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Loretto is a small town of 1,420 people in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. It's about 12 miles from Altoona, PA and 71 miles from Pittsburgh, PA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 79°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 65 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $204k and rent runs about $739 a month.
1,420people
$204kTypical home
$739/moRent
79° / 32°Summer / winter
65"Snow
190Sunny days
169Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,420
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,504 people per sq mi
- 71 mi to Pittsburgh, PA
- 12 mi to Altoona, PA
- 12 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $204k (≈$1,288/mo)
- Median rent $739/mo
- Median household income $64k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 79°F
- Winter highs around 32°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 60°F)
- 190 sunny days a year (53 totally clear)
- 175 cloudy days a year
- 58 of 90 winter days are gray
- 169 days a year with rain or snow
- 65" of snow a year
- 23 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 22 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (143 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (681 per 100k)
People
- Median age 21
- 18% of households have kids
- 9% are 65 or older
- 44% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 63% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 17 min
- 23% walk or take transit to work
- 17 mi to JST airport
- 84 mi to PIT (major hub)
- 12 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 59% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1956
- 80% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,965 ft
- 137 mi to the ocean
- 135 mi to a big lake
- 14 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 15 mi to the nearest ski area
- 11 mi to the nearest campground
- 21 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 159 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 59 bars within 25 mi
- 31 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 20 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 12 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 35% of Pennsylvania districts (reading)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 13 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 19 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 12 congregations per 10k people
- College in town
Politics
- Cambria County: R+40 in 2024
- Pennsylvania: Purple — split almost evenly
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.