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Counties in Pennsylvania ranked

5.5%of income goes to home energy in Schuylkill County, the highest of 67 Pennsylvania counties

Chester County is lowest at 1.9%, a gap of 2.9 times. The median Pennsylvania county sits at 3.8%, against 3.3% for the median U.S. county. Source for Pennsylvania: DOE LEAD 2022.

Pennsylvania county map

Pennsylvania counties, shaded by quintile of the selected measureColumbia County: 4.4%Northumberland County: 4.4%Potter County: 3.6%Wyoming County: 4.6%Bradford County: 3.9%Lawrence County: 4.3%Fulton County: 4.5%Lackawanna County: 3.4%Cameron County: 4.8%Clarion County: 3.2%Centre County: 2.7%Lycoming County: 4.1%Bucks County: 2.3%Schuylkill County: 5.5%Chester County: 1.9%Somerset County: 5.0%Union County: 4.0%Mifflin County: 4.9%Cumberland County: 2.6%Berks County: 3.1%Perry County: 3.9%Indiana County: 3.8%Jefferson County: 4.0%Lancaster County: 2.8%Forest County: 4.5%Franklin County: 2.9%Warren County: 3.4%Bedford County: 5.1%Snyder County: 4.3%Lehigh County: 3.0%Northampton County: 3.0%Dauphin County: 3.0%Allegheny County: 2.5%Washington County: 2.9%Greene County: 3.6%Butler County: 2.6%Erie County: 3.0%Crawford County: 3.9%Wayne County: 5.2%Monroe County: 4.0%Armstrong County: 3.4%Clearfield County: 5.2%Elk County: 3.5%McKean County: 3.5%Beaver County: 3.8%Carbon County: 5.0%Delaware County: 2.2%Luzerne County: 4.0%Susquehanna County: 4.4%Tioga County: 3.4%Huntingdon County: 4.5%Juniata County: 4.5%Westmoreland County: 3.0%Montour County: 3.4%Adams County: 3.2%Venango County: 3.4%Philadelphia County: 2.4%Lebanon County: 3.0%York County: 3.1%Clinton County: 4.6%Montgomery County: 2.0%Sullivan County: 4.6%Fayette County: 4.5%Pike County: 4.0%Mercer County: 3.6%Cambria County: 4.6%Blair County: 3.8%
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Pennsylvania counties, darker = higher. Click one for its page.

Highest energy burden in Pennsylvania

Schuylkill County leads Pennsylvania on burden at 5.5% of income and Clearfield County follows at 5.2%. For lower-income homes the top is Schuylkill County: 16.0% of income, against 10.2% in the median Pennsylvania county.

home energy burden, % of income, top 10 Pennsylvania counties

  • Schuylkill County5.5
  • Wayne County5.2
  • Clearfield County5.2
  • Bedford County5.1
  • Somerset County5.0
  • Carbon County5.0
  • Mifflin County4.9
  • Cameron County4.8
  • Clinton County4.6
  • Cambria County4.6
  • Pennsylvania median county3.8
Pennsylvania counties with the lowest home energy burden
Lowest burden in PennsylvaniaShare of income (PA)Residents (PA)
Chester County1.9%540,896
Montgomery County2.0%861,225
Delaware County2.2%576,195
Bucks County2.3%645,993
Philadelphia County2.4%1,582,432

Storm reports and FEMA risk in Pennsylvania

NOAA logged 81 damaging-wind, tornado, tropical, ice, winter and heat reports in Forest County from 2015 to 2025, 1,194 for every 100,000 residents: the most in Pennsylvania. FEMA scores Philadelphia County highest at 99.6 (very high). In Pennsylvania these are weather reports and an index, not outage counts.

Pennsylvania top 5: Storm reports per 100,000 residents
Top 5 in Pennsylvaniareports 2015-2025 (PA)Residents (PA)Rank (PA)
Forest County1,1946,7851st
Sullivan County1,0265,8492nd
Susquehanna County52738,3493rd
Potter County49216,2764th
Clarion County44037,2975th
Pennsylvania top 5: FEMA risk score
Top 5 in Pennsylvaniascore 0-100 (PA)Residents (PA)Rank (PA)
Philadelphia County99.61,582,4321st
Allegheny County98.11,240,4762nd
Montgomery County96.8861,2253rd
Lancaster County95.0555,1514th
Bucks County94.8645,9935th

Flood claims and flood insurance in Pennsylvania

Columbia County has the most NFIP flood claims per 1,000 homes in Pennsylvania: 5.7 from 2015 to 2025, against 1.6 in the median Pennsylvania county. Luzerne County has the highest share of homes with flood insurance (3.3%, median county 0.7%). Claims are a record of insured losses, not outage counts.

