These Are The 10 Laziest Places In Pennsylvania

Everyone hates the lazy person in the office. The guy or gal who manages to offload all of their work to you, but somehow still takes the credit for it.

And if you live in one of these Pennsylvania towns, you might look in the mirror and see that lazy person staring right back at you.

We’re not trying to be mean; it’s just that the lazy ethos can penetrate from the location into the workplace and no one wants to work with lazy people.

So we got to work late on a Friday night to figure out the places around Pennsylvania that spend the day on Reddit and get by with the bare minimum. Using data from the latest American Community Survey, we identified criteria associated with laziness for each city.

After crunching all the numbers, here are the ten “Laziest Places in Pennsylvania” based on data:

Read on to see where the couch potatoes call home or skip to the end to find where your town ranked.

Oh, and by the way, Franklin Park is the hardest-working place in PA.

How We Determined The Laziest Places In The Keystone State

Like all problems here at Zippia, we start with the data to answer the hard questions. Some might even consider us the hardest working data-crunchers this side of the Mississippi.

In this particular case, we went to the latest version of the American Community Survey looking for answers. As luck would have it, the Census Bureau just released the 2010-2014 5-Yr Estimate which would make this analysis the first of it’s kind with the new data.

After scrolling through what seemed like hundreds of criteria, we settled on this set for the laziest places in Pennsylvania:

Lowest average hours worked
Shortest commute time
Fewest workers per household (Labor force divided by the number households)
Highest unemployment rate
Fewest adults with a college degree

Our thinking went something along the lines of if you can’t bother to go college, don’t spend any time at work, and have only one person per household bringing home the bacon, your town is probably pretty lazy.

After we got the data for the 196 places in Pennsylvania over 5,000 people, we ranked each place from 1 to 196 for each of the criteria with 1 being the “laziest”.

Next, we averaged the rankings for each to create a lazy index.

Finally, we crowned the place with the lowest lazy index the “Laziest Place In Pennsylvania”. And, at the end of the day, Johnstown slacked off its way to the top.

Read the detailed chart below to learn a bit more about why each place ranked where it did.

1. Johnstown

Population: 20,576College Educated: 10.3%
Unemployment Rate: 15.3%

2. Uniontown

Population: 10,203College Educated: 13.7%
Unemployment Rate: 14.0%

3. Sunbury

Population: 9,817College Educated: 8.9%
Unemployment Rate: 12.3%

4. Bradford

Population: 8,665College Educated: 16.3%
Unemployment Rate: 13.8%

5. Titusville

Population: 5,479College Educated: 18.4%
Unemployment Rate: 17.0%

6. Shenandoah

Population: 5,002College Educated: 5.5%
Unemployment Rate: 18.6%

7. Sharon

Population: 13,845College Educated: 16.8%
Unemployment Rate: 11.6%

8. Lewi

Population: 8,341 College Educated: 13.2%
Unemployment Rate: 11.5%

9. Carbondale

Population: 8,843College Educated: 14.5%
Unemployment Rate: 14.7%

10. New Castle

Population: 22,883College Educated: 14.7%
Unemployment Rate: 11.3%

Slacking Your Way Off To The Bottom

Like we said earlier, trying to determine the laziest places in Pennsylvania is usually a subjective matter. But if you’re analyzing cities where people don’t work, where a good education is rare, and no one’s willing to put in the long hours, then this is an accurate list of laziness.

