LoopPA
A town of 2,039.
Is Loop a good place to live?
Loop’s median age is 31.5 years, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 43.2 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. Only 1 of the 1,036 Pennsylvania towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Loop. We don’t grade Loop yet; the figures below are still real.
100% of working residents leave Loop for work
Where Loop’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Moving to Loop: who provides what
Loop 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Loop.
More children than Pennsylvania overall
Children under 18 are 37% of residents (21% statewide); people 65 and older are 11% of residents (20% statewide). 39% of Loop adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (29%) and U.S. towns (29%).
| Loop | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 11% | 21% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 39% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±8.3 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Loop | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 23.5% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.1% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 2.9% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17.4% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.8% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.1% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 7.8% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.2% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 1.2% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 1% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.8% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.2% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.4% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.8% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.8% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,000, single groups can be off by several points
Most of Loop’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Loop for work: only 0% work in town. Since 2013, Loop has lost 166 jobs, to 208 in 2023. The average trip to work in Loop is 22 minutes.
| Loop | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.7% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Loop, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Loop has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 20° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Loop faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 64% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Loop is
Loop beats the Pennsylvania average on 10 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 14% of Loop adults report frequent mental distress.
| Loop | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 24% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Loop | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults in fair or poor health | 14.4% | 18.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Loop stands out in Pennsylvania and nationally for how little of its land is conserved
0.4% of the land in Loop is conserved. 0.1 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Loop | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.4% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 147 | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Beaver Stadium and 22 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Loop. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaBeaver Stadium
Big draw36 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
4 mi Theme parkLakemont Park
5 mi National Historic SiteAllegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site163K visitors a year
19 mi LakeRaystown Lake
23 mi DamSouth Fork DamPhoto credits
Beaver Stadium: Sbvr6 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lakemont Park: Bhakta Dano. Original uploader was Oldano at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site: Matthew A. Lynn; Original uploader was Mosamiazaz at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Raystown Lake: Tex Jobe, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain · South Fork Dam: Ernest Walter Histed, Public domain
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Everything we know about Loop
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Loop
About 2 of every 100 Loop residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Loop’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Loop.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loop | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Blair Township | #214 | A | B− | A− | A− | B+ |
| Frankstown Township | #481 | B+ | C | — | A− | A− |
| Hollidaysburg | #159 | A | C+ | B+ | A− | A− |
Frankstown Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Loop isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Loop with a neighbor →
Questions about Loop
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Loop, PA a good place to live?
We don’t grade Loop yet; the figures below are still real.