FriesvillePA
With 161 residents, it is a town in Pennsylvania.
Is Friesville a good place to live?
Friesville’s age of the median resident is 63 years, above both the Pennsylvania town median (43.2 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). No town among the 1,036 in Pennsylvania we compare has a higher home-ownership rate than Friesville. Friesville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
161 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Friesville.
Friesville has 0.7 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The top destinations are Greenfield Township (17%), Altoona (10%) and Blair Township (6%). Employers in Friesville added 62 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 67. Also worth knowing: 13% of residents live below the poverty line here.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Friesville
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
Compared with most of Pennsylvania and the rest of the country, more of Friesville’s adults have been diagnosed with depression
The share of adults in Friesville who binge drink: 15%. Of 26 CDC measures, Friesville beats the Pennsylvania average on 2 and trails it on 15. In Friesville, 17% of adults report frequent physical distress, and 25% say their health is fair or poor.
| Friesville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 19% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Friesville | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 72.7% | 67.5% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 83% | 79.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 12.1% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Friesville: inland flooding
Friesville’s FEMA risk score stands at 50 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 86% come from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Friesville
Flight 93 National Memorial and 16 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Friesville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
17 mi DamSouth Fork Dam
8 mi National Historic SiteAllegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site163K visitors a year
5 mi Ski areaBlue Knob24 runs · 1,007 ft vertical
13 mi Theme parkLakemont Park
16 mi MuseumRailroaders Memorial MuseumPhoto 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 · Railroaders Memorial Museum: Mark Frederick, CC0
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Moving to Friesville: who provides what
Friesville 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.
100% of working residents leave Friesville for work
Where Friesville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Friesville
About 0 of every 100 Friesville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Friesville
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Friesville 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. The CDP is in southern Blair County, in the eastern part of Greenfield Township. It is bordered to the east by Claysburg. It is on the south side of South Poplar Run, a stream which originates to the west on the north side of Blue Knob along the Allegheny Front and flows east to join Beaverdam Creek and form the Frankstown Branch Juniata River in Claysburg.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 0.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,220 ft
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Is Friesville, PA a good place to live?
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