Scores by category

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

Safety89#332/3,096
Economy58#1,333/3,143
Housing4#3,005/3,140
Health90#316/3,144
Healthcare91#295/3,143
Environment70#934/3,108
Education99#24/3,144
Infrastructure69#961/3,144
Community72#889/3,144
Leisure & amenities65#1,100/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Injury deaths · low47 /100k
99/100Pennsylvania 98 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Premature death · low4,420 /100k
99/100Pennsylvania 7,952 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Natural hazard risk · low1.3
99/100Pennsylvania 22.42025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Mammography screening · high61.0%
98/100Pennsylvania 51.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Flu vaccinations · high56.0%
98/100Pennsylvania 52.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Life expectancy · high81.7 yrs
98/100Pennsylvania 77.4 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Rent as share of income · high34.4%
4/100Pennsylvania 29.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Child care cost burden · high42.4%
4/100Pennsylvania 34.6%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
New business applications · low7.5 /1k
7/100Pennsylvania 12.4 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Rent-burdened households · high57.0%
9/100Pennsylvania 48.2%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Severe housing problems · high17.4%
11/100Pennsylvania 13.8%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Public libraries · low0.3 /10k
13/100Pennsylvania 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services

Trends

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

Child care cost burdenWorsening
22.6% (2020 & 2021) → 42.4% (2023 & 2024)
+20 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 14% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+14 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New business applicationsImproving
5.0 /1k (2020) → 7.5 /1k (2025)
+50%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
PharmaciesWorsening
1.5 /10k (2020) → 0.8 /10k (2025)
−46%5 yearsUS 1.9 /10k → 1.8 /10k
Suicide rateWorsening
8.2 /100k (2021) → 11.4 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+39%5 yearsUS 14.5 /100k → 14.1 /100k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
27.1% (Dec 2021) → 34.2% (Aug 2026)
+7.1 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Centre County, Pennsylvania improved on 7 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 16 moved within the margin of error and 4 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.

Improved7

Students / teacher−1.2×12.6× → 11.4×
New businesses+50%5.0 /1k → 7.5 /1k
Household income+25%$61,036 → $76,524
Unemployment−2.5 points5.8% → 3.3%
Weekly wage+17%$1,080 → $1,261

Declined3

Transit use−2.5 points5.7% → 3.2%
Pharmacies−46%1.5 /10k → 0.8 /10k
Price / income+0.5×3.9× → 4.4×

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Centre County, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.2 /10k2020	5.1 /10k2025	+20%	Within the margin of error	72%
Average commute time	20.4 min2015-2019	20.2 min2020-2024	−0.2 min	Within the margin of error	64%
Average weekly wage	$1,0802020	$1,2612025	+17%	Improved	10%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%2015-2019	46.2%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Little change	21%
Broadband subscriptions	82.1%2015-2019	85.5%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Improved	4%
Child poverty rate	8.6%2019	9.5%2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Distance to an airport	72 mi2020	72 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	7.6 /100k2020	6.9 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−9.2%	Within the margin of error	33%
Effective property tax rate	1.21%2015-2019	1.04%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	68%
Firearm deaths	7.0 /100k2020	8.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+17%	Within the margin of error	26%
Grocery stores	1.2 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+22%	Within the margin of error	87%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.4 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	+0.4%	Within the margin of error	49%
High school diploma or higher	94.3%2015-2019	94.5%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Little change	16%
Home price to income ratio	3.9×2015-2019	4.4×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	41%
Income adjusted for local prices	$49,7142019	$61,0472024	+23%	Improved	7%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4722015-2019	0.4772020-2024	+0.005	Within the margin of error	46%
Median household income	$61,0362019	$76,5242024	+25%	Improved	53%
New business applications	5.0 /1k2020	7.5 /1k2025	+50%	Improved	58%
Pharmacies	1.5 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	−46%	Declined	8%
Poverty rate	15.9%2019	14.3%2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	+2.3%	Within the margin of error	70%
Public transit commuters	5.7%2015-2019	3.2%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Declined	6%
Rent as share of income	34.9%2015-2019	34.4%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Rent-burdened households	57.1%2015-2019	57.0%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Restaurants and bars	7.5 /10k2020	7.1 /10k2025	−6.3%	Within the margin of error	32%
Students per teacher	12.6×2019	11.4×2024	−1.2×	Improved	71%
Suicide rate	10.8 /100k2020	11.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+5.6%	Within the margin of error	45%
Traffic deaths	8.0 /100k2015-2019	8.1 /100k2020-2024	+0.9%	Within the margin of error	54%
Unemployment rate	5.8%2020	3.3%2025	−2.5 points	Improved	49%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.2%2019	7.7%2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	37%

“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 Centre County, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Centre 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, Centre County, Pennsylvania itself moved −2.1 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

158,576 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: 20–29 women (−2.5 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

158,576 residents

Centre County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

White83%131,223
Black3.2%5,045
Hispanic or Latino3.7%5,824
Asian5.7%9,039
American Indian and Alaska Native0.3%†401
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%†14
Other or two or more races4.4%7,030

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−2.7 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

97,777 residents

Centre County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

No high school diploma5.5%5,359
High school or GED29%28,137
Some college12%11,457
Associate degree7.8%7,629
Bachelor's degree23%22,159
Graduate degree24%23,036

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Graduate degree (+1.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View 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.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

59,013 households (±594)

Centre County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k17%10,223
$25k–50k18%10,808
$50k–75k15%8,690
$75k–100k12%6,984
$100k–150k18%10,520
$150k–200k9.0%5,312
$200k or more11%6,476

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+4.7 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

59,013 households (±594)

Centre County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own62%36,467
Rent38%22,546

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

21,744 households (±814)

Centre County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $75015%3,155
$750–1,00017%3,687
$1,000–1,50040%8,751

Home values

36,467 homes (±692)

Centre County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $150k14%4,942
$150k–250k21%7,803
$250k–400k30%10,995

Age of homes

66,475 homes (±145)

Centre County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

2010 or later10.0%6,624
2000–200913%8,551
1980–199928%18,306

Size of homes

66,475 homes (±145)

Centre County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Studio6.1%4,076
1 bedroom11%7,287
2 bedrooms21%14,275

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

71,625 workers (±1,537)

Centre County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone63%45,092
Carpool6.9%4,934
Public transit3.2%2,299
Walk9.0%6,448
Bike1.8%†1,286
Work from home15%10,923
Other0.9%†643

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+10.3 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

60,702 workers (±1,472)

Centre County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under 15 min39%23,617
15–29 min39%23,544
30–44 min15%9,084

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 State College, 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.

Centre County has 3,344 employer establishments, 211 for every 10,000 residents (0.85× the US rate of 248; 0.89× Pennsylvania's), with 44,569 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,847. The Census Bureau also counts 10,575 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,344; 10,575 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 211; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 44,569
Average annual pay: $48,847; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	274	17.3	0.83×About typical	3,228	$67,423	438
Restaurants and other eating places	263	16.6	0.90×About typical	5,374	$19,777	43
Specialty trade contractors	155	9.8	0.63×Fewer than typical	1,269	$59,212	649
Lessors of real estate	136	8.6	0.70×Fewer than typical	686	$54,730	1,168
Construction of buildings	125	7.9	1.04×About typical	834	$60,254	341
Religious organizations	119	7.5	1.35×More than typical	783	$24,907	—
Limited-service restaurants	116	7.3	0.91×About typical	2,131	$16,604	23
Full-service restaurants	105	6.6	0.86×About typical	2,586	$23,746	16
Services to buildings and dwellings	101	6.4	0.94×About typical	763	$39,201	434
Offices of other health practitioners	92	5.8	0.95×About typical	498	$45,869	270
Management, scientific and technical consulting	86	5.4	0.81×About typical	226	$61,748	634
Architectural, engineering and related services	76	4.8	1.37×More than typical	691	$81,401	117

