Population & age
- Total population
- 118
- Median age
- 46.0
ZIP 16937, PA (16937)
Potter County · Population 118
Fresh.Data current as of Apr 24, 2026
PA 16937 (ZIP 16937) sits in Potter County. The page draws on 1 federal data feed retrieved Apr 24. Health-survey coverage is limited for this ZIP. No NCES schools are mapped to this ZIP in the current dataset. BLS QCEW reports average annual pay of $51,050 per worker, roughly 22% below the US average. CDC's Social Vulnerability Index places this ZIP in the 81th percentile nationally — a highly vulnerable community profile. The most recent FEMA disaster declaration here was tropical storm-related (TROPICAL STORM DEBBY, 2024). Annual average temperature is just 44.1°F per NOAA's 1991–2020 Climate Normals — a notably cold-weather climate. IRS migration data (2022-2023) shows a net loss of 131 residents (66 households) — the ZIP's primary county is shrinking. Both healthcare access and on-paper school density skew lighter than national norms; what shows up here is a snapshot, not a verdict — neighborhood-level texture matters at this scale. Notable: median household income $46,667, fair market rent of $1,090 for a two-bedroom, and a median home value of $250,000. Every figure on this page links to its underlying federal dataset with a retrieval date so you can audit the freshness yourself.
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Demographics
Race & ethnicity
- White
- 100.0%
- Black
- 0.0%
- Asian
- 0.0%
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.0%
Income & housing
- Median household income
- $46,667
- Median home value
- $250,000
Education
- Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+)
- 2.8%
Employment
- Unemployment rate
- 12.8%
Housing
- Owner-occupied
- 44(100.0%)
- Renter-occupied
- 0(0.0%)
- Vacant units
- 46
- Built (median)
- 1966
Commute
- Public transit
- 0(0.0%)
- Work from home
- 5(14.7%)
Economic wellbeing
- Below poverty line
- 19(16.1%)
- Uninsured
- 18(15.3%)
Digital access
- Broadband access
- 34(77.3%)
- No broadband
- 10(22.7%)
Language & nativity
- Foreign-born
- 0(0.0%)
- Non-English at home
- 0(0.0%)
Fair Market Rent
Fresh.HUD SAFMR · May 1, 2026Studio
$790
/month
1 Bed
$830
/month
2 Bed
$1,090
/month
3 Bed
$1,380
/month
4 Bed
$1,520
/month
HUD Fair Market Rents represent the 40th percentile of standard-quality rental housing in this area. FY2026 data.
New housing construction
New housing units permitted
18
Across 18 permitted buildings. Total construction value: $3.6M.
Single-family
18
100% of total units
Multifamily (2+ unit)
0
0% of total units
Single-family value
$3.6M
construction value
Multifamily value
$0
construction value
Based on county-level data (2024).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (census.gov/construction/bps). Public domain. BPS reports annual residential building permits from local permit-issuing jurisdictions, aggregated to county. A permit reflects intent to build, not a completed unit — actual construction lags by 6-24 months for multifamily projects.
Employment & wages
Average annual pay
$51,050
Average weekly wage
$982
Total employment
4,800
Total establishments
466
That is roughly 22% below the US national average of $65,470 per worker.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (bls.gov/cew). Public domain. QCEW is derived from state unemployment-insurance filings and covers ~95% of US jobs. Figures are county-level totals assigned to ZIPs whose primary county matches; small-employer cells are suppressed by BLS to protect employer confidentiality.
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.8%
That is 0.8 percentage points above the US national unemployment rate of about 4.0%.
Labor force
6,460
Employed
6,152
Unemployed
308
Based on Potter County, PA data (2024).
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (bls.gov/lau). Public domain. LAUS publishes monthly and annual labor-force estimates for every US county. Figures are county-level totals assigned to ZIPs whose primary county matches.