Pennsylvania top 5: Flood claims per 1,000 homes
Top 5 in Pennsylvaniaclaims 2015-2025 (PA)Residents (PA)Rank (PA)
Columbia County5.765,0551st
Montgomery County4.3861,2252nd
Lycoming County4.3113,5703rd
Bedford County3.947,5034th
Bradford County3.859,9715th
Pennsylvania top 5: Flood insurance penetration
Top 5 in Pennsylvania% of homes insured (PA)Residents (PA)Rank (PA)
Luzerne County3.3%325,9781st
Clinton County2.2%37,7072nd
Union County2.0%42,5703rd
Columbia County1.9%65,0554th
Cameron County1.7%4,4755th

FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP, as of 8 Sep 2026. Flood claims by county.

Outliers: Pennsylvania counties far from the state median

5 county-measure pairs sit 3 or more scaled median-absolute-deviation units from the Pennsylvania median. Most extreme: Forest County, storm reports per 100,000 residents 1,194 against a median of 164.

Pennsylvania outliers by deviation from the state median
CountyMeasureValuePennsylvania medianDeviations
Forest CountyStorm reports per 100,000 residents1,194164+8.1
Sullivan CountyStorm reports per 100,000 residents1,026164+6.8
Luzerne CountyFlood insurance penetration3.3%0.7%+5.9
Clinton CountyFlood insurance penetration2.2%0.7%+3.5
Columbia CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes5.71.6+3.3

Old homes, electric heat and utilities in Pennsylvania

Philadelphia County has the oldest stock: 84% of homes date from before 1980. Electric heat is most common in Franklin County at 51% of homes, and Bedford County lists 4 utilities, the most in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania top 5: Homes built before 1980
Top 5 in Pennsylvania% of homes (PA)Residents (PA)Rank (PA)
Philadelphia County84%1,582,4321st
Cambria County80%132,3552nd
Delaware County80%576,1953rd
Schuylkill County80%143,2594th
McKean County79%40,1495th
Pennsylvania top 5: Homes heated by electricity
Top 5 in Pennsylvania% of homes (PA)Residents (PA)Rank (PA)
Franklin County51%156,6261st
Monroe County46%167,7842nd
Centre County44%158,0413rd
Lehigh County41%375,4084th
Union County40%42,5705th

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All 67 Pennsylvania counties, sortable

