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SheetPA-STEVENS-PA · Stevens, PA 909 pop · income 20th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Stevens
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Stevens on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Newellton · lowest
25,477
Newellton · lowest
25,477 median HH income
18.4% of the leader · rank #1
Stevens · this city
50,077
Stevens · this city
50,077 median HH income
36.1% of the leader · rank #2
Erwin · near
50,077
Erwin · near
50,077 median HH income
36.1% of the leader · rank #3
Ash Grove · near
50,078
Ash Grove · near
50,078 median HH income
36.1% of the leader · rank #4
Augusta · near
50,080
Augusta · near
50,080 median HH income
36.1% of the leader · rank #5
Coldwater · near
50,084
Coldwater · near
50,084 median HH income
36.1% of the leader · rank #6
Volcano Golf… · highest
138,726
Volcano Golf… · highest
138,726 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Stevens on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 909.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Stevens lands in the 20th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
20th
percentile, household income
54th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Stevens, PA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 909 residents in Stevens, a small town within Pennsylvania. The typical household in Stevens brings in $50,077 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 29.2%. The median resident age is 21.3 years. 9.8% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 39.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Pennsylvania tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 97.6 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,225 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Pennsylvania's average monthly utility costs around $260 (state average). The average commute for Stevens workers runs 33.4 minutes, with 54.3% driving alone and 8.1% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 67.4 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Stevens's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Stevens, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, annual population history, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Stevens?
Within Pennsylvania, the closest population matches are Belle Vernon (909 residents, $38,992 income); Marion (909 residents, $32,734 income); New Bethlehem (909 residents, $39,632 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Volcano Golf Course, HI (909 residents); Newellton, LA (909 residents); Cavetown, MD (909 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
What does the journey to work look like in Stevens?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 54.3%. The reported mean trip to work is 33.4 minutes.
Low income · poverty 29.2% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.6 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Pennsylvania average
F
City profile score · Stevens, PA
20/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living C-
97.6 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$50,077
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
9.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
29.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Stevens profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 50/100 (C-) · 97.6 index
Household income: 20/100 (F) · $50,077
Bachelor's+ share: 6/100 (F) · 9.8%
Poverty rate: 1/100 (F) · 29.2%
How does Stevens compare to other US cities?
Where Stevens sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income20% higher than other cities
Median rent54% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Stevens against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Pennsylvania only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Pennsylvania-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Stevens near the bottom of Pennsylvania's cities
Among the 1,865 Pennsylvania cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Stevens ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Stevens only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#1,465 of 1,765
17th percentile in Pennsylvania
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,865
0th percentile in Pennsylvania
Poverty Rate
#65 of 1,856
96th percentile in Pennsylvania
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,638 of 1,861
12th percentile in Pennsylvania
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Pennsylvania only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
20th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$50,077Stevens, PA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Stevens, PA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Stevens, PA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)9.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)29.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)39.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
909
Median Income
$50,077
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
21.3
Poverty Rate
29.2%
Labor force participation
39.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
9.8%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
33.4 minutes
Drive Alone
54.3%
Carpool
37.6%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
8.1%
Based on 210 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Pennsylvania statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $260
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Pennsylvania at $260 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $52 ).
These are Pennsylvania statewide averages, not a meter reading for Stevens. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Pennsylvania's BEA cost-of-living index is 97.6 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Stevens is $1,225/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Pennsylvania statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 67.4 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Pennsylvania statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Stevens sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Stevens compares to similar-size Pennsylvania cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.