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 158,739 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 $420.9M on contracts performed in Centre County, Pennsylvania: $2,674 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $420.9M; +23% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2,674; US $1,994
Sole-source: 94%; 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 Navy$392.9M93%
Washington Headquarters Services$9.3M2.2%
Departmental Offices$4.1M1.0%
Federal Aviation Administration$3.9M0.9%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$3.2M0.8%
Department of the Army$2.6M0.6%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$1.3M0.3%
Federal Railroad Administration$1.2M0.3%

Top recipients

THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$405.8M96%
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$4.7M1.1%
SMB CONTRACTING INC$3.8M0.9%
KINTOCK GROUP, INC THE$1.3M0.3%
RAILROAD TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY$1.2M0.3%

Spending by fiscal year

224.9MFY2017
225.3MFY2018
261.8MFY2019
351.6MFY2020
218.6MFY2021
265.7MFY2022
320MFY2023
341.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$407.8M97%
Colleges, universities, and professional schools · 6113$4.8M1.1%
Utility system construction · 2371$3.8M0.9%
Other residential care facilities · 6239$1.3M0.3%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$1.1M0.3%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415

Largest awards

MK 48 MOD 9 PROOF OF DESIGN DEVELOPMENT$115.8M
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY· Centre County, PA· Research & development· Sep 20, 2023 – May 29, 2026· N0002423F8401
SWIFT ULTRAVIOLET&OPTICAL TELESCOPES X-RAY TELESCOPE, GROUND STATION SYSTEM$81.6M
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY· Centre County, PA· Research & development· Nov 18, 2016 – Aug 31, 2026· GSFC0200004DNAS500136
COMPACT RAPID ATTACK WEAPON (CRAW) PROGRAM OF RECORD (POR) FY25-FY27$54M
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY· Centre County, PA· Research & development· Sep 9, 2024 – Jun 5, 2026· N0002424F8358
DEPOTDOGS (SAN DIEOG-DEPOT), BUILDING 585 DEPLOYABLE NODES

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 Centre 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 $1.2B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Centre County, Pennsylvania: $7,433 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.2B; −0.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,433; US $12,955
Loan face value: $24.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$553.7M47%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$103M8.8%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$55.5M4.7%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$43.3M3.7%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$35.2M3.0%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$25.9M2.2%
20.229 · Appalachian Development Highway System$23.7M2.0%
93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$19.8M1.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$238.2M20%
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE$108.6M9.3%
STATE COLLEGE, PA
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$75.5M6.5%
HARRISBURG, PA
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$15.1M1.3%
STATE COLLEGE, PA
CENTRE COUNTY HOUSING 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$642.1M55%
Department of Education$113.1M9.7%
National Institutes of Health$88.3M7.5%
Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Highway Administration$75.5M6.5%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$66.5M

Assistance by fiscal year

1.3BFY2021
997.6MFY2022
1BFY2023
1.3BFY2024
1.2BFY2025
1.2BFY2026

County aggregates

61%

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 Centre 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 Centre 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.

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

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Centre County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Centre County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2017	$1,383	$1,436
FY2018	$1,383	$1,552
FY2019	$1,615	$1,654
FY2020	$2,225	$1,880
FY2021	$1,384	$1,810
FY2022	$1,682	$1,917
FY2023	$2,016	$2,079
FY2024	$2,153	$2,047
FY2025	$2,176	$2,165
FY2026	$2,674 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Centre County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Centre County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2017	$1.18	$93.28
FY2018	$4.61	$105
FY2019	$6.49	$128
FY2020	$7.68	$145
FY2021	$5.56	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Centre County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Centre County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$4,790	$5,748
FY2022	$3,659	$5,221
FY2023	$3,926	$5,364
FY2024	$5,311	$5,501
FY2025	$4,131	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Centre County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Centre County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$117	$298
FY2022	$204	$357
FY2023	$184	$301
FY2024	$748	$319
FY2025	$196	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Centre County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Centre County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$65.21	$239
FY2022	$58.90	$185
FY2023	$63.98	$229
FY2024	$72.56	$229
FY2025	$74.41	$249
FY2026	$60.00

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Centre County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Centre County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$523	$2,304
FY2022	$457	$2,197
FY2023	$499	$2,274
FY2024	$571	$2,267
FY2025	$442	$2,397
FY2026	$574

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Centre County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Centre County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$810	$1,186
FY2022	$210	$465
FY2023	-$12.91	$76.52
FY2024	$62.25	$120
FY2025	$37.85	$148
FY2026	$48.26

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.