67 Pennsylvania counties, all measures
Adams County105,1833.2%9.8%10867.550%31%21.10.7%114
Allegheny County1,240,4762.5%9.8%5598.177%16%31.90.4%685
Armstrong County65,0693.4%8.8%20969.374%9%31.70.7%136
Beaver County166,9933.8%11.2%13875.378%16%22.00.3%230
Bedford County47,5035.1%13.8%16468.263%26%43.90.9%78
Berks County429,9893.1%10.1%13692.764%23%22.20.5%586
Blair County121,8543.8%10.5%11277.776%16%32.61.1%137
Bradford County59,9713.9%9.9%26273.166%16%43.81.6%157
Bucks County645,9932.3%9.3%5294.858%31%32.71.2%334
Butler County195,8702.6%9.6%13479.351%19%22.80.5%262
Cambria County132,3554.6%11.9%11076.480%14%20.80.6%146
Cameron County4,4754.8%9.4%under 5,000 residents12.675%12%2no data1.7%37
Carbon County65,1915.0%14.8%16959.459%31%10.30.5%110
Centre County158,0412.7%8.5%15168.050%44%30.80.6%239
Chester County540,8961.9%8.9%10691.945%30%32.40.6%572
Clarion County37,2973.2%8.2%44030.070%12%20.60.2%164
Clearfield County78,9025.2%13.3%19567.166%11%21.60.6%154
Clinton County37,7074.6%11.9%38251.869%28%22.22.2%144
Columbia County65,0554.4%12.5%15262.169%31%15.71.9%99
Crawford County83,1893.9%9.9%27376.069%13%21.10.7%227
Cumberland County264,4222.6%8.5%4586.254%37%30.60.7%120
Dauphin County287,4843.0%10.5%6891.164%37%22.21.2%196
Delaware County576,1952.2%8.2%3992.980%22%12.70.7%225
Elk County30,7033.5%8.5%31645.273%15%11.50.4%97
Erie County269,5443.0%8.6%8984.171%11%20.80.3%240
Fayette County126,9674.5%13.4%20582.275%20%22.40.3%260
Forest County6,7854.5%10.2%1,19419.969%11%2no data0.3%81
Franklin County156,6262.9%8.0%6876.453%51%40.30.4%106
Fulton County14,5454.5%13.0%3307.859%38%3no data0.3%48
Greene County35,2653.6%11.2%37755.169%24%13.70.7%133
Huntingdon County43,8444.5%12.5%25550.362%24%22.51.3%112
Indiana County83,2133.8%9.7%22863.767%17%23.10.5%190
Jefferson County44,0994.0%9.5%37457.971%8%2no data0.5%165
Juniata County23,4194.5%11.4%28238.860%30%30.90.6%66
Lackawanna County215,8343.4%9.5%7289.975%18%21.31.2%155
Lancaster County555,1512.8%8.9%5095.053%35%21.10.4%280
Lawrence County85,4234.3%10.7%20866.177%25%10.70.3%178
Lebanon County143,5923.0%9.0%9379.962%24%21.20.4%133
Lehigh County375,4083.0%9.4%6893.965%41%21.30.4%256
Luzerne County325,9784.0%11.2%5291.675%24%31.03.3%171
Lycoming County113,5704.1%11.6%16379.671%27%44.31.7%185
McKean County40,1493.5%8.8%25453.879%7%2no data1.1%102
Mercer County109,8523.6%9.1%21477.772%18%30.30.1%235
Mifflin County46,0744.9%11.3%20069.374%25%30.50.8%92
Monroe County167,7844.0%13.2%12985.139%46%21.10.5%216
Montgomery County861,2252.0%8.8%5296.862%27%34.30.9%449
Montour County18,0793.4%11.3%16614.758%40%11.11.0%30
Northampton County315,9273.0%9.8%6690.060%31%21.70.6%210
Northumberland County90,9254.4%12.1%12879.278%29%20.61.0%116
Perry County45,9883.9%11.9%23953.156%33%20.90.9%110
Philadelphia County1,582,4322.4%9.0%1499.684%24%11.00.3%219
Pike County59,6914.0%13.9%11765.937%38%30.20.4%70
Potter County16,2763.6%8.4%49228.167%8%22.51.3%80
Schuylkill County143,2595.5%16.0%7585.380%26%13.21.0%107
Snyder County39,7114.3%11.3%21754.360%34%10.81.4%86
Somerset County73,2555.0%13.1%21464.270%18%32.10.9%157
Sullivan County5,8494.6%13.1%1,02610.762%16%33.01.0%60
Susquehanna County38,3494.4%13.2%52753.657%18%33.71.1%202
Tioga County41,0783.4%8.7%27059.863%8%43.31.3%111
Union County42,5704.0%11.4%14155.260%40%21.72.0%60
Venango County50,0963.4%8.6%34355.674%10%30.90.4%172
Warren County38,1743.4%9.0%39065.675%9%20.40.7%149
Washington County209,7782.9%10.8%15083.167%20%13.40.5%314
Wayne County51,1895.2%14.2%22556.350%25%20.20.5%115
Westmoreland County353,3453.0%10.3%15587.872%17%42.60.5%547
Wyoming County26,0754.6%12.4%24544.862%23%42.11.6%64
York County459,3123.1%10.2%5790.455%23%41.30.5%260

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Sources

Pennsylvania sources with periods and retrieval dates
SourcePeriodRetrieved
DOE LEAD (PA)20222 Oct 2026
FEMA NRI (PA)Dec 20252 Oct 2026
NOAA Storm Events (PA)2015 to 20252 Oct 2026
Census ACS (PA)2019 to 20232 Oct 2026
EIA-861 (PA)20241 Oct 2026

Pennsylvania LEAD figures are group estimates, not bills. Methodology.

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Questions

Which Pennsylvania county has the highest home energy burden?

Schuylkill County: 5.5% of income, against 3.8% for the median Pennsylvania county (DOE LEAD 2022).

Which Pennsylvania county has the lowest energy burden?

Chester County at 1.9% of income.

How does Pennsylvania compare with the whole country?

The median Pennsylvania county has a burden of 3.8% and the median U.S. county 3.3%, across 67 Pennsylvania counties and 3,053 U.S. counties with data.

Where do storms cause the most trouble in Pennsylvania?

Forest County has the most NOAA storm reports per 100,000 residents: 1,194 between 2015 and 2025.

Which Pennsylvania county has the highest FEMA risk score?

Philadelphia County: 99.6, rated very high by FEMA (Dec 2025).

Where are the oldest homes in Pennsylvania?

Philadelphia County: 84% of homes were built before 1980; the median Pennsylvania county is at 67% (Census ACS 2023).

Which Pennsylvania county relies most on electric heat?

Franklin County: 51% of homes heat with electricity, against 24% in the median county.

Which Pennsylvania county has the most flood claims per home?

Columbia County: 5.7 NFIP claims per 1,000 homes from 2015 to 2025; the median Pennsylvania county has 1.6 (FEMA OpenFEMA).

Are storm reports the same as power outages in Pennsylvania?

No: in Pennsylvania they are weather reports, not outage counts.

Where can Pennsylvania households get help with bills?

See the Pennsylvania help page. Highest burden: Schuylkill County.

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5.5% of income goes to home energy in Schuylkill County, the highest of 67 Pennsylvania counties