Cotton TownPA
60 people call this town in Pennsylvania home.
Is Cotton Town a good place to live?
68% of residents live below the poverty line in Cotton Town, against 7.6% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Of the 1,036 Pennsylvania towns we compare, none has a higher age of the median resident than Cotton Town. Cotton Town has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
60 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Cotton Town.
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Cotton Town
In July, afternoons reach 84°; in January, nights fall to 20°, and about 38 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Cotton Town is
Among adults in Cotton Town, 37% have obesity. In Cotton Town, just over two in five adults sleep under 7 hours, and 15% report frequent physical distress.
| Cotton Town | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| What stands out | Cotton Town | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.9% | 14.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 10% | 7.7% |
| More uninsured adults | 7.5% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Cotton Town has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Cotton Town, 86% come from inland flooding. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 50% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Cotton Town
Flight 93 National Memorial and 17 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cotton Town. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
16 mi DamSouth Fork Dam
9 mi National Historic SiteAllegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site163K visitors a year
4 mi Ski areaBlue Knob24 runs · 1,007 ft vertical
14 mi Theme parkLakemont Park
40 mi MuseumFort LigonierPhoto credits
Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · South Fork Dam: Ernest Walter Histed, Public domain · Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site: Matthew A. Lynn; Original uploader was Mosamiazaz at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Blue Knob: Calzarette, CC BY 3.0 · Lakemont Park: Bhakta Dano. Original uploader was Oldano at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Fort Ligonier: The original uploader was Mind meal at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0
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Moving to Cotton Town: who provides what
Cotton Town is unincorporated, so Blair 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.
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Cotton Town
About 0 of every 100 Cotton Town residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Cotton Town
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Cotton Town is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
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- Elevation
- 1,280 ft
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