Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Warren gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $145K for a typical one, or 2.4 years of the Warren area’s $60K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 814th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 84% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. On the plus side, it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 89% of U.S. towns. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 99% of U.S. towns, with 8 places on the National Register. 42% of working residents work locally in Warren, above both the Pennsylvania town median (6.3%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). On history, just 65 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do better. Warren is home to Northern Pennsylvania Regional College.
Where Warren beats most towns.
Wetmore House
Census counts: 737 in 1840, a peak of 14,891 in 1940, 9,404 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1864 and 4 maps from 1906 on.
8 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Warren is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Warren, 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 Warren.
Warren draws workers from Conewango Township and beyond, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding) and reports violent crime at about twice the Pennsylvania rate.
6,723 jobs are based in Warren, 1.7 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 14.6 minutes, against 26.3 across Pennsylvania.
Warren’s average trip to work is 15 minutes. The top destinations are Conewango Township (11%), Erie (4%) and Brokenstraw Township (2%). Warren’s median household income is $54,000.
| Warren | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 15 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $54,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 6.4% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 9.9% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by Warren County SD. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaty-Warren MSLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 662 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
At 2.4 years of the Warren area’s $60K median household income, the typical home (about $145K) costs less against local pay than in 83% of Pennsylvania towns; that ratio is one input to its A for cost of living.
The median rent in Warren is $771 a month. The typical Warren home is worth about $145,000, about the same as a year ago, 49% below the Pennsylvania typical home. 62% of households own their home in Warren.
| Warren | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 62% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $771 a month | $1,116 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
2.0 miles of trail in 9 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Washington Park, at 53 acres.
| Warren | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 8.1% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Betts Park | 1 mi | 51 |
| 2. Crescent Park | 0.4 mi | 5 |
| 3. Washington Park | — | 53 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 98% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $630 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1993, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Warren.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Violent crime runs at 5.3 per 1,000 residents, about twice the Pennsylvania rate; the Safety Grade counts each violent crime four times, so this weighs most on its C. At 30.5 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 88% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Against the 7,062 U.S. towns with household incomes like Warren’s, it is healthier than 63%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
20% of Warren adults smoke cigarettes.
| Warren | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Warren | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.8% | 7.7% |
| More smokers | 19.9% | 15.8% |
| More uninsured adults | 7.2% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Warren has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 81°, January nights drop to 17° and about 72 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Pennsylvania average. Warren has lost 3.8% of its people since 2020, down to 9,046 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 25% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Warren | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44.4 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 21% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 25% | 29% | 29% |
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.6 points). Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Warren | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.7% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.9% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.1% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.6% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.4% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.6% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.8% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.5% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.4% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.3% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 40.3% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.1% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.2% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.1% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Warren. Close and well known come first.
7 mi DamKinzua Dam
15 mi National forestAllegheny National Forest
25 mi LakeChautauqua Lake
30 mi State parkKinzua Bridge State Park
29 mi State parkAllegany State Park
18 mi MuseumLucille Ball-Desi Arnaz CenterKinzua Dam: Niagara, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Allegheny National Forest: IvoShandor, CC BY 2.5 · Chautauqua Lake: Banderas, Public domain · Kinzua Bridge State Park: Nicholas from Pennsylvania, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Allegany State Park: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center: G. Edward Johnson, CC BY 4.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Warren
About 4 of every 100 Warren residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Where Warren’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
8 places in Warren on the National Register of Historic Places.
18 notable people were born in Warren.
City in Pennsylvania, US
Warren (Seneca: Ga:nöwögö:h) is a city in and the county seat of Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States, located along the Allegheny River. The population was 9,404 at the 2020 census. It is home to the headquarters of the Allegheny National Forest and the Cornplanter State Forest. It is also the headquarters for the Chief Cornplanter Council, the oldest continuously chartered Boy Scouts of America Council, and the catalog company Blair. Warren is the principal city of the Warren micropolitan area.
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5 towns share a border with Warren.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren | #814 | C+ | A | C | C+ | C |
| Pleasant Township | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| Conewango Township | #965 | C− | A | C− | C+ | C+ |
| Glade Township | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| North Warren | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mead Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C |
Pleasant Township, Glade Township and Mead Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Pleasant Township, Glade Township and Mead Township report no FBI crime data of their own. North Warren isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Warren with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Warren grades C+ overall, better than 38% of U.S. towns and #814 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C for health, C 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.
18 notable people were born here, including Susan Kieffer and William E. Stevenson.
