Transfer of Wealth County Scenarios

This Transfer of Wealth study measures the total wealth in each Pennsylvania county and then determines how much of this wealth will likely be transferred over the next 50 years, to the next generation.

The Center for Rural Pennsylvania has created scenarios for each Pennsylvania County. Click on the County of interest to learn more about the estimated total household wealth, the impact of leaving just 5% to charity over the next 10 and 50 years, and the perpetual income stream that could be created if these assets were endowed.

Pennsylvania Data by County

Adams County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $3.36 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $167.83 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $8.39 million

Allegheny County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $48.57 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $2.43 billion

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $121.42 million

Armstrong County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $1.06 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $53.16 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $2.66 million

Beaver County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $4.72 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $235.88 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $11.79 million

Bedford County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $460 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $23.19 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $1.16 million

Berks County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $12 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $599.93 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $30 million

Blair County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $2.29 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $114.41 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $5.72 million

Bradford County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $810 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $40.65 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $2.03 million

Bucks County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $40.02 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $2 billion

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $100.06 million

Butler County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $6.59 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $329.66 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $16.48 million

Cambria County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $2.79 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $139.35 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $6.97 million

Cameron County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $30 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $1.39 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $70,000

Carbon County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $890 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $44.47 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $2.22 million

Centre County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $4.45 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $222.60 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $11.13 million

Chester County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $35.44 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $1.77 billion

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $88.60 million

Clarion County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $380 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $18.86 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $.94 million

Clearfield County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $1.02 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $51.01 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $2.55 million

Clinton County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $450 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $22.26 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $1.11 million

Columbia County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $990 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $49.69 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $2.48 million

Crawford County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $1.40 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $69.97 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $3.50 million

Cumberland County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $11.57 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $578.58 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $28.93 million

Dauphin County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $6.53 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $326.30 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $16.31 million

Delaware County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $28.47 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $1.42 billion

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $71.16 million

Elk County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $410 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $20.57 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $1.03 million

Erie County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $5.17 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $258.28 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $12.91 million

Fayette County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $2.22 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $111.24 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $5.56 million

Forest County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $40 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $2.11 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $0.11 million

Franklin County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $4.48 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $224.23 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $11.21 million

Fulton County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $150 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $7.41 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $0.37 million

Greene County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $710 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $35.70 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $1.78 million

Huntingdon County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $590 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $29.70 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $1.49 million

Indiana County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $1.13 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $56.64 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $2.83 million

Jefferson County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $430 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $21.68 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $1.08 million

Juniata County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $230 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $11.59 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $0.58 million

Lackawanna County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $5.06 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $253.18 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $12.66 million

Lancaster County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $16.13 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $806.30 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $40.31 million

Lawrence County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $1.89 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $94.33 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $4.72 million

Lebanon County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $4.80 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $239.93 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $12 million

Lehigh County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $10.43 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $521.55 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $26.08 million

Luzerne County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $7.25

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $362.31 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $18.12 million

Lycoming County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $2.22 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $111.06 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $5.55 million

McKean County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $490 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $24.52 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $1.23 million

Mercer County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $1.94 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $97.02 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $4.85 million

Mifflin County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $500 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $25.20 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $1.26 million

Monroe County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $3.75 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $187.41 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $9.37 million

Montgomery County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $55.04 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $2.75 billion

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $137.59 million

Montour County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $470 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $23.37 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $1.17 million

Northampton County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $11.11 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $555.38 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $27.77 million

Northumberland County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $1.13 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $56.44 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $2.82 million

Perry County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $1.09 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $54.50 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $2.72 million

Philadelphia County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $20.28 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $1.01 billion

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $50.70 million

Pike County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $1.5 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $75.29 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $3.76 million

Potter County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $180 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $9.16 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $0.46 million

Schuylkill County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $3.54 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $177.23 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $8.86 million

Snyder County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $600 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $30.16 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $1.51 million

Somerset County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $920 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $45.96 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $2.30 million

Sullivan County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $150 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $7.34 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $0.37 million

Susquehanna County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $920 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $45.79 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $2.29 million

Tioga County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $510 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $25.69 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $1.28 million

Union County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $680 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $33.89 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $1.69 million

Venango County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $750 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $37.56 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $1.88 million

Warren County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $600 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $30.07 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $1.50 million

Washington County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $8.86 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $443.07 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $22.15 million

Wayne County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $970 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $48.66 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $2.43 million

Westmoreland County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $10.64 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $532.15 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $26.61 million

Wyoming County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $600 million

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $29.82 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $1.49 million

York County

Estimated Wealth Transfer: $13.01 billion

PA Giving Pledge Goal: $650.53 million

Additional Annual Endowed Grantmaking: $32.53 million

Key Findings

• In 2023, the total net worth of Pennsylvania households was just over $5 trillion, or $958,613 per household.
• Between 2023 and 2033, roughly $418 billion will be transferred from one generation to the next, or an average of $79,340 per household. 
• Over the next 50 years (2023 to 2073), approximately $3 trillion will be transferred from one generation to the next, or an average of $578,387 per household. 
• If community foundations and nonprofit organizations could capture just five percent of this wealth transfer through grantmaking, they would obtain nearly $21 billion over the next ten years and more than $152 billion over the next 50 years. 
• If a 10-year capture of about $21 billion were invested or endowed, assuming a five percent average annual charitable payout, that would generate $1.0 billion annually for charitable or community purposes.
• Similarly, if a 50-year capture of just over $152 billion were invested or endowed, that would generate $7.6 billion annually for charitable or community purposes.