Penn FarmsPA
With 2,508 residents, it is a town in Pennsylvania.
Is Penn Farms a good place to live?
58% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Penn Farms, above both the Pennsylvania town median (29%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Among 1,036 Pennsylvania towns, just one has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Penn Farms. We don’t grade Penn Farms yet; the figures below are still real.
100% of working residents leave Penn Farms for work
Where Penn Farms’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Moving to Penn Farms: who provides what
Penn Farms 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 Penn Farms.
With only 0.1 jobs per working resident, most people in Penn Farms work out of town
The top destinations are Altoona (20%), Allegheny Township (8%) and Logan Township (6%). Since 2013, Penn Farms has lost 269 jobs, to 100 in 2023. 3.9% of Penn Farms residents live below the poverty line.
| Penn Farms | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.9% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $90,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Top of a low hazard risk in Penn Farms: inland flooding
Just over four fifths of Penn Farms’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding. Compared with 69% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage here is lower.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Penn Farms
Expect July afternoons of 85° and January nights of 20°, with about 38 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Penn Farms is
Among adults in Penn Farms, 33% have obesity. Two figures for adults here: 32% have high blood pressure, 12% report frequent physical distress.
| Penn Farms | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 24% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Penn Farms | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults in fair or poor health | 16.2% | 18.7% |
| More adults seeing a dentist | 70.1% | 64.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Penn Farms sell for about $310K
The typical rent in Penn Farms is $1,063 a month. In Penn Farms, 72% of households live in a home they own.
| Penn Farms | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 72% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,063 a month | $1,115 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Flight 93 National Memorial and 21 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Penn Farms. Close and well known come first.
Big draw33 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
Big draw40 mi Stadium & arenaBeaver Stadium
2 mi National Historic SiteAllegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site163K visitors a year
4 mi Theme parkLakemont Park
20 mi DamSouth Fork Dam
21 mi LakeRaystown LakePhoto credits
Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Beaver Stadium: Sbvr6 (talk), 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
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Everything we know about Penn Farms
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Penn Farms
About 4 of every 100 Penn Farms residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Penn Farms’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Penn Farms.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Farms | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Blair Township | #214 | A | B− | A− | A− | B+ |
| Hollidaysburg | #159 | A | C+ | B+ | A− | A− |
| Duncansville | — | — | B | — | A− | B− |
Duncansville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Duncansville reports no FBI crime data of its own. Penn Farms isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Penn Farms with a neighbor →
Questions about Penn Farms
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Penn Farms, PA a good place to live?
We don’t grade Penn Farms yet; the figures below are still real.