /100k → 20.3 /100k
Real income+35%$47,691 → $64,174

Declined2

Transit use−0.5 points0.7% → 0.2%
Price / income+0.3×2.1× → 2.4×

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.4 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	−10%	Within the margin of error	21%
Average commute time	30.7 min2015-2019	28.6 min2020-2024	−2.1 min	Improved	89%
Average weekly wage	$8582020	$1,0242025	+19%	Improved	20%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%2015-2019	19.0%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Improved	41%
Broadband subscriptions	74.9%2015-2019	86.8%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	65%
Child poverty rate	15.9%2019	15.4%2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Distance to an airport	43 mi2020	43 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	39.7 /100k2020	20.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−49%	Improved	75%
Effective property tax rate	1.65%2015-2019	1.36%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	88%
Firearm deaths	12.2 /100k2020	17.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+41%	Within the margin of error	10%
Grocery stores	1.7 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−16%	Within the margin of error	22%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.3 /10k2020	0.2 /10k2025	−49%	Within the margin of error	10%
High school diploma or higher	90.3%2015-2019	93.0%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	62%
Income adjusted for local prices	$47,6912019	$64,1742024	+35%	Improved	67%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4182015-2019	0.4292020-2024	+0.011	Within the margin of error	34%
Median household income	$56,2592019	$63,4722024	+13%	Improved	5%
New business applications	4.3 /1k2020	9.5 /1k2025	+122%	Improved	95%
Pharmacies	2.1 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	−12%	Within the margin of error	37%
Poverty rate	11.1%2019	12.4%2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	+1.5%	Within the margin of error	66%
Public transit commuters	0.7%2015-2019	0.2%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Declined	33%
Rent as share of income	26.6%2015-2019	26.3%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Rent-burdened households	42.3%2015-2019	43.3%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Restaurants and bars	8.6 /10k2020	8.6 /10k2025	+1%	Within the margin of error	52%
Students per teacher	13.4×2019	12.4×2024	−1.0×	Improved	61%
Suicide rate	21.4 /100k2020	20.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−5.1%	Within the margin of error	68%
Traffic deaths	14.6 /100k2015-2019	14.2 /100k2020-2024	−2.4%	Within the margin of error	59%
Unemployment rate	9.7%2020	4.9%2025	−4.8 points	Improved	92%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.5%2019	6.6%2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	24%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2431 counties 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; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Armstrong County, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Armstrong County, 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, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania itself moved −1.3 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

64,622 residents

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: 50–59 women (−0.7 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

64,622 residents

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

White95%61,357
Black0.9%608
Hispanic or Latino0.9%605

Education

48,205 residents (±54)

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

No high school diploma7.0%3,353
High school or GED48%23,049
Some college15%7,045

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

28,035 households (±303)

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k17%4,735
$25k–50k21%6,014
$50k–75k17%4,868
$75k–100k15%4,080
$100k–150k18%4,993
$150k–200k7.2%2,016
$200k or more4.7%1,329

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−6.2 points).

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

28,035 households (±303)

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own79%22,097
Rent21%5,938

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.9 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

5,173 households (±348)

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $75046%2,391
$750–1,00030%1,556
$1,000–1,50019%983

Home values

22,097 homes (±420)

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $150k47%10,352
$150k–250k30%6,529
$250k–400k18%3,892

Age of homes

32,128 homes (±90)

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

2010 or later3.7%1,183
2000–20095.8%1,865
1980–199917%5,597

Size of homes

32,128 homes (±90)

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Studio2.0%644
1 bedroom6.9%2,205
2 bedrooms27%8,723

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

29,220 workers (±540)

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone78%22,788
Carpool8.8%2,580
Public transit0.2%†64
Walk2.5%722
Bike0.1%†29
Work from home9.4%2,756
Other1.0%†281

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+5.9 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

26,464 workers (±581)

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under 15 min30%7,960
15–29 min26%6,984
30–44 min21%5,630

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.

Armstrong County has 1,288 employer establishments, 201 for every 10,000 residents (0.81× the US rate of 248; 0.85× Pennsylvania's), with 14,258 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,995. The Census Bureau also counts 3,529 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,288; 3,529 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 201; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 14,258
Average annual pay: $44,995; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	97	15.1	0.73×Fewer than typical	1,087	$57,877	114
Religious organizations	91	14.2	2.56×More than typical	363	$15,047	—
Specialty trade contractors	91	14.2	0.92×About typical	607	$56,463	400
Restaurants and other eating places	86	13.4	0.73×Fewer than typical	1,192	$13,320	15
Full-service restaurants	43	6.7	0.87×About typical	584	$14,336	4
Building equipment contractors	39	6.1	1.01×About typical	360	$50,808	73
Truck transportation	39	6.1	1.20×About typical	420	$53,617	88
Automotive repair and maintenance	35	5.5	1.08×About typical	183	$36,311	99
Banks and credit unions	35	5.5	1.69×More than typical	341	$61,205	—
Offices of physicians	33	5.1	0.79×Fewer than typical	234	$94,103	14
Limited-service restaurants	32	5	0.62×Fewer than typical	514	$12,397	6
Lessors of real estate	30	4.7	0.38×Fewer than typical	74	$44,149	257

