ReservoirPA
Today 67 people live in this town, first settled in 1900.
Is Reservoir a good place to live?
Of the 1,036 Pennsylvania towns we compare, none has a higher share of households owning their home than Reservoir. Reservoir has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Reservoir.
Reservoir has 0.7 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The top destinations are Altoona (21%), Logan Township (8%) and Allegheny Township (8%). Reservoir had 52 jobs in 2023, up 35 from 2013.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Top of a low hazard risk in Reservoir: inland flooding
On expected storm and flood damage, Reservoir sits below 69% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 81% come from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Reservoir brings four seasons and pleasant summers
Summer afternoons peak near 85° in July, and January nights bottom out around 20°; snowfall runs to about 38 inches a winter. Winters in Reservoir are chilly, snowy and summers warm.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Reservoir is
16% of adults binge drink in Reservoir. Across all 26 CDC measures, Reservoir beats Pennsylvania on 4 and trails on 2. In Reservoir, a fifth of adults get no exercise outside work, and 81% had a checkup this year.
| Reservoir | Typical Pennsylvania town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 24% | 25% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 79% | 79% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Reservoir | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults in fair or poor health | 16.4% | 18.7% |
| Fewer adults in frequent mental distress | 14.6% | 16.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.5% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Protected land: 3.2% of Reservoir
Reservoir’s park or preserve takes up 9 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 147 | — | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Reservoir
Beaver Stadium and 20 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Reservoir. Close and well known come first.
Big draw40 mi Stadium & arenaBeaver Stadium
Big draw34 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
4 mi National Historic SiteAllegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site163K visitors a year
21 mi DamSouth Fork Dam
5 mi Theme parkLakemont Park
8 mi MuseumRailroaders Memorial MuseumPhoto credits
Beaver Stadium: Sbvr6 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site: Matthew A. Lynn; Original uploader was Mosamiazaz at en.wikipedia, Public domain · South Fork Dam: Ernest Walter Histed, Public domain · 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 Reservoir: who provides what
Reservoir 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 Reservoir for work
Where Reservoir’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Reservoir
About 0 of every 100 Reservoir residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Reservoir
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Reservoir 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 south-central Blair County, in the eastern part of Blair Township. It is on the south side of the valley of the Frankstown Branch Juniata River. Reservoir Road is the main street through the community, leading northeast 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to Loop and southwest 4 miles (6 km) to McKee. Hollidaysburg, the Blair county seat, is 4 miles (6 km) to the north by road. Loop Mountain rises to the southeast to an elevation of 2,495 feet (760 m).
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 0.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,066 ft
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