Detailed List Of The Laziest Places In Pennsylvania

City	Rank	Population	College Educated	Unemployment Rate
Johnstown	1	20,576	10.3%	15.3%
Uniontown	2	10,203	13.7%	14.0%
Sunbury	3	9,817	8.9%	12.3%
Bradford	4	8,665	16.3%	13.8%
Titusville	5	5,479	18.4%	17.0%
Shenandoah	6	5,002	5.5%	18.6%
Sharon	7	13,845	16.8%	11.6%
Lewi	8	8,341	13.2%	11.5%
Carbondale	9	8,843	14.5%	14.7%
New Castle	10	22,883	14.7%	11.3%
Ambridge	11	6,973	15.2%	12.5%
York	12	43,817	10.7%	20.9%
Shamokin	13	7,295	7.3%	13.3%
Chester	14	34,007	9.5%	20.5%
Punxsutawney	15	5,927	16.3%	9.7%
Corry	16	6,546	14.9%	11.9%
Beaver Falls	17	8,842	14.6%	11.8%
Pottsville	18	14,136	15.1%	9.7%
Arnold	19	5,090	8.6%	12.3%
Lebanon	20	25,553	10.9%	15.7%
Milton	21	7,017	15.3%	14.5%
Harrisburg	22	49,297	18.4%	16.7%
Butler	23	13,609	15.2%	10.7%
DuBois	24	7,718	17.3%	8.5%
Hazleton	25	25,179	11.5%	15.1%
Nanticoke	26	10,395	14.3%	10.6%
Pittston	27	7,702	16.6%	12.3%
Altoona	28	45,987	16.2%	9.2%
Oil City	29	10,383	15.3%	10.8%
Clearfield	30	6,143	17.6%	8.2%
Wilkes-Barre	31	41,202	15.3%	9.9%
Washington	32	13,715	16.7%	11.5%
Duquesne	33	5,558	12.4%	25.9%
Plymouth	34	5,905	12.8%	9.8%
Erie	35	100,832	21.2%	11.0%
McKees Rocks	36	6,088	12.6%	13.3%
Franklin	37	6,448	21.0%	8.0%
Somerset	38	6,185	24.7%	9.4%
Greenville	39	5,919	17.6%	11.7%
McKeesport	40	19,663	11.4%	13.9%
Warren	41	9,543	25.4%	9.3%
Reading	42	88,051	8.3%	20.0%
Connellsville	43	7,578	10.0%	6.1%
Williamsport	44	29,377	18.2%	14.2%
Steelton	45	5,959	11.9%	9.5%
Waynesboro	46	10,673	14.7%	14.0%
Berwick	47	10,398	14.9%	8.4%
Bristol	48	9,657	13.7%	9.2%
Columbia	49	10,399	11.3%	8.4%
Monessen	50	7,630	15.8%	8.8%
Aliquippa	51	9,356	18.7%	11.4%
Vandergrift	52	5,142	10.7%	9.9%
Sugarcreek	53	5,238	8.5%	6.2%
Shippensburg	54	5,479	19.9%	11.7%
Lancaster	55	59,368	18.8%	13.9%
Turtle Creek	56	5,335	10.4%	9.1%
Meadville	57	13,307	30.1%	9.1%
New Kensington	58	12,959	19.9%	12.0%
Blakely	59	6,534	22.1%	6.8%
Taylor	60	6,230	17.8%	8.3%
Schuylkill Haven	61	5,368	16.6%	11.0%
New Brighton	62	5,973	16.4%	9.8%
Sayre	63	5,553	26.6%	7.1%
Scranton	64	75,842	21.4%	9.1%
Lock Haven	65	9,860	19.4%	10.2%
Clairton	66	6,752	13.8%	12.5%
Middl	67	8,909	16.7%	8.2%
Old Forge	68	8,265	22.4%	10.2%
Stroudsburg	69	5,528	25.9%	18.5%
Allentown	70	118,793	16.2%	15.1%
Tyrone	71	5,433	18.8%	8.6%
Chambersburg	72	20,430	21.5%	7.7%
Tamaqua	73	6,994	14.5%	11.0%
St. Marys	74	12,940	16.5%	4.5%
Exeter	75	5,633	26.2%	8.4%
Dickson City	76	6,049	21.3%	5.9%
Coatesville	77	13,130	12.7%	15.7%
Hanover	78	15,365	16.3%	8.8%
Monaca	79	5,721	17.1%	7.7%
Catasauqua	80	6,477	18.1%	10.8%
South Williamsport	81	6,370	23.5%	5.9%
Mount Carmel	82	5,833	16.3%	8.5%
California	83	6,703	27.1%	12.0%
Palmyra	84	7,399	23.2%	7.9%
Greensburg	85	14,726	33.0%	8.5%
Kingston	86	13,105	30.6%	7.2%
Huntingdon	87	7,069	28.1%	5.7%
Bethlehem	88	75,050	26.5%	9.3%
Hermitage	89	16,237	30.8%	6.7%
Gettysburg	90	7,632	28.9%	9.5%
Indiana	91	14,025	40.7%	14.0%
Darby	92	10,689	8.6%	17.4%
Carnegie	93	7,960	27.6%	8.0%
Easton	94	26,977	17.9%	13.1%
Norri	95	34,454	18.3%	12.0%
Bloomsburg	96	14,699	27.5%	6.0%
Norwood	97	5,897	14.3%	11.3%
Folcroft	98	6,615	16.3%	12.6%
Jeannette	99	9,522	17.2%	3.9%
Coraopolis	100	5,655	26.3%	6.2%
Wilkinsburg	101	15,894	30.0%	11.5%
Munhall	102	11,355	21.7%	8.3%
Dunmore	103	13,974	30.0%	7.1%
Bridgeville	104	5,142	25.9%	5.0%
Olyphant	105	5,178	24.2%	5.1%
Archbald	106	7,053	28.6%	8.1%
Pittsburgh	107	306,045	37.2%	9.4%
