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Cities in Pennsylvania by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate, 2022

State College, PA had the highest binge drinking in adults, local model estimate of 68 cities in 2022, at 22.1%. Darby, PA had the lowest, at 13%. The median was 17.6%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest22.1State College, PA
Lowest13Darby, PA
Median17.668 cities

Top 40 cities, 2022

State College, PA: 22.1 %State College, PA22.1Phoenixville, PA: 21.4 %Phoenixville, PA21.4Easton, PA: 20.9 %Easton, PA20.9Jefferson Hills, PA: 20.7 %Jefferson Hills, PA20.7Elizabethtown, PA: 20.6 %Elizabethtown, PA20.6Plum, PA: 20.5 %Plum, PA20.5Mechanicsburg, PA: 20.4 %Mechanicsburg, PA20.4Bloomsburg, PA: 20.3 %Bloomsburg, PA20.3Indiana, PA: 20.1 %Indiana, PA20.1Northampton, PA: 20.1 %Northampton, PA20.1Pittsburgh, PA: 20.1 %Pittsburgh, PA20.1West Chester, PA: 19.9 %West Chester, PA19.9Franklin Park, PA: 19.6 %Franklin Park, PA19.6Bethel Park, PA: 19.5 %Bethel Park, PA19.5Dunmore, PA: 19.3 %Dunmore, PA19.3Ephrata, PA: 19.1 %Ephrata, PA19.1Lansdale, PA: 19.1 %Lansdale, PA19.1Butler, PA: 19 %Butler, PA19Pottstown, PA: 19 %Pottstown, PA19Emmaus, PA: 18.7 %Emmaus, PA18.7Washington, PA: 18.6 %Washington, PA18.6Baldwin, PA: 18.5 %Baldwin, PA18.5Bethlehem, PA: 18.4 %Bethlehem, PA18.4Philadelphia, PA: 18.4 %Philadelphia, PA18.4Carlisle, PA: 18.3 %Carlisle, PA18.3Munhall, PA: 18.3 %Munhall, PA18.3Waynesboro, PA: 18.3 %Waynesboro, PA18.3Lancaster, PA: 18.2 %Lancaster, PA18.2Norristown, PA: 18.2 %Norristown, PA18.2West Mifflin, PA: 18.2 %West Mifflin, PA18.2Williamsport, PA: 18.2 %Williamsport, PA18.2Meadville, PA: 17.8 %Meadville, PA17.8Monroeville, PA: 17.7 %Monroeville, PA17.7Whitehall, PA: 17.6 %Whitehall, PA17.6Greensburg, PA: 17.5 %Greensburg, PA17.5Scranton, PA: 17.5 %Scranton, PA17.5Erie, PA: 17.4 %Erie, PA17.4Hanover, PA: 17.4 %Hanover, PA17.4Lower Burrell, PA: 17.3 %Lower Burrell, PA17.3St. Marys, PA: 17.3 %St. Marys, PA17.3State College, PA: 22.1 %State College, PA22.1Phoenixville, PA: 21.4 %Phoenixville, PA21.4Easton, PA: 20.9 %Easton, PA20.9Jefferson Hills, PA: 20.7 %Jefferson Hills, PA20.7Elizabethtown, PA: 20.6 %Elizabethtown, PA20.6Plum, PA: 20.5 %Plum, PA20.5Mechanicsburg, PA: 20.4 %Mechanicsburg, PA20.4Bloomsburg, PA: 20.3 %Bloomsburg, PA20.3Indiana, PA: 20.1 %Indiana, PA20.1Northampton, PA: 20.1 %Northampton, PA20.1Pittsburgh, PA: 20.1 %Pittsburgh, PA20.1West Chester, PA: 19.9 %West Chester, PA19.9Franklin Park, PA: 19.6 %Franklin Park, PA19.6Bethel Park, PA: 19.5 %Bethel Park, PA19.5Dunmore, PA: 19.3 %Dunmore, PA19.3Ephrata, PA: 19.1 %Ephrata, PA19.1Lansdale, PA: 19.1 %Lansdale, PA19.1Butler, PA: 19 %Butler, PA19Pottstown, PA: 19 %Pottstown, PA19Emmaus, PA: 18.7 %Emmaus, PA18.7Washington, PA: 18.6 %Washington, PA18.6Baldwin, PA: 18.5 %Baldwin, PA18.5Bethlehem, PA: 18.4 %Bethlehem, PA18.4Philadelphia, PA: 18.4 %Philadelphia, PA18.4Carlisle, PA: 18.3 %Carlisle, PA18.3Munhall, PA: 18.3 %Munhall, PA18.3Waynesboro, PA: 18.3 %Waynesboro, PA18.3Lancaster, PA: 18.2 %Lancaster, PA18.2Norristown, PA: 18.2 %Norristown, PA18.2West Mifflin, PA: 18.2 %West Mifflin, PA18.2Williamsport, PA: 18.2 %Williamsport, PA18.2Meadville, PA: 17.8 %Meadville, PA17.8Monroeville, PA: 17.7 %Monroeville, PA17.7Whitehall, PA: 17.6 %Whitehall, PA17.6Greensburg, PA: 17.5 %Greensburg, PA17.5Scranton, PA: 17.5 %Scranton, PA17.5Erie, PA: 17.4 %Erie, PA17.4Hanover, PA: 17.4 %Hanover, PA17.4Lower Burrell, PA: 17.3 %Lower Burrell, PA17.3St. Marys, PA: 17.3 %St. Marys, PA17.3
