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Pine Ridge, Pennsylvania.

A community in Pike County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Pike County’s.

Living in Pine Ridge, Pike County, Pennsylvania

Pine Ridge, in Pike County, had 2,464 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $67,296 a year and half less, against $81,323 across Pike County. 95% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 5% are rented. Unemployment in Pike County was 4.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Pike County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 2,464 in the 2020 census; median age 45.3
Household income $67,296 the median, give or take $16,339 · Pike County: $81,323
Unemployment 4.4% Pike County, August 2026; 5.5% a year before
Homes 95% lived in by their owners; 5% rented
  • 1,241households
  • 59 mintypical commute
  • 14%work from home

What people in Pike County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care23%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Professional and business services10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Manufacturing8%
  • Building trades7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Pike County had 12,365 jobs in 2025, 0.7% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 37° and 17°; warmest in July, 84° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 37° 17° F M A M J J 84° 62° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 37° and 17°; warmest in July, 84° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 37° 17° F M A M J J 84° 62° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 37° and lows near 17°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 62°.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Newton weather station, 13 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Pike County

  1. Woodloch PinesResort hotels without casinos1,210
  2. Delaware Valley SDSchool district652FTE
  3. Wallenpaupack Area SDSchool district484FTE
  4. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters357
  5. Woodloch Spa ResortResort hotels without casinos298
  6. WakefernGrocery stores242
  7. Econo-PakRice mixes made from purchased rice and dry ingredients234
  8. Weis MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery130

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 16 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,206 people in all across the county; Pine Ridge 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

  1. Cold wavesRelatively high
  2. Strong windRelatively moderate
  3. Winter weatherRelatively moderate
  4. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Pine Ridge’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Pike County.