Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Bucks County has a population of 647,461 and has grown 0.2% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $445,700, about 3.9 times the county's median household income of $114,764.

Home price
$445,700
Income
$114,764
Population
647,461
Unemployment
4.4%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$445,700county
Median gross rent$1,605county
Median year homes here were built1975county
Share of homes built before 198057.6%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile1.9%county
Share of homes that are vacant3.1%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented22.2%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.4%county
Typical monthly rent$2,212county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,810county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,520county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,170county
Home insurance / yr$1,529(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living97.2(statewide)
Median household income$114,764county
Family health premium / yr$25,241(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,354(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.117(statewide)
Poverty rate6.1%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home19.6%county
Unemployment rate4.4%county
Share of adults in the labor force66.0%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.3%county
Share of workers employed by government10.1%county
Share of workers in the largest industry25.0%county
Economic output per resident$75,413county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.31%county
Top state income tax3.07%(statewide)
Capital gains tax3.07%(statewide)
Combined sales tax6.34%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time29.0 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service12 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport241950county
Miles to nearest general aviation field8.2 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here4county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station12 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.9%county
Traffic deaths14.1county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-2.3(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher44.8%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher95.0%county
Public schools in the county122county
Public school enrollment81956county
Students per full-time teacher13.4county
Free lunch eligible35.9%county
Elementary schools74county
Middle schools27county
High schools18county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above4county
Share of local colleges that are public14.3%county
Two-year institutions3county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution4.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians81county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county7county
Hospitals here with an emergency department5county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter8.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance3.9%county
Frequent mental distress15.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity23.2%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.1%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population647,461county
Land area in square miles604county
People per square mile of land1071.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores86county
Convenience stores70county
Share living far from a food store27.5%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract1.3%county
Population change since 2020+0.2%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age44.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1819.9%county
Share of residents 65 and over20.5%county
Share of households that are one person23.6%county
Share of residents born outside the United States10.4%county
Second languages13.4%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls50.9%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents60county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-1county
Households that moved in13,613county
Households that moved away14,988county
Average income of arriving households$98,250county
Average income of departing households$92,877county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes3county
Housing units authorised in the latest year780county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings13.7%county
Violent crime rate246(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature53°Fcounty
Annual precipitation39.1 incounty
Annual snowfall17.6 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.99 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F15 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing117 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days186 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 20county
Average first fall frostOct 24county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$144county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh17.0¢county
Household electricity use849 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$18.59(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity30.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas37.7%county
Homes heated by propane5.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil23.6%county
Homes heated by wood1.0%county
Households with broadband94.8%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk97.1county
Coastal flood risk65.0county
Drought risk77.0county
Landslide risk56.5county
Hail risk40.1county
Earthquake risk93.9county
Tornado risk92.1county
Tropical cyclone risk88.4county
Extreme heat risk95.1county
Winter weather risk99.1county
Strong wind risk94.5county
Wildfire risk55.5county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Bucks County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Pennsylvania figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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