Federal Disaster Declarations
Federally Declared Disasters
14
Date Range
1972–2024
Most Recent Declaration
TROPICAL STORM DEBBY
Tropical Storm — declared September 11, 2024 (DR-4815)
Incident period: August 9, 2024 – August 10, 2024
Top Incident Types
- Hurricane4 (29%)
- Flood3 (21%)
- Biological2 (14%)
- Severe Storm2 (14%)
- Snowstorm2 (14%)
- Other1 (7%)
Individual Assistance
5
Direct help to disaster survivors
Households Program
4
Housing & temporary lodging support
Public Assistance
13
Repair of public facilities & roads
Hazard Mitigation
6
Funding to reduce future disaster risk
FEMA declares disasters at the county level; counts here include every federally declared disaster touching any county that overlaps this ZIP. Statewide declarations and pre-1964 records without county granularity are excluded. Program flags reflect which FEMA assistance categories were activated (Individual Assistance, Households, Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation). Source: fema.gov/openfema. Public domain.
Climate
30-year averages (1991-2020) from the nearest GHCN-D weather station. Temperature and precipitation values reflect typical annual conditions, not any single year.
Avg. temperature
44.1°F
32.5° – 55.8°
Annual precipitation
43.1"
Annual snowfall
60.3"
Heating · cooling days
7,780.5 · 209.7
Annual base 65°F
Nearest station: OSWAYO 1 ENE, PA US, 15.5 miles from the centroid of ZIP 16937 (ZIP 16937)
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals (ncei.noaa.gov). Public domain.
Community health profile
Years of potential life lost (per 100K)
8,388
That tracks the national county median of about 8,200 years per 100,000.
Premature death is the headline composite outcome CHR reports — age-adjusted, all-cause, before age 75.
Fair or poor health
18%
of adults self-report
Poor physical health days
4.6
avg per adult per month
Poor mental health days
5.9
avg per adult per month
Uninsured
7.0%
of residents under 65
Primary care MDs
37
per 100,000 residents
Preventable hospital stays
2,458
per 100K Medicare enrollees
Food environment (0-10)
8.3
10 = best access & security
Exercise access
28%
residents near a facility
Flu vaccinated
27%
of Medicare enrollees
Low birth weight (under 2,500 g) accounts for 6.3% of live births in this county — an early-life health input that downstream outcomes track against.
Based on Potter data (2025 CHR release).
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (countyhealthrankings.org). Annual release. Underlying source datasets vary by measure (CDC BRFSS, NCHS Vital Statistics, AHA, USDA Food Environment Atlas, and others). Figures are county-level and assigned to every ZIP whose primary county matches.
Food access
Food access status
Good food access — most residents near a store
4.8% of Potter County, PA residents live more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket.
Grocery stores
0.24
per 1,000 residents
Supercenters & clubs
—
per 1,000 residents
SNAP-authorized stores
1.16
accepting food benefits
Fast-food restaurants
0.49
per 1,000 residents
Per-1,000 figures show how many of each store type exist in Potter County, PA for every 1,000 residents. Higher grocery and supercenter density usually means easier access to fresh food; higher convenience-store-only density (with low grocery rate) often signals a food swamp.
Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Environment Atlas (ers.usda.gov). County-level metrics fanned to ZIP via the primary county in the Census ZCTA-county relationship file. Variable years differ per family (stores ~2020, low-access ~2019).
Who’s moving in and out
Net migration (2022-2023)
▼−131 people
−66 households • −$4.8M net AGI flow
Moved in
399households
681 people • $20.7M AGI
Moved out
465households
812 people • $25.4M AGI
Where new residents came from
- McKean County, PA — 47 households
- Tioga County, PA — 36 households
Where departing residents went
- McKean County, PA — 61 households
- Tioga County, PA — 49 households
- Allegany County, NY — 21 households
Incoming households reported an average AGI of $51,772 versus departing households' $54,669.
Source: U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income, Migration Data (irs.gov). Public domain. Migration is measured by year-over-year changes in the address on individual tax returns; figures are county-level totals attributed to ZIPs whose primary county matches. Foreign migration contributes to inflow/outflow totals but does not appear in the top-county lists. Small flows are suppressed by IRS to protect taxpayer confidentiality.
