County · Pennsylvania

Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Bucks County, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 90 out of 100 (very high), ranking #306 of 3,143 US counties. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #5 of 67 counties. It ranks best on flu vaccinations (high), poverty rate (low) and child poverty rate (low). It ranks worst on time spent in the emergency room (high), public libraries (low) and high ozone days (high).

90Very high

Quality-of-life score: #306 of 3,143 counties
Pennsylvania: #5 of 67 in PA
Population: 647,828 (2025)
Land area: 604 mi²
Density: 1,071.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 42017

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.

Safety96#139/3,096
Economy92#244/3,143
Housing16#2,653/3,140
Health92#246/3,144
Healthcare98#70/3,143
Environment28#2,224/3,108
Education99#46/3,144
Infrastructure90#309/3,144
Community86#455/3,144
Leisure & amenities73#846/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Flu vaccinations · high57.0%
98/100Pennsylvania 52.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Poverty rate · low6.1%
98/100Pennsylvania 11.6%United States 12.1%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Child poverty rate · low6.6%
98/100Pennsylvania 15.3%United States 15.5%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Broadband subscriptions · high94.8%
98/100Pennsylvania 89.7%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Median household income · high$112,331
97/100Pennsylvania $77,532United States $81,6042024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
96/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration

Weaknesses

Time spent in the emergency room · high213 min
6/100Pennsylvania 191 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Public libraries · low0.3 /10k
8/100Pennsylvania 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services
High ozone days · high2 days
12/100Pennsylvania 1 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Child care cost burden · high36.1%
14/100Pennsylvania 34.6%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Average commute time · high29.0 min
17/100Pennsylvania 26.3 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Effective property tax rate · high1.20%
17/100Pennsylvania 1.25%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 57% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+57 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
12 days (2017) → 2 days (2022)
−83%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Child care cost burdenWorsening
21.5% (2020 & 2021) → 36.1% (2023 & 2024)
+15 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
30.1 /100k (2021) → 13.3 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−56%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
25.7% (Dec 2021) → 35.9% (Aug 2026)
+10 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
82.9% (2010 & 2021) → 91.9% (2022 & 2024)
+9 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%

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, Bucks County, Pennsylvania improved on 12 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 17 moved within the margin of error and 1 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 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Students / teacher−2.0×14.6× → 12.6×
Unemployment−4.3 points8.1% → 3.8%
Commute−1.8 min30.8 min → 29.0 min
Overdose deaths−59%32.5 /100k → 13.3 /100k
Bachelor's++3.5 points41.3% → 44.8%

Declined3

Transit use−1.4 points3.3% → 2.0%
Airport+4 mi26 mi → 29 mi
Price / income+0.2×3.7× → 3.9×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Bucks County, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.7 /10k2020	5.3 /10k2025	+13%	Within the margin of error	63%
Average commute time	30.8 min2015-2019	29.0 min2020-2024	−1.8 min	Improved	87%
Average weekly wage	$1,1132020	$1,2782025	+15%	Improved	5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%2015-2019	44.8%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Improved	63%
Broadband subscriptions	88.9%2015-2019	94.8%2020-2024	+5.9 points	Improved	15%
Child poverty rate	7.1%2019	6.6%2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Distance to an airport	26 mi2020	29 mi2025	+4 mi	Declined	2%
Drug overdose deaths	32.5 /100k2020	13.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−59%	Improved	85%
Effective property tax rate	1.48%2015-2019	1.20%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	87%
Firearm deaths	8.2 /100k2020	6.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−17%	Within the margin of error	75%
Grocery stores	1.3 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	+9.1%	Within the margin of error	78%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.7 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	+4.4%	Within the margin of error	59%
High school diploma or higher	93.9%2015-2019	95.0%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Home price to income ratio	3.7×2015-2019	3.9×2020-2024	+0.2×	Declined	74%
Homicide rate	2.3 /100k2020	1.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−26%	Within the margin of error	49%
Income adjusted for local prices	$71,5332019	$94,2572024	+32%	Improved	51%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4502015-2019	0.4472020-2024	−0.003	Within the margin of error	60%
Median household income	$93,5872019	$112,3312024	+20%	Improved	25%
New business applications	9.7 /1k2020	13.2 /1k2025	+35%	Improved	39%
Pharmacies	2.6 /10k2020	2.4 /10k2025	−6.7%	Within the margin of error	46%
Poverty rate	5.7%2019	6.1%2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Property crime rate	1,048 /100k2020	860 /100k2025	−18%	Improved	24%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	−3.1%	Within the margin of error	35%
Public transit commuters	3.3%2015-2019	2.0%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Declined	13%
Rent as share of income	30.0%2015-2019	29.1%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Rent-burdened households	50.0%2015-2019	47.9%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Restaurants and bars	8.4 /10k2020	8.2 /10k2025	−3.4%	Within the margin of error	39%
Students per teacher	14.6×2019	12.6×2024	−2.0×	Improved	87%
Suicide rate	11.8 /100k2020	12.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+7.6%	Within the margin of error	40%
Traffic deaths	8.3 /100k2015-2019	7.8 /100k2020-2024	−6.4%	Within the margin of error	64%
Unemployment rate	8.1%2020	3.8%2025	−4.3 points	Improved	87%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.4%2019	5.5%2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Violent crime rate	80 /100k2020	71 /100k2025	−11%	Improved	45%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 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; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; 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 Bucks County, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bucks 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, Bucks County, Pennsylvania itself moved +4.2 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

