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St. Marys is a big small town of 12,529 people in Elk County, Pennsylvania. It's about 57 miles from State College, PA and 101 miles from Buffalo, NY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 79°F and winter highs 31°F, with about 59 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $149k and rent runs about $762 a month.
12,529people
$149kTypical home
$762/moRent
79° / 31°Summer / winter
59"Snow
183Sunny days
174Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 12,529
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 126 people per sq mi
- 101 mi to Buffalo, NY
- 57 mi to State College, PA
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $149k (≈$940/mo)
- Median rent $762/mo
- Median household income $67k
- Property tax about 1.3% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 79°F
- Winter highs around 31°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 59°F)
- 183 sunny days a year (46 totally clear)
- 182 cloudy days a year
- 61 of 90 winter days are gray
- 174 days a year with rain or snow
- 59" of snow a year
- 23 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 31 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (220 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (793 per 100k)
People
- Median age 52
- 18% of households have kids
- 27% are 65 or older
- 21% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 16 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 25 mi to BFD airport
- 103 mi to BUF (major hub)
- 65 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 83% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1961
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,713 ft
- 181 mi to the ocean
- 82 mi to a big lake
- 15 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 42 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 17 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 69 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 13 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 54 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 36% of Pennsylvania districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 53 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 25 mi to the nearest vet
- 26 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 26 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Elk County: R+47 in 2024
- Pennsylvania: Purple — split almost evenly
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk