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Ford City borough, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Ford City borough is a Census borough of 2,813 people across 0.64 square miles of land, in Armstrong County. Median household income is $57,971, 65.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $921,000.
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Ford City
What Ford City is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area0.64 sq mi
- Water area0.12 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,364
- County holding the largest share of its areaArmstrong County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ford City
How many people live in Ford City
- Population2,813
- Median age46.5
- Population under 18397 plus or minus 139
- Share under 1814.1 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Population 65 and over707 plus or minus 189
- Share 65 and over25.1 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Households1,453
- Family households744
- Share of households that are families51.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ford City
Income and work in Ford City
- Median household income$57,971 plus or minus $17,481
- Per capita income$32,976
- Civilian labor force1,326
- Employed1,259
- Unemployed67 plus or minus 60
- Unemployment rate5.1 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Adults 25 and over2,072
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher11.8 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.8 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ford City
Housing in Ford City
- Housing units1,744
- Occupied units1,453
- Vacant units291 plus or minus 108
- Vacancy rate16.7 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Owner occupied949
- Renter occupied504 plus or minus 132
- Ownership rate65.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$84,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$906
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.8 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Single family units1,564
- Share single family89.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more180 plus or minus 103
- Share in buildings of two or more10.3 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1942
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ford City
How Ford City gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,215
- Commuting under 15 minutes592 plus or minus 180
- Share commuting under 15 minutes48.7 percent plus or minus 12.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more353 plus or minus 132
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.1 percent plus or minus 9.9
- Drove alone77.0 percent
- Carpooled12.4 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Public transport0.1 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Walked6.9 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Worked from home3.6 percent plus or minus 3.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ford City
SBA loans in Ford City (7(a))
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$921,000
- Average approval$184,200
- Median approval$50,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$725,000
- Largest approval$725,000
- Jobs supported97
- Jobs per approval19.4
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more40.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Ford City
Flood risk in Ford City
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number420094
- Currently effective map date02/17/16
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Armstrong County, not Ford City
Armstrong County context, not Ford City figures
These are Armstrong County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Ford City measurements.
- Establishments in Armstrong County1,288
- Employment at those establishments, Armstrong County14,258
- Covered employment, Armstrong County15,650
- Average annual pay, Armstrong County$51,796
- Average weekly wage, Armstrong County$996
- Housing units permitted, Armstrong County57
- Of those, single family, Armstrong County37
- County product, 2024, Armstrong County$2,797,574,000
- County product change over the prior year, Armstrong County13.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Armstrong County$55,924
Every figure in this section is published for Armstrong County as a whole and is not a measurement of Ford City. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Ford City questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Ford City, Pennsylvania?
2,813, in 1,453 households. Ford City borough covers 0.64 square miles of land, which is 4,364 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Ford City in?
Armstrong County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Ford City?
$57,971. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $84,400. Median gross rent is $906 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Ford City businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $921,000, across 2 lenders, median approval $50,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Ford City, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Ford City borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Ford City. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Ford City in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Ford City appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 420094, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Ford City figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Armstrong County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Ford City.
Is zoning published for Ford City?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.