647,461 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 (−1.0 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

647,461 residents

Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

White80%517,605
Black3.7%23,810
Hispanic or Latino6.6%42,668

Education

468,949 residents (±83)

Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

No high school diploma5.0%23,388
High school or GED27%128,140
Some college15%69,459

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

249,187 households (±727)

Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k8.5%21,074
$25k–50k11%27,773
$50k–75k13%33,031
$75k–100k11%26,917
$100k–150k19%48,043
$150k–200k14%34,601
$200k or more23%57,748

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+8.9 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

249,187 households (±727)

Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own78%193,879
Rent22%55,308

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+0.8 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

52,843 households (±1,531)

Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $7509.5%4,998
$750–1,0006.4%3,403
$1,000–1,50028%14,677

Home values

193,879 homes (±1,546)

Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $150k4.9%9,452
$150k–250k6.3%12,239
$250k–400k30%57,808

Age of homes

257,260 homes (±158)

Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

2010 or later5.7%14,574
2000–20099.5%24,472
1980–199927%69,993

Size of homes

257,260 homes (±158)

Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Studio1.5%3,834
1 bedroom8.8%22,729
2 bedrooms18%47,489

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

331,373 workers (±2,585)

Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone70%230,744
Carpool6.3%20,788
Public transit2.0%6,467
Walk1.3%4,262
Bike0.1%†437
Work from home20%64,911
Other1.1%3,764

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+13.6 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

266,462 workers (±2,887)

Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under 15 min24%64,626
15–29 min33%87,359
30–44 min21%56,375

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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

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.

Bucks County has 20,043 employer establishments, 309 for every 10,000 residents (1.25× the US rate of 248; 1.31× Pennsylvania's), with 263,278 paid employees at an average annual pay of $58,314. The Census Bureau also counts 61,723 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 20,043; 61,723 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 309; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 263,278
Average annual pay: $58,314; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	1,681	26	1.68×More than typical	13,678	$83,494	4,411
Ambulatory health care services	1,549	23.9	1.15×About typical	20,636	$62,641	3,435
Restaurants and other eating places	1,243	19.2	1.04×About typical	20,516	$21,409	204
Construction of buildings	858	13.2	1.75×More than typical	3,128	$67,713	1,999
Services to buildings and dwellings	816	12.6	1.87×More than typical	6,135	$45,046	2,402
Lessors of real estate	699	10.8	0.88×About typical	2,294	$56,066	7,370
Building equipment contractors	697	10.8	1.79×More than typical	6,434	$86,341	877
Truck transportation	628	9.7	1.92×More than typical	2,860	$58,659	2,678
Management, scientific and technical consulting	597	9.2	1.37×More than typical	5,132	$117,859	3,118
Personal care services	585	9	1.89×More than typical	3,543	$25,190	1,284
Limited-service restaurants	541	8.4	1.04×About typical	7,351	$19,398	76
Landscaping services	511	7.9	2.25×More than typical	3,186	$53,005	799