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $33M on contracts performed in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania: $518 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $33M; −63% vs FY2025
Per resident: $518; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.7%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.2%; 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$32.8M99%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$231.2K

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 $473.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Armstrong County, Pennsylvania: $7,436 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $473.7M; −7.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,436; US $12,955
Loan face value: $7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.6%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$304.3M64%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$47.5M10%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$37.3M7.9%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$27.8M5.9%
20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$13.7M2.9%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$13.6M2.9%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$4.2M0.9%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$3.1M0.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$25.3M5.3%
HARRISBURG, PA
HOUSING AUTHORITY ARMSTRONG$4.4M0.9%
KITTANNING, PA
RAYBURN MANOR APARTMENTS$504.4K0.1%
KITTANNING, PA
ARMSTRONG COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY$347K0.1%
KITTANNING, PA
LENAPE SCHOOL OF PRACTICAL NURSING

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$402.6M85%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$33M7.0%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$25.3M5.3%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$3.9M0.8%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Railroad Retirement Board

Assistance by fiscal year

408.1MFY2021
440.2MFY2022
459.1MFY2023
457.6MFY2024
512.4MFY2025
473.7MFY2026

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.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Armstrong County, Pennsylvania compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2017	$143	$1,436
FY2018	$170	$1,552
FY2019	$125	$1,654
FY2020	$162	$1,880
FY2021	$503	$1,810
FY2022	$229	$1,917
FY2023	$1,517	$2,079
FY2024	$1,619	$2,047
FY2025	$1,387	$2,165
FY2026	$518 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2017	$0.44	$93.28
FY2018	$3.23	$105
FY2019	$30.86	$128
FY2020	$33.55	$145
FY2021	$32.56	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$701	$5,748
FY2022	$841	$5,221
FY2023	$2,126	$5,364
FY2024	$1,917	$5,501
FY2025	$2,079	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$129	$298
FY2022	$516	$357
FY2023	$530	$301
FY2024	$234	$319
FY2025	$624	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$89.70	$239
FY2022	$93.10	$185
FY2023	$104	$229
FY2024	$110	$229
FY2025	$114	$249
FY2026	$90.92

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$630	$1,186
FY2022	$144	$465
FY2023	-$37.88	$76.52
FY2024	$8.07	$120
FY2025	$0	$148
FY2026	$1.55

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania	United States

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Transportation grants · FY2022

$516 per resident in FY2022, against an earlier average of $129 (4× that).

Compared with 7 similar counties

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Job growth: change since 2021points

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/42005

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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.

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Glenn ThompsonR-PA-15 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.2%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Armstrong County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Pittsburgh, PA84Outlying county

Cities and towns in Armstrong County

Places whose residents live mostly in Armstrong County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
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
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/42005

Year −3

−6.2 points

−7.4 points

−9.4 points to −6.6 points

Year −2

+2.3 points

+0.7 points

−0.3 points to +1.5 points

Year −1

0.0 points

0.0 points to 0.0 points

Year 0

+1.6 points

+1.0 points

−1.1 points to +3.8 points

Year +1

+0.1 points

−0.1 points

−1.6 points to +1.7 points

Year +2

−0.7 points

0.0 points

−1.5 points to +1.6 points

Year −3

−6.2 points

−6.6 points

−7.6 points to −5.1 points

Year −2

+2.3 points

+0.4 points

−1.9 points to +1.6 points

Year −1

0.0 points

0.0 points to 0.0 points

Year 0

+1.6 points

+0.8 points

−1.1 points to +3.8 points

Year +1

+0.1 points

−1.6 points to +2.3 points

Year +2

−0.7 points

+0.1 points

−1.5 points to +1.6 points

Calendar years	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	+2.3%	−4.2%
2015	+2.7%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.4%	+3.3%
2018	+6.1%	+6.8%
2019	+9.9%	+10.5%
2020	+15.9%	+19.4%
2021	+19.2%	+26.1%
2022	+24.3%	+30.6%
2023	+29.2%	+35.0%
2024	+34.6%	+41.0%
2025	+38.4%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	+1.3%	−5.5%
2015	−0.7%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.3%	+4.1%
2018	+11.2%	+8.9%
2019	+16.2%	+13.5%
2020	+28.1%	+20.8%
2021	+36.7%	+32.1%
2022	+44.6%	+35.4%
2023	+50.4%	+42.9%
2024	+55.3%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	0.7/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.4/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.9/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.3/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.2/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.2/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.4/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.9/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.7/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.9/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.5/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−5.6%	−6.9%
2015	−4.4%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−1.6%	+4.7%
2018	+5.3%	+7.5%
2019	+19.8%	+14.0%
2020	+12.8%	+16.9%
2021	+15.2%	+21.0%
2022	+22.7%	+29.7%
2023	+31.0%	+34.9%
2024	+35.1%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	13.8%	15.5%
2015	12.6%	14.7%
2016	13.8%	14.0%
2017	12.9%	13.4%
2018	9.2%	13.1%
2019	11.1%	12.3%
2020	11.7%	11.9%
2021	11.8%	12.8%
2022	12.5%	12.6%
2023	11.9%	12.5%
2024	12.4%	12.1%

