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Campbelltown, PA vs Piney Mountain, VA

Campbelltown

Pennsylvania

vs

Piney Mountain

Virginia

Across 31 directional measures we can compare, Campbelltown leads on 13 and Piney Mountain on 18. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 6% higher in Piney Mountain, and so is median household income.

Median gross rent
$1,595$1,685
Campbelltown is 5% lower
Median household income
$119,175$138,636
Campbelltown is 14% lower
Median home value
$349,500$296,000
Campbelltown is 18% higher

The Citytistics read

  • After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household has about $101,300 a year left in Campbelltown and $121,400 in Piney Mountain. Money goes further in Piney Mountain, by about $20,100 a year.
  • A household earning Campbelltown's median of $119,175 would need about $119,000 in Piney Mountain to keep the same money after rent and local prices.
  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, rent outran pay by 0.7 points a year in Campbelltown, and pay outran rent by 9.7 points a year in Piney Mountain.

How these are calculated

PennsylvaniaVirginiaPiney Mountain, VACampbelltown, PACampbelltownPiney MountainCampbelltownPiney Mountain

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Top 1 of 1 matching places. Places in the top 1% show their national rank.

#PlaceCTXAffordabilityEconomyEducationSafetyCommuteAmenitiesGrowth
01Campbelltown, PAComposite 74.3 / 100
98
819180n/a7439n/a

CTX is the Citytistics Index: better than that share of the places we rate. It tops out at 99, so the top 1% show their national rank (#1 is best). Change any weight to rank on your own mix. How the CTX is built

Every measure

The dots show where each place sits among the 6,645 places we track. The bar is the median. A small dot after a value marks the better one.

MeasureCampbelltownPiney MountainAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$1,595$1,685
Rent to income116.1%14.6%
Property tax rate11.5%0.8%
Home price to income12.9x2.1x
Prices vs US average293.299.2
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$1,353$1,642
HUD area median income4$98,200n/a
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$5,283$2,346
Median home value1$349,500$296,000
Home prices, 1-year change57.4%5.5%
Home prices, 5-year change560.4%49.2%
Homeownership171.3%71.8%
Renters paying 30%+141.6%50.0%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$2,205$2,048
Vacant homes15.4%6.6%
Median year built120042010
Jobs and income
Median household income1$119,175$138,636
Income per person1$48,637$46,037
Unemployment10.0%0.0%
Average annual pay6$57,707$74,902
Pay growth, 1 year64.1%2.8%
Jobs653,61665,494
Poverty rate13.8%7.7%
Mean commute121 min22 min
Works from home122.7%15.4%
Commutes by transit10.7%1.2%
People
Population16,0922,288
Median age136.136.2
Bachelor's or higher150.9%50.8%
High school or higher195.4%98.6%
Household size12.73.1
Born abroad16.7%28.3%
No health insurance19.0%5.9%
Homes with broadband192.3%92.7%
Moving
Moved here in the past year14.0%13.9%
Moved from another state11.2%5.5%
Net movers per 1,000 people72.56.4
Income of households moving in7$59,062$100,624
Income of households moving out7$57,599$96,606
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k815.316.2
Shops per 10k829.027.9
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k83.55.5
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k812.528.6
Child care centers per 10k82.22.5
Parks per 10k919.70.0
Playgrounds per 10k90.00.0
Grocery stores per 10k91.60.0
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k914.80.0
Libraries per 10k90.00.0
Named paths and bike trails90.90.0
Transit stops per sq mi90.00.0
Nearest National Park Service site1042.9n/a
National Park Service sites within 60 miles104n/a
National Register listings111102
Schools
Public schools123226
Public school students1218,80413,438
Students per teacher1214.214.0
Climate
July average high1384°F87°F
January average low1321°F26°F
Average temperature1352°F56°F
Annual precipitation1347.7 in45.0 in
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1479.978.2
Hurricane risk1486.882.6
Tornado risk1470.352.2
Wildfire risk1422.564.3
Heat wave risk1475.769.2
Median air quality index154238
Good air days1564.4%81.0%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: Campbelltown $63,800, Piney Mountain $67,400 a year.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  11. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  12. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  13. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  14. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  15. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology.

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