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Punxsutawney borough, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Punxsutawney borough is a Census borough of 5,665 people across 3.37 square miles of land, in Jefferson County. Median household income is $42,183, 52.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 7 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $941,500.
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Punxsutawney
What Punxsutawney is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area3.37 sq mi
- Water area0.06 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,683
- County holding the largest share of its areaJefferson 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.
Punxsutawney
How many people live in Punxsutawney
- Population5,665
- Median age44.4
- Population under 181,212
- Share under 1821.4 percent
- Population 65 and over1,540
- Share 65 and over27.2 percent
- Households2,691
- Family households1,521
- Share of households that are families56.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Punxsutawney
Income and work in Punxsutawney
- Median household income$42,183
- Per capita income$29,917
- Civilian labor force2,439
- Employed2,363
- Unemployed76 plus or minus 60
- Unemployment rate3.1 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over3,987
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher18.7 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.7 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Punxsutawney
Housing in Punxsutawney
- Housing units3,072
- Occupied units2,691
- Vacant units381 plus or minus 148
- Vacancy rate12.4 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Owner occupied1,407
- Renter occupied1,284
- Ownership rate52.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$99,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$775
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.0 percent
- Single family units2,107
- Share single family68.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more919 plus or minus 211
- Share in buildings of two or more29.9 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Mobile homes24 plus or minus 29
- Median year structure built1948
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Punxsutawney
How Punxsutawney gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,172
- Commuting under 15 minutes904 plus or minus 186
- Share commuting under 15 minutes41.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more888 plus or minus 192
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more40.9 percent
- Drove alone83.9 percent
- Carpooled3.9 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked6.6 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Worked from home5.0 percent plus or minus 3.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Punxsutawney
SBA loans in Punxsutawney (7(a))
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$941,500
- Average approval$134,500
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$205,000
- Largest approval$205,000
- Jobs supported18
- Jobs per approval2.6
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises14.3 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS7
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 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.
Punxsutawney
SBA loans in Punxsutawney (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$194,000
- Average approval$194,000
- Median approval$194,000
- Largest approval$194,000
- Jobs supported0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Punxsutawney
Flood risk in Punxsutawney
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number420512
- Currently effective map date03/15/12
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.
Jefferson County, not Punxsutawney
Jefferson County context, not Punxsutawney figures
These are Jefferson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Punxsutawney measurements.
- Establishments in Jefferson County1,113
- Employment at those establishments, Jefferson County13,508
- Covered employment, Jefferson County14,437
- Average annual pay, Jefferson County$49,283
- Average weekly wage, Jefferson County$948
- Housing units permitted, Jefferson County0
- Of those, single family, Jefferson County0
- County product, 2024, Jefferson County$1,883,344,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jefferson County2.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jefferson County$44,886
Every figure in this section is published for Jefferson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Punxsutawney. 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
Punxsutawney questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania?
5,665, in 2,691 households. Punxsutawney borough covers 3.37 square miles of land, which is 1,683 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Punxsutawney in?
Jefferson 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 Punxsutawney?
$42,183. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $99,000. Median gross rent is $775 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Punxsutawney businesses?
7 7(a) approvals totalling $941,500, across 5 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $194,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Punxsutawney, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Punxsutawney borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Punxsutawney. only 2 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 Punxsutawney in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Punxsutawney appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 420512, 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 Punxsutawney figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jefferson 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 Punxsutawney.
Is zoning published for Punxsutawney?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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