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Duncansville’s best subject grade is an A− for schools; its weakest is a C for hazard risk. Duncansville’s average trip to work is 16 minutes, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Duncansville's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 81% of U.S. towns. Duncansville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Duncansville beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Duncansville is from typical.
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Census counts: 1,277 in 1890, 1,255 in 2020. The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 2015 and 3 maps from 1902 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Duncansville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Duncansville.
Most working residents leave Duncansville for work: only 2% work in town. At $55,000, Duncansville’s median household income is below both the Pennsylvania town median ($81,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Since 2013, Duncansville has lost 235 jobs, to 327 in 2023.
| Duncansville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $55,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 6.7% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Duncansville has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 20° and about 38 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 67% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 44 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Duncansville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical Duncansville home is worth about $234,000, up 5.7% in a year, 18% below the Pennsylvania typical home. 48% of Duncansville households own their home.
| Duncansville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 48% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $890 a month | $1,115 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Duncansville's reported crime rate is well below Pennsylvania's. Duncansville’s property crime rate is 0.8 per 1,000 residents. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts.
| Duncansville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.8 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Duncansville beats the Pennsylvania average on 2 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 39% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Duncansville.
| Duncansville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Duncansville | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.1% | 14.5% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.7% | 79.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Duncansville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw33 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
in town National Historic SiteAllegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site163K visitors a year
4 mi Theme parkLakemont Park
19 mi DamSouth Fork Dam
22 mi LakeRaystown Lake
6 mi MuseumRailroaders Memorial MuseumFlight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site: Matthew A. Lynn; Original uploader was Mosamiazaz at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Lakemont Park: Bhakta Dano. Original uploader was Oldano at en.wikipedia, Public domain · South Fork Dam: Ernest Walter Histed, Public domain · Raystown Lake: Tex Jobe, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain · Railroaders Memorial Museum: Mark Frederick, CC0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Duncansville
About 5 of every 100 Duncansville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Where Duncansville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Duncansville is a borough in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Altoona, Pennsylvania metropolitan statistical area. The population was 1,258 at the 2020 census.
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That is 3.8 years of the area's median household income ($62,382 across the Altoona, PA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
2 notable people were born here, including Robert Gibson and Charles Yon.
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