RootsPA
Some 287 people live in this town, in Pennsylvania.
Is Roots a good place to live?
43% of residents are under 18 in Roots, above both the Pennsylvania town median (20%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). No town among the 1,036 in Pennsylvania we compare has a higher share of households owning their home than Roots. Roots 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 Roots.
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Roots
July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 35 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Roots is
Among adults in Roots, 19% binge drink. Across all 26 CDC measures, Roots beats Pennsylvania on 10 and trails on 2. One in ten adults in Roots smoke cigarettes; 17% get no exercise outside work.
| Roots | Typical Pennsylvania town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 17% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 24% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Roots | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer smokers | 10% | 15.8% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10% | 14.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.1% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Roots: inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Roots, 85% come from inland flooding. Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 52% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Roots
Beaver Stadium and 17 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Roots. Close and well known come first.
Big draw30 mi Stadium & arenaBeaver Stadium
28 mi DamSouth Fork Dam
10 mi Theme parkLakemont Park
14 mi National Historic SiteAllegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site163K visitors a year
7 mi MuseumRailroaders Memorial Museum
30 mi Stadium & arenaBryce Jordan CenterPhoto credits
Beaver Stadium: Sbvr6 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · South Fork Dam: Ernest Walter Histed, Public domain · 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 · Railroaders Memorial Museum: Mark Frederick, CC0 · Bryce Jordan Center: Robert J. La Verghetta, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Roots: who provides what
Roots 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.
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Roots
About 0 of every 100 Roots residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Roots
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Roots 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.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 0.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,224 ft
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Is Roots, PA a good place to live?
Roots has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real. Some 287 people live in this town, in Pennsylvania.
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