Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Tyrone gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $140K for a typical one, or 2.2 years of the Altoona metro’s $62K median household income. It grades B+ overall, 452nd of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 82% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. On the plus side, its schools outperform 77% of the state's. Tyrone is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 88% of U.S. towns. Tyrone has 2 places on the National Register. 16% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Tyrone, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 29% and U.S. towns at 29%.
Where Tyrone beats most towns.
Tyrone Armory| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| St. Matthew Elementary School | PK–5 | 40 |
Where Tyrone’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Tyrone is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 741 in 1860, a peak of 9,084 in 1920, 5,480 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1878 and 5 maps from 1923 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Tyrone, 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 Tyrone.
Tyrone pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding).
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 98% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $509 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1979, 83 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Tyrone.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its A− for schools comes with an A for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $140K.
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Matthew Elementary School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 40 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Tyrone for work: only 13% work in town. The median household income in Tyrone is $57,000. Jobs based in Tyrone fell to 1,209 in 2023, 123 fewer than in 2013.
| Tyrone | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $57,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 13% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 8,094 U.S. towns with household incomes like Tyrone’s, it is healthier than 57%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
Tyrone beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 19% of adults smoke cigarettes in Tyrone.
| Tyrone | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| What stands out | Tyrone | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.4% | 7.7% |
| More uninsured adults | 7.5% | 5.8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Tyrone has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 35 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Pennsylvania has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Tyrone sits closer to the middle.
| Tyrone | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 9.5 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.5 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
0.7 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Reservoir Park, at 35 acres.
| Tyrone | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 3.4% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Reservoir Park | 0.6 mi | 35 |
| 2. Shea Field | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 2.2 years of the Altoona metro’s $62K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 87% of Pennsylvania towns; that ratio is one input to its A for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $1,241, against $3,311 across Pennsylvania, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
60% of Tyrone households own their home.
| Tyrone | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 60% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $788 a month | $1,116 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tyrone. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaBeaver Stadium
21 mi LakeRaystown Lake
36 mi DamSouth Fork Dam
22 mi Stadium & arenaBryce Jordan Center
16 mi Theme parkLakemont Park
21 mi National Historic SiteAllegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site163K visitors a yearBeaver Stadium: Sbvr6 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Raystown Lake: Tex Jobe, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain · South Fork Dam: Ernest Walter Histed, Public domain · Bryce Jordan Center: Robert J. La Verghetta, 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
1 within 15 miles of the center of Tyrone
About 2 of every 100 Tyrone residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
2 places in Tyrone on the National Register of Historic Places.
5 notable people were born in Tyrone.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Tyrone is a borough in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States, located 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Altoona, on the Little Juniata River. Tyrone was of considerable commercial importance in the twentieth century. It was an outlet for the Clearfield coal fields and was noted for manufacturing paper products. There were planing mills and chemical and candy factories. In 1900, 5,847 people lived here; in 1910, 7,176; and in 1940, 8,845 people resided here. As of the 2020 census, Tyrone had a population of 5,480. It is part of the Altoona, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was named after County Tyrone in Ireland. Located along the main lines of the Norfolk Southern and Nittany and Bald …
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2 towns share a border with Tyrone.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrone | #452 | B+ | A | B− | A− | C |
| Northwood | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grazierville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Northwood and Grazierville aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Tyrone with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Tyrone grades B+ overall, better than 70% of U.S. towns and #452 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C for health, B− for safety and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes, by national standards. Pennsylvania has less crime than most states, so among its own towns Tyrone sits nearer the middle.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $140,000, 51% below the Pennsylvania typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.
5 notable people were born here, including Fred Waring and Ethan Stiefel.
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