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Cities in Pennsylvania by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2022

Hazleton, PA had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 68 cities in 2022, at 39.4%. Franklin Park, PA had the lowest, at 15.8%. The median was 27.1%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest39.4Hazleton, PA
Lowest15.8Franklin Park, PA
Median27.168 cities

Top 40 cities, 2022

Hazleton, PA: 39.4 %Hazleton, PA39.4Reading, PA: 37.9 %Reading, PA37.9Darby, PA: 37.7 %Darby, PA37.7Chester, PA: 36.4 %Chester, PA36.4Johnstown, PA: 35.5 %Johnstown, PA35.5York, PA: 35.5 %York, PA35.5McKeesport, PA: 34.8 %McKeesport, PA34.8New Castle, PA: 34.8 %New Castle, PA34.8Lebanon, PA: 34.2 %Lebanon, PA34.2Coatesville, PA: 33.6 %Coatesville, PA33.6Allentown, PA: 32.9 %Allentown, PA32.9Harrisburg, PA: 32.8 %Harrisburg, PA32.8Nanticoke, PA: 32.4 %Nanticoke, PA32.4Erie, PA: 31.8 %Erie, PA31.8Wilkes-Barre, PA: 31.8 %Wilkes-Barre, PA31.8Berwick, PA: 30.9 %Berwick, PA30.9New Kensington, PA: 30.8 %New Kensington, PA30.8Columbia, PA: 30.6 %Columbia, PA30.6Washington, PA: 29.8 %Washington, PA29.8Hanover, PA: 29.5 %Hanover, PA29.5Pottsville, PA: 29.4 %Pottsville, PA29.4Yeadon, PA: 29.1 %Yeadon, PA29.1Norristown, PA: 28.8 %Norristown, PA28.8Scranton, PA: 28.8 %Scranton, PA28.8Sharon, PA: 28.8 %Sharon, PA28.8Butler, PA: 28.4 %Butler, PA28.4Lancaster, PA: 28.3 %Lancaster, PA28.3Chambersburg, PA: 28.1 %Chambersburg, PA28.1Wilkinsburg, PA: 27.9 %Wilkinsburg, PA27.9Altoona, PA: 27.6 %Altoona, PA27.6Williamsport, PA: 27.3 %Williamsport, PA27.3Meadville, PA: 27.2 %Meadville, PA27.2Munhall, PA: 27.2 %Munhall, PA27.2Kingston, PA: 27.1 %Kingston, PA27.1Bethlehem, PA: 27 %Bethlehem, PA27St. Marys, PA: 26.8 %St. Marys, PA26.8Philadelphia, PA: 26.5 %Philadelphia, PA26.5Easton, PA: 26.3 %Easton, PA26.3Waynesboro, PA: 26.1 %Waynesboro, PA26.1Pottstown, PA: 25.4 %Pottstown, PA25.4Hazleton, PA: 39.4 %Hazleton, PA39.4Reading, PA: 37.9 %Reading, PA37.9Darby, PA: 37.7 %Darby, PA37.7Chester, PA: 36.4 %Chester, PA36.4Johnstown, PA: 35.5 %Johnstown, PA35.5York, PA: 35.5 %York, PA35.5McKeesport, PA: 34.8 %McKeesport, PA34.8New Castle, PA: 34.8 %New Castle, PA34.8Lebanon, PA: 34.2 %Lebanon, PA34.2Coatesville, PA: 33.6 %Coatesville, PA33.6Allentown, PA: 32.9 %Allentown, PA32.9Harrisburg, PA: 32.8 %Harrisburg, PA32.8Nanticoke, PA: 32.4 %Nanticoke, PA32.4Erie, PA: 31.8 %Erie, PA31.8Wilkes-Barre, PA: 31.8 %Wilkes-Barre, PA31.8Berwick, PA: 30.9 %Berwick, PA30.9New Kensington, PA: 30.8 %New Kensington, PA30.8Columbia, PA: 30.6 %Columbia, PA30.6Washington, PA: 29.8 %Washington, PA29.8Hanover, PA: 29.5 %Hanover, PA29.5Pottsville, PA: 29.4 %Pottsville, PA29.4Yeadon, PA: 29.1 %Yeadon, PA29.1Norristown, PA: 28.8 %Norristown, PA28.8Scranton, PA: 28.8 %Scranton, PA28.8Sharon, PA: 28.8 %Sharon, PA28.8Butler, PA: 28.4 %Butler, PA28.4Lancaster, PA: 28.3 %Lancaster, PA28.3Chambersburg, PA: 28.1 %Chambersburg, PA28.1Wilkinsburg, PA: 27.9 %Wilkinsburg, PA27.9Altoona, PA: 27.6 %Altoona, PA27.6Williamsport, PA: 27.3 %Williamsport, PA27.3Meadville, PA: 27.2 %Meadville, PA27.2Munhall, PA: 27.2 %Munhall, PA27.2Kingston, PA: 27.1 %Kingston, PA27.1Bethlehem, PA: 27 %Bethlehem, PA27St. Marys, PA: 26.8 %St. Marys, PA26.8Philadelphia, PA: 26.5 %Philadelphia, PA26.5Easton, PA: 26.3 %Easton, PA26.3Waynesboro, PA: 26.1 %Waynesboro, PA26.1Pottstown, PA: 25.4 %Pottstown, PA25.4
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Hazleton, PA39.4+1.9 pts