Taxes & benefits in Pennsylvania
State-level rules that apply to every resident of ZIP 16937. Numbers reflect the most recent published year per source.
Tax rates
Income tax
3.07%
flat · 1 brackets
Sales tax (combined)
6.34%
State 6.00% · avg local 0.34%
Property tax (effective)
1.68%
Median $3,947/year
Tax burden rank
29 of 50
10.40% of personal income
For ZIP 16937: Applied to this ZIP's typical home value of $250,000, that works out to roughly $4,199/year in property tax.
Paid family leave
Program
No program
No program
Safety net
SNAP eligibility
200% FPL
Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility (raises gross income limit above federal 130% floor). No asset test.
Sources: Tax Foundation (state tax rates & brackets), Bipartisan Policy Center (paid family leave), USDA FNS (SNAP categorical eligibility).
Other ZIPs near 16937
Nearby ZIPs by distance
16927 (2.7 mi) · 16941 (2.8 mi) · 14897 (5.6 mi) · 14877 (6.5 mi) · 16948 (Ulysses, 8.2 mi) · 16923 (8.3 mi)
Compare ZIP-level stats — population, schools, housing, climate — across nearby areas. Source: U.S. Census Bureau ZCTA basemap.
Data sources used on this page
All data on this page is sourced from federal government datasets · Not AI-generated · Methodology
Health profile
Crude prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES, derived from BRFSS small-area modeling. Population-level figures only.
All Teeth Lost
16.6%
No national benchmark available.
Short Sleep Duration
38.2%
No national benchmark available.
Colorectal Cancer Screening
63.3%
No national benchmark available.
Dental Visit
59.9%
No national benchmark available.
Mammography
71.6%
No national benchmark available.
What these numbers say together
PA 16937 (ZIP 16937) sits in Potter County. The page draws on 1 federal data feed retrieved Apr 24. Health-survey coverage is limited for this ZIP. No NCES schools are mapped to this ZIP in the current dataset. BLS QCEW reports average annual pay of $51,050 per worker, roughly 22% below the US average. CDC's Social Vulnerability Index places this ZIP in the 81th percentile nationally — a highly vulnerable community profile. The most recent FEMA disaster declaration here was tropical storm-related (TROPICAL STORM DEBBY, 2024). Annual average temperature is just 44.1°F per NOAA's 1991–2020 Climate Normals — a notably cold-weather climate. IRS migration data (2022-2023) shows a net loss of 131 residents (66 households) — the ZIP's primary county is shrinking. Both healthcare access and on-paper school density skew lighter than national norms; what shows up here is a snapshot, not a verdict — neighborhood-level texture matters at this scale. Notable: median household income $46,667, fair market rent of $1,090 for a two-bedroom, and a median home value of $250,000. Every figure on this page links to its underlying federal dataset with a retrieval date so you can audit the freshness yourself.
Both surfaces skew lighter than national averages. That isn’t a verdict — small-area estimates compress real neighborhood-level texture, and a single ZIP reading can miss a district line or a hospital corridor sitting just outside it. Treat this as a starting point for fieldwork, not a conclusion.
Each figure on this page links to the original federal dataset with its retrieval date — this synthesis is a reading, not a substitute for the underlying records.
Frequently Asked Questions — ZIP 16937
What is the population of ZIP 16937?
118 people live in ZIP 16937, with a median age of 46.0 (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
What is the median household income in ZIP 16937?
$46,667 per year (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
Is ZIP 16937 mostly renters or homeowners?
In ZIP 16937, 100.0% of occupied housing units are owner-occupied and 0.0% are renter-occupied (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
How do people commute in ZIP 16937?
In ZIP 16937, 14.7% of workers work from home. Public transit is used by 0.0% of commuters (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
What is the poverty rate in ZIP 16937?
