Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Everett’s best subject grades are an A for walkability and an A+ for history; its weakest is a D− for incomes. 25% of residents live below the poverty line in Everett, against 7.6% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Only 12 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score lower on incomes. Everett’s trail density is 4.7 miles per square mile, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 0.4 and U.S. towns at 0.4. On history, just 84 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do better. Everett has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Everett beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,247 in 1880, a peak of 2,425 in 1940, 1,765 in 2020. The archive holds 23 old photos and papers going back to 1905 and 3 maps from 1900 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Everett is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Everett, 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 Everett.
The median household income in Everett is $39,000. Most working residents leave Everett for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Bedford Township (16%), West Providence Township (10%) and Snake Spring Township (5%).
| Everett | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $39,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 9.1% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 76% of U.S. communities. Since 1983, 11 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Everett.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical Everett home is worth about $214,000, up 5.8% in a year, 26% below the Pennsylvania typical home. 49% of households own their home in Everett.
| Everett | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 49% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $822 a month | $1,115 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everett beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 20% of Everett adults smoke cigarettes.
| Everett | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Everett | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7.8% | 5.8% |
| More smokers | 19.5% | 15.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.4% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everett has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 21° and about 27 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everett's reported crime rate is well below Pennsylvania's. Everett’s property crime rate is 2.9 per 1,000 residents. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts.
| Everett | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 2.9 per 1,000 residents | 6.8 | 11.5 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.7 |
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Everett. Close and well known come first.
Big draw28 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
32 mi DamSouth Fork Dam
35 mi LakeRaystown Lake
28 mi National Historic SiteAllegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site163K visitors a year
23 mi National Historical ParkChesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park4.6M visitors a year
32 mi Theme parkLakemont ParkFlight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · South Fork Dam: Ernest Walter Histed, Public domain · Raystown Lake: Tex Jobe, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain · Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site: Matthew A. Lynn; Original uploader was Mosamiazaz at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park: Bonnachoven, CC0 · Lakemont Park: Bhakta Dano. Original uploader was Oldano at en.wikipedia, Public domain
None within 15 miles of Everett; the nearest are
About 7 of every 100 Everett residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Where Everett’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
6 notable people were born in Everett.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Everett is a borough in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,765 at the 2020 census. Everett's original name was Bloody Run, after a creek that was the site of a battle between settlers and Native Americans. The town was renamed in honor of Massachusetts politician and orator Edward Everett.
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One town shares a border with Everett.
Everett has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Everett reports no FBI crime data of its own. Earlston isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Everett with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 3.6 years of the area's median household income ($59,992 across the county). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
6 notable people were born here, including Dean Koontz and Earl Howard.
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