2Reading, PA37.9-0.4 pts
3Darby, PA37.7+4.3 pts
4Chester, PA36.4-1.6 pts
5Johnstown, PA35.5-3.8 pts
5York, PA35.5-3 pts
7McKeesport, PA34.8-1.3 pts
7New Castle, PA34.8-0.4 pts
9Lebanon, PA34.2-1 pts
10Coatesville, PA33.6+1.1 pts
11Allentown, PA32.9-2.5 pts
12Harrisburg, PA32.8-0.9 pts
13Nanticoke, PA32.4-0.1 pts
14Erie, PA31.8+0.8 pts
14Wilkes-Barre, PA31.8-2.7 pts
16Berwick, PA30.9-0.1 pts
17New Kensington, PA30.8-0.4 pts
18Columbia, PA30.6-0.1 pts
19Washington, PA29.8+1 pts
20Hanover, PA29.5+1 pts
21Pottsville, PA29.4-0.2 pts
22Yeadon, PA29.1+0.4 pts
23Norristown, PA28.8-4.1 pts
23Scranton, PA28.8-1.6 pts
23Sharon, PA28.8-5.7 pts
26Butler, PA28.4-2 pts
27Lancaster, PA28.3-2.6 pts
28Chambersburg, PA28.1-1.4 pts
29Wilkinsburg, PA27.9-2.3 pts
30Altoona, PA27.6-2.5 pts
31Williamsport, PA27.3-1.7 pts
32Meadville, PA27.2-1.8 pts
32Munhall, PA27.2+2 pts
34Kingston, PA27.1-0.7 pts
35Bethlehem, PA27-0.1 pts
36St. Marys, PA26.8+0.3 pts
37Philadelphia, PA26.5-4.3 pts
38Easton, PA26.3-0.9 pts
39Waynesboro, PA26.1-3.9 pts
40Pottstown, PA25.4-3.3 pts
41West Chester, PA25+5.8 pts
42Carlisle, PA24.9+2.2 pts
42West Mifflin, PA24.9-1.3 pts
44Greensburg, PA24.8-0.6 pts
45Northampton, PA24.4-0.8 pts
46Bloomsburg, PA24.3-2 pts
46Lansdowne, PA24.3+0.3 pts
48State College, PA24.2-2.2 pts
49Hermitage, PA23.8-3.2 pts
50Ephrata, PA23.7-2.1 pts
51Lower Burrell, PA23.4-0.3 pts
52Whitehall, PA23.2-0.5 pts
53Indiana, PA22.8-2 pts
53Pittsburgh, PA22.8-1.9 pts
55Baldwin, PA22.6-1.2 pts
56Monroeville, PA21.9-0.4 pts
57Lansdale, PA21.6-1.1 pts
58Dunmore, PA21.3-1.1 pts
59Emmaus, PA21.1-2.8 pts
60Wyomissing, PA20.5+0.1 pts
61Elizabethtown, PA20.4-0.9 pts
62Murrysville, PA20.1+1.4 pts
63Mechanicsburg, PA18.9-2.1 pts
64Bethel Park, PA18.7-1 pts
64Plum, PA18.7-1.5 pts
66Phoenixville, PA18.6-1.4 pts
67Jefferson Hills, PA18.3-1.4 pts
68Franklin Park, PA15.8+0.4 pts

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults who did no physical activity or exercise outside their regular job in the past month, such as running, golf, gardening or walking for exercise. 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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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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), physical inactivity 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), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence (Cities in Pennsylvania by physical inactivity 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), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in Pennsylvania by physical inactivity 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-physical-inactivity-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), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence. Cities in Pennsylvania by physical inactivity 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-physical-inactivity-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), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in Pennsylvania by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/pennsylvania-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate?

Hazleton, PA, with 39.4% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Franklin Park, PA, with 15.8% 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), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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