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St. Clair gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $105K for a typical one, or 1.5 years of the Pottsville area’s $68K median household income. It grades A− overall, 324th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 80% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. On the plus side, crime is low: it reports less per resident than 87% of U.S. towns. St. Clair is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns. 18% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in St. Clair, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 29% and U.S. towns at 29%.
Where St. Clair beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far St. Clair is from typical.
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Census counts: 2,016 in 1850, a peak of 7,296 in 1930, 2,745 in 2020. The archive holds 16 old photos and papers going back to 1946 and 6 maps from 1889 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in St. Clair, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in St. Clair.
St. Clair pairs an A− overall with homes cheaper than the Pennsylvania norm and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s; it also carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding).
St. Clair grades A− overall with a typical home of about $105K, below the Pennsylvania typical value; only 34 of the 112 Pennsylvania towns graded A− or better can say that. At 1.5 years of the Pottsville area’s $68K median household income, the typical home (about $105K) costs less against local pay than in 96% of Pennsylvania towns; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living.
The typical St. Clair home is worth about $105,000, up 1.1% in a year, 63% below the Pennsylvania typical home.
| St. Clair | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,064 a month | $1,116 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 74% | 78% | 73% |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by Saint Clair Area SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Clair Area El/MSLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 547 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests
At 6.4 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 72% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns. Reported crimes rose from 8 to 16 over the last three FBI years, a rise beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
St. Clair’s property crime rate is 4.4 per 1,000 residents.
| St. Clair | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 4.4 per 1,000 residents | 6.8 | 11.5 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 0.8 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.7 |
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 97% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $580 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1996, 25 flood insurance claims have been paid out in St. Clair.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
20% of adults smoke cigarettes in St. Clair. Clair beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 40% of adults sleep under 7 hours in St. Clair.
| St. Clair | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| What stands out | St. Clair | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7.8% | 5.8% |
| More smokers | 20% | 15.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.3% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The July high in St. Clair is 83°F. Clair has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave St. Since 2013, St. Clair has added 199 jobs, to 1,917 in 2023. Clair for work: only 10% work in town.
| St. Clair | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $64,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 9.7% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. John Siney Community Park | — | 2 |
| 2. Admiral Boone Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around St. Clair. Close and well known come first.
39 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year20 mi Theme parkKnoebels Amusement Resort
36 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
15 mi Park & preserveRoadside America
39 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Stadium
39 mi MuseumHershey's Chocolate WorldHersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Roadside America: Mark Fleisher, President and CEO of Aim Advertising in Lewisburg, PA,, Public domain · Hersheypark Stadium: 45BearsFan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hershey's Chocolate World: Phillyfan0419, CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of St. Clair
About 4 of every 100 St. Clair residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
10 notable people were born in St. Clair.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
St. Clair is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, St. Clair had a population of 2,745. It is located 2 mi (3.2 km) north of Pottsville in the southern Coal Region. Extensive deposits of hard coal are present. St. Clair is noted for manufacturing squibs, fuses and caps used in the mining industry.
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2 towns share a border with St. Clair.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Clair | #324 | A− | A− | A | C+ | C |
| East Norwegian Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Norwegian Township | — | — | A− | — | C+ | C |
Norwegian Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Norwegian Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. East Norwegian Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare St. Clair with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. St. Clair grades A− overall, better than 80% of U.S. towns and #324 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C for health, A for safety and C+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
St. 10 notable people were born here, including Tim Holden and Vincent Carter.
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