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

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Centre County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Centre County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	0.6%

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.

Jumps not compared

FY2024, Transportation grants: one recipient accounted for most of the increase.

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/42027

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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.

Centre 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

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

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

State College, PA75Central county

Cities and towns in Centre County

Places whose residents live mostly in Centre 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/42027

Calendar years	Centre County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−4.7%	−4.2%
2015	−1.0%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.7%	+3.3%
2018	+6.0%	+6.8%
2019	+10.5%	+10.5%
2020	+18.0%	+19.4%
2021	+21.9%	+26.1%
2022	+26.0%	+30.6%
2023	+25.9%	+35.0%
2024	+32.0%	+41.0%
2025	+37.8%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Centre County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−3.9%	−5.5%
2015	−3.0%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.7%	+4.1%
2018	+7.6%	+8.9%
2019	+12.1%	+13.5%
2020	+20.8%	+20.8%
2021	+27.8%	+32.1%
2022	+27.0%	+35.4%
2023	+32.3%	+42.9%
2024	+37.5%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Centre County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	3.2/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.4/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.4/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.9/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.0/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.7/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.4/1k	4.4/1k
2021	4.1/1k	5.2/1k
2022	4.1/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.2/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.3/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.0/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Centre County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−12.7%	−6.9%
2015	−6.7%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−4.6%	+4.7%
2018	−1.4%	+7.5%
2019	+3.3%	+14.0%
2020	+6.3%	+16.9%
2021	+12.1%	+21.0%
2022	+14.5%	+29.7%
2023	+18.5%	+34.9%
2024	+29.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Centre County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	17.9%	15.5%
2015	16.1%	14.7%
2016	17.0%	14.0%
2017	17.2%	13.4%
2018	18.1%	13.1%
2019	15.9%	12.3%
2020	12.9%	11.9%
2021	15.2%	12.8%
2022	16.0%	12.6%
2023	17.1%	12.5%
2024	14.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	Centre County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	4.4%	6.2%
2015	4.1%	5.3%
2016	4.2%	4.9%
2017	3.8%	4.4%
2018	3.4%	3.9%
2019	3.3%	3.7%
2020	5.8%	8.1%
2021	4.4%	5.4%
2022	3.4%	3.7%
2023	2.9%	3.6%
2024	3.0%	4.0%
2025	3.3%	4.3%

Calendar years	Centre County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−7.3% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−3.3% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.1% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+9.7% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+16.9% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+24.7% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+31.7% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+40.7% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+47.2% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+51.8% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+55.4% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Centre County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	9.4%	13.5%
2015	7.9%	10.9%
2016	7.2%	10.0%
2017	6.7%	10.2%
2018	6.8%	10.4%
2019	8.2%	10.8%
2020	9.2%	10.4%
2021	6.9%	10.2%
2022	6.2%	9.5%
2023	6.5%	9.5%
2024	7.7%	9.8%

Calendar years	Centre County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	4.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.8/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.6/1k	9.1/1k
2017	4.9/1k	9.8/1k
2018	4.9/1k	10.7/1k
2019	5.1/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	6.4/1k	16.2/1k
2022	6.3/1k	15.1/1k
2023	7.2/1k	16.2/1k
2024	6.8/1k	15.4/1k
2025	7.5/1k	16.6/1k

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved7

Declined3

Counties like Centre County, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

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Federal grants & assistance

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County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Jumps not compared

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Metro area

Cities and towns in Centre County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved7

Declined3

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Household income

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

House

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Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Jumps not compared

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year