Calendar years	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	6.6%	6.2%
2015	6.8%	5.3%
2016	7.5%	4.9%
2017	6.3%	4.4%
2018	5.3%	3.9%
2019	5.1%	3.7%
2020	9.7%	8.1%
2021	7.3%	5.4%
2022	5.1%	3.7%
2023	4.3%	3.6%
2024	4.5%	4.0%
2025	4.9%	4.3%

Calendar years	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−3.9% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	+1.1% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.3% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	−1.6% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+7.0% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+23.8% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+38.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+49.6% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+55.9% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+55.3% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+49.9% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	9.6%	13.5%
2015	7.2%	10.9%
2016	6.1%	10.0%
2017	5.7%	10.2%
2018	6.5%	10.4%
2019	6.5%	10.8%
2020	7.6%	10.4%
2021	5.8%	10.2%
2022	5.6%	9.5%
2023	5.6%	9.5%
2024	6.6%	9.8%

Calendar years	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	4.0/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.3/1k	8.7/1k
2016	3.7/1k	9.1/1k
2017	3.9/1k	9.8/1k
2018	4.5/1k	10.7/1k
2019	4.8/1k	10.6/1k
2020	4.3/1k	13.1/1k
2021	5.5/1k	16.2/1k
2022	6.4/1k	15.1/1k
2023	7.3/1k	16.2/1k
2024	6.5/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.5/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−2.7 points	−1.3 points	−2.6 points to −0.4 points
Year −2	−8.5 points	−9.2 points	−10.7 points to −8.0 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−2.3 points	0.0 points	−2.3 points to +1.8 points
Year +1	−0.7 points	−0.3 points	−2.5 points to +2.1 points
Year +2	−2.2 points	−1.5 points	−4.3 points to +0.3 points

Year	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−0.78 per 1,000 people	−0.37 per 1,000 people	−0.94 per 1,000 people to 0.00 per 1,000 people
Year −2	−0.52 per 1,000 people	−0.35 per 1,000 people	−1.27 per 1,000 people to +0.02 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.00 per 1,000 people	0.00 per 1,000 people	0.00 per 1,000 people to 0.00 per 1,000 people
Year 0	−0.27 per 1,000 people	−0.01 per 1,000 people	−0.66 per 1,000 people to +0.34 per 1,000 people
Year +1	+0.13 per 1,000 people	−0.50 per 1,000 people	−1.09 per 1,000 people to −0.09 per 1,000 people
Year +2	−0.06 per 1,000 people	−0.31 per 1,000 people	−1.15 per 1,000 people to +0.18 per 1,000 people

Year	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−6.7%	−6.5%	−7.1% to −6.0%
Year −2	−4.1%	−4.3%	−5.0% to −3.1%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+3.9%	+4.0%	+1.6% to +5.1%
Year +1	+8.3%	+7.7%	+5.4% to +9.6%
Year +2	+11.3%	+11.4%	+9.7% to +14.1%

Year	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+4.6 points	+4.6 points	+4.2 points to +5.1 points
Year −2	+2.2 points	+1.6 points	+1.3 points to +2.0 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−0.8 points	−0.6 points	−0.8 points to −0.5 points
Year +1	−0.6 points	−0.7 points	−0.8 points to −0.6 points
Year +2	−0.2 points	−0.2 points	−0.6 points to −0.1 points

Year	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−11.4%	−10.1%	−12.9% to −7.4%
Year −2	−5.5%	−2.3%	−4.8% to +0.3%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+4.0%	+3.1%	+1.2% to +5.4%
Year +1	+7.3%	+7.1%	+4.8% to +9.7%

Year	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+4.6 points	+4.5 points	+4.0 points to +5.1 points
Year −2	+2.2 points	+1.5 points	+1.2 points to +2.0 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−0.8 points	−0.7 points	−0.9 points to −0.5 points
Year +1	−0.6 points	−0.7 points	−0.8 points to −0.6 points
Year +2	−0.2 points	−0.3 points	−0.6 points to −0.1 points

Year	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−8.1%	−7.9%	−9.9% to −5.2%
Year −2	−6.1%	−5.5%	−8.0% to −4.0%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+6.8%	+0.3%	−5.0% to +5.0%
Year +1	+10.2%	+5.0%	−1.1% to +12.0%

Year	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−0.80 points	−1.00 points	−1.60 points to −0.60 points
Year −2	−0.70 points	−0.20 points	−1.90 points to +1.10 points
Year −1	0.00 points	0.00 points	0.00 points to 0.00 points
Year 0	−0.60 points	+0.22 points	−1.40 points to +2.50 points
Year +1	−0.10 points	+0.26 points	−1.90 points to +2.90 points

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved10

Declined2

Counties like Armstrong County, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 7 similar counties

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Metro area

Cities and towns in Armstrong County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved10

Declined2

House

Senate

Household income

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Top buying agencies

By type

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

What was bought

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 7 similar counties

Compared with 16 similar counties

Compared with 15 similar counties