Continental CourtsPA
A town of 573 in Pennsylvania.
Is Continental Courts a good place to live?
Continental Courts’ midpoint age is 61.9 years, against 43.2 years in Pennsylvania’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. No town among the 1,036 in Pennsylvania we compare has a higher share of homes lived in by their owners than Continental Courts. Continental Courts’ trail density is 1.7 miles per square mile, above both the Pennsylvania town median (0.4) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). The biggest park or preserve is Buffalo Run Community Park, at 26 acres. Continental Courts has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
573 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
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Natural hazards: very low risk in Continental Courts, mostly inland flooding
FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in Continental Courts than in 91% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 77% come from inland flooding and 5% from hurricanes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Continental Courts’ workers head elsewhere: there are 0.0 jobs for each of them
The top destinations are College Township (25%), Ferguson Township (12%) and State College (10%). The typical journey to work for Continental Courts comes to 21 minutes. Half commute less than 6 miles.
| Continental Courts | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 8.2% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect snowy winters and pleasant summers in Continental Courts
Expect July afternoons of 83° and January nights of 20°, with about 44 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
13.3% of Continental Courts is conserved land
Trails run 0.5 miles in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Buffalo Run Community Park | 0.4 mi | 26 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Continental Courts stands out in Pennsylvania and nationally, with fewer of its adults who sleep under 7 hours
The share of adults in Continental Courts who get no exercise outside work: 20%. Against the Pennsylvania average, Continental Courts comes out ahead on 11 CDC measures out of 26, and behind on 2. Only 5 of the 1,036 Pennsylvania towns we compare have a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Continental Courts.
| Continental Courts | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 38% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 79% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Continental Courts | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.5% | 14.5% |
| Fewer smokers | 11.8% | 15.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.5% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Continental Courts
Beaver Stadium and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Continental Courts. Close and well known come first.
Big draw4 mi Stadium & arenaBeaver Stadium
4 mi Stadium & arenaBryce Jordan Center
39 mi Theme parkLakemont Park
5 mi MuseumPalmer Museum of Art
37 mi MuseumRailroaders Memorial Museum28 mi Theme parkDelGrosso's Amusement ParkPhoto credits
Beaver Stadium: Sbvr6 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bryce Jordan Center: Robert J. La Verghetta, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lakemont Park: Bhakta Dano. Original uploader was Oldano at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Palmer Museum of Art: PalmerMuseumofArt, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Railroaders Memorial Museum: Mark Frederick, CC0
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Moving to Continental Courts: who provides what
Continental Courts is unincorporated, so Centre County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
100% of working residents leave Continental Courts for work
Where Continental Courts’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Continental Courts
About 3 of every 100 Continental Courts residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Continental Courts
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Continental Courts is a mobile home park and census-designated place (CDP) in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is in central Centre County, in the west part of Benner Township. It is bordered to the south by Pennsylvania Route 550, which leads northeast 6 miles (10 km) to Bellefonte, the county seat, and southwest 10 miles (16 km) to Stormstown. State College is 7 miles (11 km) to the south via local roads. The community is in the valley of Buffalo Run, which flows northeast to Spring Creek at Bellefonte and is part of the Bald Eagle Creek watershed leading to the West Branch Susquehanna River. Bald Eagle Mountain ris…
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- Area
- 0.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,034 ft
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