HouservillePA
A town settled in 1862, now home to 2,000 people.
Is Houserville a good place to live?
65% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Houserville, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (29%) and U.S. towns (29%). Only 2 of the 1,036 Pennsylvania towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Houserville. Houserville’s trail network density is 1.3 miles per square mile, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 0.4 and U.S. towns at 0.4. We don’t grade Houserville yet; the figures below are still real.
Moving to Houserville: who provides what
Houserville 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Houserville.
Top of a very low hazard risk in Houserville: inland flooding
The risk rating from FEMA for Houserville comes to 4 of 100. Expected losses in Houserville break down as 78% from inland flooding and 5% from hurricanes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect snowy winters and pleasant summers in Houserville
July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 20° and about 44 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in three of Houserville’s working residents commute to College Township
For residents in Houserville, the share who live below the poverty line is 2.8%. Jobs here fell by 83 from 2013 to 2023, to 596. In Houserville, the middle household income is $119,000. The top destinations are College Township (34%), State College (15%) and Ferguson Township (6%).
| Houserville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $119,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.8% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Houserville, 10.1% of the land is conserved
Count the trails in 3 parks and preserves and they come to 1.4 miles. Parks and preserves in Houserville: 3, covering 41 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Fogleman Fields | 0.3 mi | 17 |
| 2. Spring Creek Park | 0.2 mi | 19 |
| 3. Penn Hills Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Houserville stands out in Pennsylvania and nationally: a larger share of its adults binge drink
Just over one in ten adults smoke cigarettes in Houserville. Two figures for adults here: 27% have high blood pressure, 11% report frequent physical distress.
| Houserville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 34% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Houserville | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.5% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults in fair or poor health | 12.8% | 18.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median home in Houserville sells for about $1.08M
The share of households in Houserville who live in a home they own: 88%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Beaver Stadium and 13 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Houserville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw2 mi Stadium & arenaBeaver Stadium
2 mi Stadium & arenaBryce Jordan Center
29 mi LakeRaystown Lake
3 mi MuseumPalmer Museum of Art
39 mi Theme parkLakemont Park
37 mi MuseumRailroaders Memorial MuseumPhoto credits
Beaver Stadium: Sbvr6 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bryce Jordan Center: Robert J. La Verghetta, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Raystown Lake: Tex Jobe, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain · Palmer Museum of Art: PalmerMuseumofArt, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lakemont Park: Bhakta Dano. Original uploader was Oldano at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Railroaders Memorial Museum: Mark Frederick, CC0
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Everything we know about Houserville
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Houserville
About 9 of every 100 Houserville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Houserville
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Houserville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,814 at the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 1.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 980 ft
Houserville’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Houserville.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houserville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lemont | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Houserville and Lemont aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Houserville with a neighbor →
Questions about Houserville
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Houserville, PA a good place to live?
We don’t grade Houserville yet; the figures below are still real.