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Pughtown is a small town of 1,125 people in Chester County, Pennsylvania. It's about 18 miles from Reading, PA and 30 miles from Philadelphia, PA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 38°F, with about 25 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $433k and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,125people
$433kTypical home
$1,654/moRent
85° / 38°Summer / winter
25"Snow
223Sunny days
128Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,125
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,517 people per sq mi
- 30 mi to Philadelphia, PA
- 18 mi to Reading, PA
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $433k (≈$2,731/mo)
- Median rent $1,654/mo
- Median household income $172k
- Property tax about 1.4% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 38°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 64°F)
- 223 sunny days a year (73 totally clear)
- 142 cloudy days a year
- 42 of 90 winter days are gray
- 128 days a year with rain or snow
- 25" of snow a year
- 7 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 8 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (41 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (211 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 41
- 47% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 66% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 8% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 30 mi to PHL airport
- 30 mi to PHL (major hub)
- 11 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 78% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2005
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 345 ft
- 27 mi to the ocean
- 166 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 13 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 108 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,443 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 128 bars within 25 mi
- 398 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 74 museums within 25 mi
- 25 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 7% of Pennsylvania districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 13 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 5 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Chester County: D+14 in 2024
- Pennsylvania: Purple — split almost evenly
Natural hazards
- Moderate hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate 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.