Who Is ALICE?
ALICE represents the 27% of Pennsylvanians who work, but struggle to survive. ALICE stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed.
ALICE earns above the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), but makes less than what’s needed to afford basic essentials. ALICE often earns too much to qualify for government assistance, and there is no room in ALICE’s budget for emergency expenses. If you combine PA households earning below the ALICE Threshold with those living below the FPL, that’s 39% of PA households who face financial hardship every day, in every county in PA. (2021 Data)
The Response of PA United Ways
United Ways throughout Pennsylvania are committed to lifting up ALICE through community programs and advocacy.
- PA 211: Through this program, we connect families to local programs that can help them with their individual needs. We also document unmet needs so communities can plan strategies for the future.
- Advocacy: United Ways speak up for policies that ensure all PA families are able to work toward financial stability.
- Partnerships: Our local-level partnerships and programs are able to address the unique needs of each individual community, understanding the solutions that will work there.
- ALICE Report: In May 2023, United Way of Pennsylvania presented a data refresh to the ALICE Report for Pennsylvania, allowing us to understand more recent circumstances in our state.
Equipped with these tools, the PA network of United Ways convenes, advocates and innovates in our local communities to highlight the issues faced by ALICE households, and we generate solutions to help ALICE on their path to financial stability.
Want to explore PA’s ALICE data further? Check out the United For ALICE® website to see county-specific visual data on demographics, the labor force, resource gaps, and more.
The Statistics by County and Township/Borough
Click on an area of the map to see where ALICE lives, and what it costs to provide household essentials for families in a community.
Adams County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
39,986
Poverty:
2,968 (7%)
ALICE:
11,802 (30%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
25,216 (63%)
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
545,892
Poverty:
68,109 (12%)
ALICE:
137,768 (25%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
340,015 (62%)
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
27,796
Poverty:
3,423 (12%)
ALICE:
8,099 (29%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
16,274 (59%)
Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
71,450
Poverty:
8,191 (11%)
ALICE:
19,504 (27%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
43,755 (61%)
Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
19,334
Poverty:
2,227 (12%)
ALICE:
6,386 (33%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
10,721 (55%)
Berks County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
164,312
Poverty:
21,948 (13%)
ALICE:
45,357 (28%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
97,007 (59%)
Blair County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
49,795
Poverty:
6,040 (12%)
ALICE:
14,692 (30%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
29,063 (58%)
Bradford County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
24,287
Poverty:
3,086 (13%)
ALICE:
7,710 (32%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
13,491 (56%)
Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
248,122
Poverty:
16,622 (7%)
ALICE:
67,875 (27%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
163,625 (66%)
Butler County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
81,220
Poverty:
8,413 (10%)
ALICE:
18,722 (23%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
54,085 (67%)
Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
55,283
Poverty:
7,097 (13%)
ALICE:
18,309 (33%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
29,877 (54%)
Cameron County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
2,131
Poverty:
387 (18%)
ALICE:
735 (34%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
1,009 (47%)
Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
26,312
Poverty:
3,310 (13%)
ALICE:
9,212 (35%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
13,790 (52%)
Centre County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
57,518
Poverty:
8,343 (15%)
ALICE:
17,597 (31%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
31,578 (55%)
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
204,047
Poverty:
12,261 (6%)
ALICE:
49,542 (24%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
142,244 (70%)
Clarion County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
14,632
Poverty:
2,282 (16%)
ALICE:
4,407 (30%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
7,943 (54%)
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
31,570
Poverty:
4,369 (14%)
ALICE:
9,187 (29%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
18,014 (57%)
Clinton County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
14,620
Poverty:
2,186 (15%)
ALICE:
4,400 (30%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
8,034 (55%)
Columbia County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
25,717
Poverty:
4,078 (16%)
ALICE:
7,223 (28%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
14,416 (56%)
Crawford County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
32,896
Poverty:
4,805 (15%)
ALICE:
8,815 (27%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
19,276 (59%)
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
104,768
Poverty:
7,248 (7%)
ALICE:
27,207 (26%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
70,313 (67%)
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
120,423
Poverty:
13,642 (11%)
ALICE:
30,341 (25%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
76,440 (63%)
Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
218,280
Poverty:
22,308 (10%)
ALICE:
57,277 (26%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
138,695 (64%)
Elk County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
13,499
Poverty:
1,308 (10%)
ALICE:
3,718 (28%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
8,473 (63%)
Erie County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
110,561
Poverty:
17,423 (16%)
ALICE:
30,541 (28%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
62,597 (57%)
Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
55,986
Poverty:
9,513 (17%)
ALICE:
18,086 (32%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
28,387 (51%)
Forest County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
1,786
Poverty:
265 (15%)
ALICE:
684 (38%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
837 (47%)
Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
62,081
Poverty:
