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SheetPA-STORMSTOWN-PA · Stormstown, PA 2,455 pop · income 93rd 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 Stormstown
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Stormstown on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Gold Beach · lowest
51,662
Gold Beach · lowest
51,662 median HH income
36.4% of the leader · rank #1
Stormstown · this city
142,045
Stormstown · this city
142,045 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #2
Morgan Heights · near
142,083
Morgan Heights · near
142,083 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #3
Silver Lake · near
142,083
Silver Lake · near
142,083 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #4
Westford · near
142,083
Westford · near
142,083 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Occoquan · near
142,083
Occoquan · near
142,083 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Haysville · highest
142,115
Haysville · highest
142,115 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 Stormstown 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: 2,455.
Stormstown ranks in the 93rd percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
93rd
percentile, household income
78th
percentile, home value
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: Stormstown, PA
Pennsylvania's Stormstown is a small town, with 2,455 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $142,045 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.6%. Typical homes in Stormstown are valued around $411,000, and the median resident age is 43.0 years. About 63.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 72.0% 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. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Pennsylvania run around $260, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. 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 Stormstown'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 housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Stormstown, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Stormstown?
Within Pennsylvania, the closest population matches are Emsworth (2,458 residents, $65,435 income); McKinley (2,452 residents, $112,375 income); Matamoras (2,448 residents, $74,145 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Kennesaw State University, GA (2,455 residents); Gold Beach, OR (2,455 residents); Tahoka, TX (2,455 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Stormstown?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.6%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
What does the journey to work look like in Stormstown?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 69.1%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Top-decile income · poverty 0.6% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.6 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Pennsylvania average
A-
City profile score · Stormstown, PA
84/100
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.
Poverty rate A+
0.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income A+
$142,045
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A+
63.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
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.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Stormstown profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 96/100 (A+) · 0.6%
Household income: 94/100 (A+) · $142,045
Bachelor's+ share: 94/100 (A+) · 63.6%
Cost of living: 50/100 (C-) · 97.6 index
How does Stormstown compare to other US cities?
Here's how Stormstown stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income93% higher than other cities
Home value78% pricier 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 Stormstown 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 Stormstown near the bottom of Pennsylvania's cities
Among the 1,865 Pennsylvania cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Stormstown ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Stormstown only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#58 of 1,765
97th percentile in Pennsylvania
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,865
0th percentile in Pennsylvania
Median Home Value
#92 of 1,790
95th percentile in Pennsylvania
Poverty Rate
#1,455 of 1,856
21st percentile in Pennsylvania
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#77 of 1,861
96th 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
93rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Stormstown's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$411,00022nd percentilemore affordable than 22% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Stormstown's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#6,078 of 15,516
More affordable than 61% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#5,217 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.9×, Stormstown sits in the affordable band:
national rank #6,078 of 15,516 and #5,217 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$142,045Stormstown, PA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Stormstown, 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 Stormstown, PA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)63.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)72.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,455
Median Income
$142,045
Median Home Value
$411,000
Median Age
43.0
Poverty Rate
0.6%
Labor force participation
72.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
63.6%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
69.1%
Carpool
5.5%
Public Transit
0.4%
Walk
2.4%
Work from Home
22.6%
Based on 1,369 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 Stormstown. 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 Stormstown 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 Stormstown sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Stormstown 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.