Potter County, Pennsylvania

• White (non-Hispanic) 15,305 94.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 279 1.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 68 0.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 63 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 422 2.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 12 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 6 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 33 0.2%

• Under 18 3,237 20.0%
• 18–24 1,047 6.5%
• 25–44 3,269 20.2%
• 45–64 4,439 27.4%
• 65 and over 4,196 25.9%

Median household income

$56,229

90% interval $50,961–$61,497

−$21,303 vs PA · 66th of 67

Below poverty line

13.9%

90% interval 11.1%–16.7%

+2.3 pp vs PA · 17th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.6%

+1.39 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.1B

0.11% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,688

Establishments

472

• Education & health services 1,278 26.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,029 21.7%
• Manufacturing 585 12.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 353 7.4%
• Information 276 5.8%
• Professional & business services 250 5.3%
• Construction 155 3.3%
• Natural resources & mining 152 3.2%
• Other services 117 2.5%
• Public administration 106 2.2%
• Financial activities 74 1.6%

The sectors listed cover 92.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

79.7%

+10.4 pp vs PA · 7th of 67

Median gross rent

$809

−$400 vs PA · 49th of 67

Owner-occupied

5,571

Renter-occupied

1,421

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $92,957/yr) pays 6.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $14,490/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 7,334 80.7%
• Democratic 1,675 18.4%
• Other / third-party 76 0.8%

• German or other West Germanic 350 2.3%
• Spanish 132 0.9%
• Chinese 18 0.1%
• Tagalog 17 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 3 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 2 0.0%
• Vietnamese 2 0.0%

Households

6,992

Family households

4,520

64.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,147

25.4% of families

Single-mother families

303

6.7% of families

Veterans

1,223

9.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,101 25.0%
• Mainline Protestant 1,229 7.5%
• Catholic 720 4.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

Health insured

93.4%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

6.6%

±1.4 pp

20th of 67

With a disability

18.1%

±1.4 pp

8th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

18.2%

±1.3 pp

−17.0 pp vs PA · 60th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.5%

90% interval 7.5%–9.5% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

55th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas

Judges

1 (Court of Common Pleas judges per district (general civil + felony criminal + family + orphans' court jurisdiction); vintage 2026 pacourts.us; cross-checked against 42 Pa. C.S. § 911. Magisterial District Judges (limited jurisdiction: preliminary criminal, landlord-tenant, small civil up to $12K) are separately allocated and not counted here. Philadelphia Municipal Court (limited civil + minor criminal in Philadelphia only) also separate.)

Court seats

Coudersport

Traffic fatalities

2

15.44 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2