Snyder County, Pennsylvania

• White (non-Hispanic) 37,215 93.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,035 2.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 259 0.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 258 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 683 1.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 118 0.3%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 97 0.2%

• Under 18 8,114 20.5%
• 18–24 4,808 12.1%
• 25–44 8,646 21.8%
• 45–64 9,940 25.1%
• 65 and over 8,160 20.6%

Median household income

$65,157

90% interval $61,441–$68,873

−$12,375 vs PA · 40th of 67

Below poverty line

12.0%

90% interval 10.0%–14.0%

+0.4 pp vs PA · 33rd of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

−0.5 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.2B

0.22% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,292

Establishments

1,028

• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,941 25.4%
• Manufacturing 3,294 21.2%
• Education & health services 2,835 18.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,916 12.4%
• Construction 685 4.4%
• Professional & business services 632 4.1%
• Other services 504 3.3%
• Public administration 350 2.3%
• Financial activities 275 1.8%
• Natural resources & mining 262 1.7%
• Information 86 0.6%

The sectors listed cover 95.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

75.6%

+6.3 pp vs PA · 31st of 67

Median gross rent

$929

−$280 vs PA · 31st of 67

Owner-occupied

11,035

Renter-occupied

3,565

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $74,094/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,657/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 14,664 73.2%
• Democratic 5,239 26.1%
• Other / third-party 135 0.7%

• German or other West Germanic 2,222 5.9%
• Spanish 564 1.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 98 0.3%
• Chinese 96 0.3%
• Tagalog 34 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 31 0.1%
• Vietnamese 21 0.1%

Households

14,600

Family households

9,983

68.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,956

29.6% of families

Single-mother families

663

6.6% of families

Veterans

1,640

5.2% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 8,671 21.8%
• Evangelical Protestant 7,356 18.5%
• Catholic 1,740 4.4%
• Black Protestant 300 0.8%
• Orthodox 29 0.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 16 0.0%

Health insured

87.8%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

12.2%

±1.3 pp

3rd of 67

With a disability

15.5%

±1 pp

36th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

20.6%

±1.7 pp

−14.6 pp vs PA · 47th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.7%

90% interval 10.5%–12.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

17th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas

Judges

2 (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

Lewisburg, Middleburg

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

19.02 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6