16.1% of the population in ZIP 16937 lives below the federal poverty line (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
What percentage of households in ZIP 16937 have broadband internet?
77.3% of households in ZIP 16937 have broadband internet access (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
How vulnerable is ZIP 16937 to disasters and public health emergencies?
According to the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (2022), ZIP 16937 ranks in the 81th percentile nationally for social vulnerability — a very high vulnerability profile (retrieved May 3, 2026).
What is the biggest vulnerability factor in ZIP 16937?
Housing Type & Transportation is the highest-scoring CDC SVI theme for ZIP 16937, ranking in the 92th percentile nationally (CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022, retrieved May 3, 2026).
How many federally declared disasters has ZIP 16937 experienced?
FEMA has recorded 14 federal disaster declarations affecting ZIP 16937 between 1972–2024 (FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What kinds of disasters most often hit ZIP 16937?
Hurricane is the most common federally declared disaster type affecting ZIP 16937, accounting for 4 of 14 declarations (29%, FEMA OpenFEMA, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What was the most recent disaster declared for ZIP 16937?
The most recent FEMA disaster declaration affecting ZIP 16937 was "TROPICAL STORM DEBBY" — a tropical storm declared in 2024 (DR-4815) (FEMA OpenFEMA, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What is the climate like in ZIP 16937?
ZIP 16937 has an average annual temperature of 44.1°F and 43.1" of annual precipitation based on the OSWAYO 1 ENE, PA US weather station 15.5 miles from the ZIP centroid (NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, retrieved May 8, 2026).
What taxes apply in ZIP 16937?
Pennsylvania has a flat income tax with a top rate of 3.07%. Combined sales tax: 6.34% (Tax Foundation 2025).
Does Pennsylvania have paid family leave?
Pennsylvania has no state paid family leave program (Bipartisan Policy Center 2026).
What data is available for ZIP 16937?
This page covers health outcomes from CDC PLACES (5 metrics), demographics from the Census ACS 5-Year (2022), social vulnerability scores from the CDC/ATSDR SVI (2022), federal disaster declarations from FEMA OpenFEMA (14 on record), climate normals from NOAA NCEI (1991-2020), and state-level tax rates from the Tax Foundation. Data is refreshed on Mubboo's standard schedule.
How current is this data?
Health data retrieved Apr 24, 2026 from CDC PLACES. Demographics retrieved Apr 30, 2026 from Census ACS 5-Year (2022). Social vulnerability scores retrieved May 3, 2026 from CDC/ATSDR SVI (2022). Federal disaster declarations retrieved May 3, 2026 from FEMA OpenFEMA (14 on record). Climate normals retrieved May 8, 2026 from NOAA NCEI (1991-2020). State-level tax rates retrieved 2026-05-05 15:58:22.284+00 from the Tax Foundation.
Other ZIPs near 16937
Nearby ZIPs by distance
16927 (2.7 mi) · 16941 (2.8 mi) · 14897 (5.6 mi) · 14877 (6.5 mi) · 16948 (Ulysses, 8.2 mi) · 16923 (8.3 mi)
Compare ZIP-level stats — population, schools, housing, climate — across nearby areas. Source: U.S. Census Bureau ZCTA basemap.
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Data refreshed via Mubboo's ETL pipeline; oldest source on this page retrieved Apr 24, 2026.
Social Vulnerability Index
Overall SVI
81st percentile
Very High Vulnerability
Based on 1 census tract, population 201
Vulnerability Themes
Households Without Vehicle
8
Limited English Speakers
2
Persons with Disability
25
Without HS Diploma
19
Without Health Insurance
36
Adults Age 65+
40
The Social Vulnerability Index uses U.S. Census data to identify communities most at risk during public health emergencies and natural disasters. Higher percentiles indicate greater vulnerability. Tract-level scores are aggregated to this ZCTA via Census 2020 ZCTA→Tract crosswalk, weighted by land-area share. Source: atsdr.cdc.gov. Public domain.