City safety & data profile

WilliamsportPA

Williamsport, PA is a 29K-resident city in Lycoming County with a median household income of $48,851.

Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Williamsport, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Williamsport has a population larger than 62% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $154,300, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

29K
Population (place)
Top 38%
By size
$48,851
Median income (place)
$154,300
Median home (place)
25.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Williamsport

Williamsport posts a median household income higher than 8% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Williamsport area.

Bottom 9%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Williamsport

Where Williamsport income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$48,851 Bottom 8% higher than 8% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Williamsport $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. 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, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in PA

Population among 88 PA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Philadelphia is the largest PA city on this list; Franklin Park leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in PA

Median household income among the same 88-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Franklin Park posts the highest place-level median income in PA; Philadelphia is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Williamsport, PA beyond the headline numbers

Williamsport sits inside Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, at roughly 41.24°N, -77.00°W. Population 29,201, $48,851 median household income. Median home value $154,300, median rent $855. Poverty rate 25.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Williamsport, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

25.4% of Williamsport, PA residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Williamsport costs roughly 3.2 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Remote work covers 11.9% of Williamsport workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 41.1% in Williamsport, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

4.5% of Williamsport workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Williamsport's median age is 31.5 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Williamsport from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
29,201
Williamsport · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$48,851
-45% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$154,300
-63% vs avg
Median Age (place)
31.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Lycoming County): Williamsport's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
113K-3%
Median Income
$63,917+41%
Median Home Value
$202,200+54%
Poverty Rate
12.8%-10%
Unemployment
5.1%-43%

Economics

Economics indicators for Williamsport, PA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$855/mo
Poverty Rate
25.4% +105% vs avg
Unemployment 6.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 27%
Work From Home 11.9%
Public Transit 4.5%

Population

White 75%
African American 13%
Asian 1.4%
Two or More Ethnicities 6.1%

Health Profile 2 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
41.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 56.6%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
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0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
UPMC WILLIAMSPORT
WILLIAMSPORT · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Williamsport?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Williamsport right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet PA-WILLIAMSPORT · Williamsport

Williamsport: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Williamsport; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Pennsylvania state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Williamsport, PA? ▼
Williamsport, PA has a population of 29,201 people, located in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Williamsport? ▼
The median household income in Williamsport, PA is $48,851 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 25.4%.
What is the median home value in Williamsport? ▼
The median home value in Williamsport, PA is $154,300. Median rent is $855/month.
What are the top health concerns in Williamsport? ▼
The top health indicators in Williamsport include Short Sleep Duration (41.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Williamsport? ▼
Williamsport has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Williamsport? ▼
The median age in Williamsport, PA is 31.5 years. 27% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Williamsport, both outside Pennsylvania so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside PA (25.4% here).

Auburn, AL 25.4% Richmond, IN 25.4% Carrollton, GA 25.4% Maple Heights, OH 25.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside PA ($48,851 here).

Connersville, IN $48,854 Bowling Green, KY $48,873 Crossville, TN $48,802 Ithaca, NY $48,784

Compare Williamsport with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Bloomsburg, PA 15K Berwick, PA 10K Elmira, NY 28K Corning, NY 11K Colonial Park, PA 13K State College, PA 42K Harrisburg, PA 50K Pottsville, PA 14K
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Using Williamsport's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Williamsport area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Williamsport against Pennsylvania peers on any ranking lens. Explore Pennsylvania

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Lycoming County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.