Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA

Metro Area Profile

65,362 residents. Jobs, income, development, climate and physical risk across the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA metropolitan area.

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How we calculate this

How this area ranks
GrowthTop 39% of 821 metros measured56
Housing affordabilityTop 37% of 822 metros measured98
Climate492nd of 822 metros measured63
Physical resilience520th of 822 metros measured47
Access632nd of 822 metros measured62
Economic stability457th of 822 metros measured47
The quick read

Rent takes 18% of median household income here, below the 30% threshold conventionally called cost-burdened, and the median home is 3.2 times that income.

A typical July reaches 84°F and a typical January falls to 20°F, on thirty-year normals.

Natural-hazard exposure sits in the middle range of published metro profiles, with inland flooding and hurricane the hazards that carry it.

At a glance

Population
65,362
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$64,644
Bottom 42% nationally
Density
135/sq mi
483.3 sq mi of land
Median age
41.0
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Metro area
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA
Nearest major airport
MDT
62 mi · Harrisburg Intl
Median home value
$206,200
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Median household income ±$2,531$64,644Bottom 42%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$1,046$33,218Bottom 34%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate13.7%Top 49%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute23.3 minBottom 41%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher26.6%Top 45%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Labor force participation59.1%Bottom 44%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $943 takes 18% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 3.2 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
17.5%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.2×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$943
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$206,200
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Home price to income3.19Bottom 48%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate69.5%Bottom 48%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±7029,824Bottom 43%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$35$943Bottom 45%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$5,897$206,200Bottom 47%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income17.5%Bottom 42%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate11.6%Top 49%of 9352024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
56/ 100
Top 39% of 821 published city profiles
Permitting is broadly steady, measured from 2024 to 2025.

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

Population has grown 2% since 2020, reaching 66,012 in 2024.

Population is still rising, but more slowly than in the preceding year.

New construction is predominantly single-family: only 0% of permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes.

At 1.7 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US metros.

Units permitted
110
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
1.7
Bottom 32% nationally
Year over year
+49%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings
Population, annual estimates
2020202120222023202466k65k
Census Population Estimates Program, July 1 of each year. These annual estimates are designed for year-over-year comparison, unlike the ACS five-year figure shown as this profile's population.

Weather & climate

5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 84°F and January a low of 20°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 40.9 inches.

10°30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station SELINSGROVE PENN VLY AP, 28.6 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND4.5"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation40.9"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low20°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high84°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months51991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing45°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

47 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding and hurricane.

Inland floodingElevated
HurricaneModerate

Low or minimal exposure: winter weather, landslide, lightning, strong wind, heat wave, earthquake, ice storm, avalanche, cold wave, tornado, wildfire, hail.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. This value is the population-weighted mean of all component counties; expected annual loss is their sum. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offences reported to police are published by department rather than by town, and only where a department reported every month of the year. No municipal department reports for this place — many smaller communities are policed by the county — so there is no figure to show. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Taxes
Taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Cost of living now is — the index above is the Bureau of Economic Analysis price parity for this area — but it is a price level for all consumption rather than a budget for a household, its spread is driven mostly by housing, and it excludes taxes. Housing affordability is computed separately from rent, price and income, because that answers a narrower and more actionable question. Nothing here is individualised tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house. School attendance zones, insurance pricing and the character of a neighbourhood all vary within the places measured here.

Access

2 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 62 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Harrisburg IntlMDT62 mi10,001 ft
Elmira/Corning RgnlELM81 mi8,001 ft
Philadelphia IntlPHL102 mi12,000 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.