Eldred, Pennsylvania.
. Bradford, PA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$793 (+111%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Pennsylvania$1,507
- United States$1,922
Living in Eldred, McKean County, Pennsylvania
Eldred is a borough of 765 people in McKean County. Unemployment in McKean County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 1.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in McKean County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Eldred is a very small borough in McKean County, in the hill country of northern Pennsylvania. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, and summers are mild, with July the warmest. Rain and melted snow add up to a fair amount over the year, and snowfall is heavy. Few adults here hold a four-year degree, and a larger share of residents live below the poverty line than is typical for the country as a whole.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops and the building trades also employing many. Across McKean County, some of the largest workplaces are Zippo Manufacturing Company, Bradford Area Schools and American Refining Group in Bradford. Unemployment across the county is lower than it was a year ago, though the county has lost a small share of its jobs. The typical commute is a fairly long one, and few people work from home.
Things to do. The Eldred World War II Museum is in or beside town and is the most visited spot nearby. Potato Creek is a river a short drive away, good for time by the water. A longer drive brings you to Allegany State Park and Kinzua Bridge State Park, both protected areas with room to hike and look around.
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- 278households
- 13%of adults have a degree
- 15%below the poverty line
- 28 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What people in McKean County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. McKean County had 13,771 jobs in 2025, 1.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 13°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 57°. About 65 inches of snow and 41 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Olean weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in McKean County
- Zippo Manufacturing CompanyCigarette lighters manufacturing520
- Bradford Area SDSchool district334FTE
- American Refining Group- BradfordPetroleum refineries309
- W.R. Case CutleryRazor blades manufacturing306
- Ardagh Glass Packaging Port AlleganyGlass packaging containers manufacturing304
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters299
- Bradford Ecumenical HomeGroup homes for the disabled with nursing care254
- Bradford Regional Medical CenterGeneral medical and surgical hospitals244
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 42 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,923 people in all across the county; Eldred has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- LightningVery high
- Winter weatherVery high
- Inland floodingVery high
- Strong windRelatively high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Eldred’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on McKean County and the Bradford, PA metro.
Eldred home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Eldred9
Zip codes with a Eldred address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Eldred — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.