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 647,751 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $443.4M on contracts performed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania: $684 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $443.4M; −25% vs FY2025
Per resident: $684; US $1,994
Sole-source: 16%; US 30%
Single offer: 11%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$167.7M38%
Defense Health Agency$144.1M32%
Department of the Navy$42.8M9.7%
Department of the Air Force$40.5M9.1%
Department of the Army$16M3.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs$14.2M3.2%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$4.3M1.0%
National Institutes of Health$3.7M0.8%

Top recipients

INTERNATIONAL SOS GOVERNMENT SERVICES LLC$144.1M32%
KAMPI COMPONENTS CO INC$100.8M23%
ENVIRONMENTAL TECTONICS CORP$25.9M5.8%
LARKOS PACKING AND DISTRIBUTION INC.$25.5M5.7%
SABRE SYSTEMS, LLC$18.7M4.2%

Spending by fiscal year

564.3MFY2017
763.8MFY2018
771.3MFY2019
540.8MFY2020
582.3MFY2021
615.8MFY2022
491.2MFY2023
613.1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Insurance carriers · 5241$143.6M32%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$50.4M11%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$30.5M6.9%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$28.5M6.4%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$16.5M3.7%
Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturing · 3336

Largest awards

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) IIIA$303.9M
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP· Bucks County, PA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Oct 18, 2016 – Jun 12, 2026· FA880708C0010
TRICARE OVERSEAS PROGRAM PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE SUPPORT SERVICES TO ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS AND CERTAIN ACTIVE DUTY FAMILY MEMBERS IN DESIGNATED OVERSEAS LOCATIONS.$179.7M
INTERNATIONAL SOS GOVERNMENT SERVICES LLC· Bucks County, PA· Health & medical· Jul 31, 2025 – May 19, 2026· HT940225F0014
TRICARE OVERSEAS PROGRAM PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE SUPPORT SERVICES TO ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS AND CERTAIN ACTIVE DUTY FAMILY MEMBERS IN DESIGNATED OVERSEAS LOCATIONS.$168.2M
INTERNATIONAL SOS GOVERNMENT SERVICES LLC· Bucks County, PA· Health & medical· Aug 15, 2024 – Jun 10, 2026· HT940224F0016

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.

Explore contracts in Bucks County, Pennsylvania

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 $4.3B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Bucks County, Pennsylvania: $6,668 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $4.3B; −3.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,668; US $12,955
Loan face value: $129M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$3.3B77%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$313.8M7.3%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$228.8M5.3%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$190M4.4%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$59.5M1.4%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$41.2M1.0%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$39.5M0.9%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$15.4M0.4%

Top recipients (organizations)

BUCKS COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY$47.3M1.1%
DOYLESTOWN, PA
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$24.5M0.6%
HARRISBURG, PA
BUCKS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE$7.9M0.2%
NEWTOWN, PA
BUCKS COUNTY INTERMEDIATE UNIT 22$5M0.1%
DOYLESTOWN, PA
DELAWARE VALLEY UNIVERSITY

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$3.9B91%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$224.6M5.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$43.1M1.0%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Railroad Retirement Board$41.2M1.0%
Federal Highway Administration$24.5M

Assistance by fiscal year

3.5BFY2021
3.6BFY2022
3.8BFY2023
4.1BFY2024
4.5BFY2025
4.3BFY2026

County aggregates

97%

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.

Explore grants in Bucks County, Pennsylvania

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 Bucks 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.

Bucks County, Pennsylvania
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bucks County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2017	$900	$1,436
FY2018	$1,216	$1,552
FY2019	$1,227	$1,654
FY2020	$837	$1,880
FY2021	$899	$1,810
FY2022	$953	$1,917
FY2023	$758	$2,079
FY2024	$946	$2,047
FY2025	$914	$2,165
FY2026	$684 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bucks County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2017	$32.60	$93.28
FY2018	$31.68	$105
FY2019	$53.47	$128
FY2020	$57.70	$145
FY2021	$46.01	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bucks County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$1,098	$5,748
FY2022	$1,237	$5,221
FY2023	$871	$5,364
FY2024	$1,068	$5,501
FY2025	$1,017	$5,732
FY2026	$751

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bucks County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$87.86	$298
FY2022	$93.46	$357
FY2023	$106	$301
FY2024	$31.86	$319
FY2025	$48.64	$360
FY2026	$37.75

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bucks County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$81.77	$239
FY2022	$58.57	$185
FY2023	$113	$229
FY2024	$102	$229
FY2025	$95.73	$249
FY2026	$85.94

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bucks County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$30.93	$2,304
FY2022	$16.75	$2,197
FY2023	$24.53	$2,274
FY2024	$21.99	$2,267
FY2025	$18.35	$2,397
FY2026	$18.55

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bucks County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$1,360	$1,186
FY2022	$538	$465
FY2023	$34.61	$76.52
FY2024	$121	$120
FY2025	$182	$148
FY2026	$83.13

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.