5,675 (9%)
ALICE:
15,800 (25%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
40,606 (65%)
Fulton County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
5,990
Poverty:
744 (12%)
ALICE:
1,739 (29%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
3,507 (59%)
Greene County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
13,957
Poverty:
1,786 (13%)
ALICE:
3,995 (29%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
8,176 (59%)
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
15,588
Poverty:
1,882 (12%)
ALICE:
4,725 (30%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
8,981 (58%)
Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
32,956
Poverty:
4,530 (14%)
ALICE:
10,918 (33%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
17,508 (53%)
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
17,745
Poverty:
2,350 (13%)
ALICE:
5,783 (33%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
9,612 (54%)
Juniata County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
8,756
Poverty:
944 (11%)
ALICE:
2,747 (31%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
5,065 (58%)
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
88,294
Poverty:
12,501 (14%)
ALICE:
22,340 (25%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
53,453 (61%)
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
210,063
Poverty:
19,047 (9%)
ALICE:
54,933 (26%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
136,083 (65%)
Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
36,286
Poverty:
3,523 (10%)
ALICE:
11,106 (31%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
21,657 (60%)
Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
54,906
Poverty:
4,322 (8%)
ALICE:
15,148 (28%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
35,436 (65%)
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
141,505
Poverty:
15,610 (11%)
ALICE:
44,050 (31%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
81,845 (58%)
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
134,132
Poverty:
18,251 (14%)
ALICE:
36,835 (27%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
79,046 (59%)
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
47,022
Poverty:
4,518 (10%)
ALICE:
14,126 (30%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
28,378 (60%)
McKean County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
15,776
Poverty:
2,354 (15%)
ALICE:
4,896 (31%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
8,526 (54%)
Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
46,701
Poverty:
6,708 (14%)
ALICE:
11,498 (25%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
28,495 (61%)
Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
18,641
Poverty:
2,386 (13%)
ALICE:
5,451 (29%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
10,804 (58%)
Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
65,907
Poverty:
7,142 (11%)
ALICE:
16,511 (25%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
42,254 (64%)
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
335,248
Poverty:
25,370 (8%)
ALICE:
72,349 (22%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
237,529 (71%)
Montour County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
7,476
Poverty:
712 (10%)
ALICE:
2,229 (30%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
4,535 (61%)
Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
122,615
Poverty:
10,990 (9%)
ALICE:
33,775 (28%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
77,850 (63%)
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
37,823
Poverty:
4,379 (12%)
ALICE:
12,823 (34%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
20,621 (55%)
Perry County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
17,823
Poverty:
1,631 (9%)
ALICE:
5,214 (29%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
10,978 (62%)
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
660,921
Poverty:
145,490 (22%)
ALICE:
170,694 (26%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
344,737 (52%)
Pike County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
23,351
Poverty:
2,216 (9%)
ALICE:
6,771 (29%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
14,364 (62%)
Potter County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
6,385
Poverty:
805 (13%)
ALICE:
2,206 (35%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
3,374 (53%)
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
58,212
Poverty:
7,184 (12%)
ALICE:
16,090 (28%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
34,938 (60%)
Snyder County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
14,373
Poverty:
1,273 (9%)
ALICE:
4,951 (34%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
8,149 (57%)
Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
29,115
Poverty:
3,637 (12%)
ALICE:
9,063 (31%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
16,415 (56%)
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
2,398
Poverty:
275 (11%)
ALICE:
787 (33%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
1,336 (56%)
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
15,430
Poverty:
1,677 (11%)
ALICE:
4,484 (29%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
9,269 (60%)
Tioga County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
16,340
Poverty:
2,120 (13%)
ALICE:
5,107 (31%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
9,113 (56%)
Union County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
13,880
Poverty:
1,464 (11%)
ALICE:
4,637 (33%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
7,779 (56%)
Venango County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
21,033
Poverty:
2,603 (12%)
ALICE:
5,811 (28%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
12,619 (60%)
Warren County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
16,070
Poverty:
1,818 (11%)
ALICE:
4,651 (29%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
9,601 (60%)
Washington County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
88,544
Poverty:
8,647 (10%)
ALICE:
22,088 (25%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
57,809 (65%)
Wayne County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
19,379
Poverty:
2,039 (11%)
ALICE:
7,095 (37%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
10,245 (53%)
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
154,810
Poverty:
18,042 (12%)
ALICE:
45,672 (30%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
91,096 (59%)
Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
10,600
Poverty:
1,075 (10%)
ALICE:
2,882 (27%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
6,643 (63%)
York County, Pennsylvania
Total Households:
178,898
Poverty:
16,521 (9%)
ALICE:
51,504 (29%)
Above ALICE Threshold:
110,873 (62%)
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