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022 (%)Change on 2021
1State College, PA22.1+3.9 pts
2Phoenixville, PA21.4+3 pts
3Easton, PA20.9+2.2 pts
4Jefferson Hills, PA20.7-0.1 pts
5Elizabethtown, PA20.6+2.1 pts
6Plum, PA20.5-0.4 pts
7Mechanicsburg, PA20.4+3.5 pts
8Bloomsburg, PA20.3+2.1 pts
9Indiana, PA20.1+1.2 pts
9Northampton, PA20.1+2 pts
9Pittsburgh, PA20.1+0.4 pts
12West Chester, PA19.90 pts
13Franklin Park, PA19.6-1.2 pts
14Bethel Park, PA19.5-0.1 pts
15Dunmore, PA19.3+2.9 pts
16Ephrata, PA19.1+2.2 pts
16Lansdale, PA19.1+1.9 pts
18Butler, PA19+2 pts
18Pottstown, PA19+2.4 pts
20Emmaus, PA18.7+0.7 pts
21Washington, PA18.6+1.9 pts
22Baldwin, PA18.5-0.9 pts
23Bethlehem, PA18.4+1.4 pts
23Philadelphia, PA18.4+1 pts
25Carlisle, PA18.3+2.3 pts
25Munhall, PA18.3-0.7 pts
25Waynesboro, PA18.3+1.7 pts
28Lancaster, PA18.2+2.1 pts
28Norristown, PA18.2+2.2 pts
28West Mifflin, PA18.2-0.3 pts
28Williamsport, PA18.2+1.2 pts
32Meadville, PA17.8+1.2 pts
33Monroeville, PA17.7-0.5 pts
34Whitehall, PA17.6-0.2 pts
35Greensburg, PA17.5+0.5 pts
35Scranton, PA17.5+2.2 pts
37Erie, PA17.4+0.9 pts
37Hanover, PA17.4+1.7 pts
39Lower Burrell, PA17.3+0.4 pts
39St. Marys, PA17.3+1.4 pts
41Altoona, PA17.1+0.8 pts
41Kingston, PA17.1+1.3 pts
43Murrysville, PA17+0.2 pts
43Wilkes-Barre, PA17+1.6 pts
45Chambersburg, PA16.9+1.1 pts
46Berwick, PA16.7+1.4 pts
46Pottsville, PA16.7+0.8 pts
48Wyomissing, PA16.6+3 pts
49Columbia, PA16.5+1.4 pts
49Nanticoke, PA16.5+1.2 pts
51Reading, PA16.2+2.5 pts
52Lebanon, PA16+0.5 pts
52York, PA16+1.7 pts
54Lansdowne, PA15.9+1 pts
54Sharon, PA15.9+0.6 pts
54Wilkinsburg, PA15.9+0.2 pts
57Allentown, PA15.80 pts
58Hazleton, PA15.7+1 pts
59New Kensington, PA15.6+0.3 pts
60Coatesville, PA15.5+0.4 pts
61Harrisburg, PA15.4+0.7 pts
62Hermitage, PA15.3+0.2 pts
63McKeesport, PA15.1-0.5 pts
64New Castle, PA15+0.1 pts
65Johnstown, PA14.7+1.2 pts
66Chester, PA14.5+1.7 pts
67Yeadon, PA13.9+1.1 pts
68Darby, PA130 pts

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults who had 5 or more drinks (men) or 4 or more drinks (women) on at least one occasion in the past 30 days. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2022; its eight former counties are not served. City values for 2021 come from the 2023 release, built on 2010 Census place boundaries; later years use 2020 boundaries.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence (Cities in Pennsylvania by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in Pennsylvania by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate, 2022. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-binge-drinking-rate-county-estimate/pennsylvania-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence. Cities in Pennsylvania by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-binge-drinking-rate-county-estimate/pennsylvania-cities.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in Pennsylvania by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-binge-drinking-rate-county-estimate/pennsylvania-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest binge drinking in adults, local model estimate?

State College, PA, with 22.1% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Darby, PA, with 13% in 2022.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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