Bucks County, Pennsylvania
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

Table view

Job growth, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Bucks County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	1.3%	2.0%
2015

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.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

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/42017

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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.

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

House

Brian K. FitzpatrickR-PA-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 77%Missed 0.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

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

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD73Central county

Cities and towns in Bucks County

Places whose residents live mostly in Bucks 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/42017

Calendar years	Bucks County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−3.4%	−4.2%
2015	−1.3%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.1%	+3.3%
2018	+3.6%	+6.8%
2019	+5.9%	+10.5%
2020	+15.6%	+19.4%
2021	+20.4%	+26.1%
2022	+25.5%	+30.6%
2023	+25.6%	+35.0%
2024	+29.7%	+41.0%
2025	+32.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Bucks County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−7.0%	−5.5%
2015	−3.2%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.8%	+4.1%
2018	+7.8%	+8.9%
2019	+12.2%	+13.5%
2020	+18.7%	+20.8%
2021	+26.9%	+32.1%
2022	+32.2%	+35.4%
2023	+40.1%	+42.9%
2024	+46.2%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Bucks County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	1.2/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.7/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.7/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.6/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.4/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.5/1k	5.2/1k
2022	1.5/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.2/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.1/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.2/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Bucks County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−2.9%	−6.9%
2015	+0.5%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.8%	+4.7%
2018	+10.5%	+7.5%
2019	+16.8%	+14.0%
2020	+15.4%	+16.9%
2021	+24.5%	+21.0%
2022	+31.3%	+29.7%
2023	+33.5%	+34.9%
2024	+40.2%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Bucks County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−4.6% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.6% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.4% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+7.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+11.6% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+22.1% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+34.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+48.1% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+56.9% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+64.5% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+70.4% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Bucks County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	5.3%	6.2%
2015	4.8%	5.3%
2016	4.6%	4.9%
2017	4.3%	4.4%
2018	3.9%	3.9%
2019	3.8%	3.7%
2020	8.1%	8.1%
2021	5.0%	5.4%
2022	3.7%	3.7%
2023	3.3%	3.6%
2024	3.5%	4.0%
2025	3.8%	4.3%

Calendar years	Bucks County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	6.6%	15.5%
2015	6.3%	14.7%
2016	6.6%	14.0%
2017	6.1%	13.4%
2018	5.7%	13.1%
2019	5.7%	12.3%
2020	6.0%	11.9%
2021	6.5%	12.8%
2022	5.9%	12.6%
2023	6.7%	12.5%
2024	6.1%	12.1%

Calendar years	Bucks County, Pennsylvania	United States
2015	−2.7% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.7% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+7.0% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+11.1% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+17.7% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+31.7% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+40.3% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+46.1% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+51.1% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+55.8% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Bucks County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	6.9%	13.5%
2015	5.8%	10.9%
2016	4.9%	10.0%
2017	5.3%	10.2%
2018	5.2%	10.4%
2019	5.4%	10.8%
2020	6.4%	10.4%
2021	4.8%	10.2%
2022	5.3%	9.5%
2023	4.6%	9.5%
2024	5.5%	9.8%

Calendar years	Bucks County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	7.4/1k	8.5/1k
2015	8.1/1k	8.7/1k
2016	8.1/1k	9.1/1k
2017	8.5/1k	9.8/1k
2018	9.2/1k	10.7/1k
2019	9.2/1k	10.6/1k
2020	9.7/1k	13.1/1k
2021	11.7/1k	16.2/1k
2022	11.3/1k	15.1/1k
2023	12.7/1k	16.2/1k
2024	12.8/1k	15.4/1k
2025	13.2/1k	16.6/1k

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved12

Declined3

Counties like Bucks County, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

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County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

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Representation in Congress

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Metro area

Cities and towns in Bucks County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved12

Declined3

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Household income

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

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Home values

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How outcomes moved

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Top buying agencies

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What was bought