Lehighton	108	5,427	15.6%	7.5%
Moosic	109	5,712	24.6%	4.9%
Clarion	110	5,000	45.5%	8.2%
Oxford	111	5,100	21.0%	8.2%
Red Lion	112	6,343	16.5%	6.2%
Canonsburg	113	8,973	28.9%	8.5%
Bangor	114	5,256	15.7%	11.4%
Pott	115	22,519	18.1%	8.9%
Mechanicsburg	116	8,971	31.4%	8.2%
West Mifflin	117	20,271	20.6%	9.6%
Helle	118	5,881	21.7%	7.8%
Ellwood City	119	7,743	22.9%	8.5%
Nazareth	120	5,723	28.6%	7.4%
Ephrata	121	13,529	18.4%	7.5%
Lower Burrell	122	11,653	26.5%	9.5%
Philadelphia	123	1,546,920	24.5%	14.9%
Lewisburg	124	5,781	31.6%	7.3%
Sharon Hill	125	5,685	18.3%	16.4%
Carlisle	126	18,877	34.9%	7.5%
Northampton	127	9,921	17.3%	6.9%
New Holland	128	5,407	17.2%	5.3%
Hollidaysburg	129	5,792	33.9%	2.7%
Kut	130	5,016	30.7%	11.3%
Swissvale	131	8,963	34.6%	9.8%
Quake	132	8,939	21.4%	7.4%
Kennett Square	133	6,123	22.6%	7.3%
Prospect Park	134	6,464	20.6%	8.4%
State College	135	42,066	67.1%	8.8%
Palmerton	136	5,382	11.9%	4.6%
Westmont	137	5,086	48.2%	5.8%
Ridley Park	138	7,021	25.4%	8.6%
Millersville	139	8,320	31.0%	8.1%
Bellefonte	140	6,250	28.4%	4.3%
Birdsboro	141	5,158	18.0%	10.7%
Brookhaven	142	8,045	26.8%	8.4%
Collingdale	143	8,778	16.1%	10.6%
Swoyersville	144	5,038	23.1%	2.8%
New Cumberland	145	7,276	35.0%	4.1%
Wilson	146	7,852	15.6%	7.5%
Baldwin	147	19,791	24.5%	8.4%
Shillington	148	5,272	27.5%	5.0%
Camp Hill	149	7,891	52.5%	5.7%
Downin	150	7,921	31.8%	9.8%
Wyomissing	151	10,467	50.8%	5.3%
Lititz	152	9,386	29.2%	3.3%
Bellevue	153	8,338	30.1%	7.5%
Mount Joy	154	7,774	24.5%	7.0%
Clarks Summit	155	5,101	48.9%	3.6%
White Oak	156	7,851	24.6%	5.3%
Souderton	157	6,668	25.6%	7.6%
Fox Chapel	158	5,397	85.0%	8.0%
Glenolden	159	7,150	22.6%	5.6%
East Stroudsburg	160	9,773	27.6%	17.5%
Pleasant Hills	161	8,291	40.9%	9.5%
Emmaus	162	11,291	29.2%	5.9%
Clifton Heights	163	6,656	17.8%	5.4%
Ambler	164	6,481	38.7%	11.9%
Morrisville	165	8,689	27.2%	11.4%
Media	166	5,341	47.1%	8.5%
Selinsgrove	167	5,698	26.3%	2.7%
Edinboro	168	6,484	41.4%	3.7%
Hatboro	169	7,403	31.9%	11.1%
Brentwood	170	9,625	27.8%	6.9%
Grove City	171	8,242	36.4%	3.9%
West Chester	172	18,860	45.7%	7.8%
Yeadon	173	11,506	26.5%	8.5%
Forest Hills	174	6,501	49.9%	7.8%
Elizabet	175	11,602	32.5%	5.0%
Collegeville	176	5,263	55.4%	8.0%
Monroeville	177	28,365	37.8%	5.5%
Oakmont	178	6,358	43.9%	4.7%
Whitehall	179	13,931	33.8%	5.8%
Lansdale	180	16,382	31.0%	6.2%
Lansdowne	181	10,618	33.9%	8.5%
Crafton	182	5,931	35.5%	3.9%
Doyle	183	8,353	43.0%	5.9%
Castle Shannon	184	8,317	27.8%	6.3%
Plum	185	27,386	33.8%	6.4%
Phoenixville	186	16,530	39.0%	6.8%
Dormont	187	8,565	36.0%	5.2%
Perkasie	188	8,511	30.4%	7.2%
Jefferson Hills	189	10,984	43.1%	6.1%
West View	190	6,752	32.0%	4.4%
Bethel Park	191	32,338	44.8%	5.8%
Conshohocken	192	7,864	55.3%	6.2%
Economy	193	9,133	29.4%	5.3%
Murrysville	194	20,171	50.2%	4.1%
Swarthmore	195	6,198	80.4%	4.9%
Franklin Park	196	13,882	67.2%	3.7%

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Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar is a co-founder of Zippia and the editor-in-chief of the Zippia career advice blog. He has hired over 50 people in his career, been hired five times, and wants to help you land your next job. His research has been featured on the New York Times, Thrillist, VOX, The Atlantic, and a host of local news. More recently, he's been quoted on USA Today, BusinessInsider, and CNBC.

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