Pennsylvania Internet Coverage & Availability in 2023
Pennsylvania Internet Facts in 2023
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Pennsylvania currently ranks among states in BroadbandNow’s annual rankings of internet coverage, speed and availability.
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This means that roughly in ten Pennsylvania residents are not able to purchase an internet plan of at least 25Mbps download and 3Mbps upload.
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This means that nearly seven in ten residents are not able to purchase broadband at a price of $60/month or less (excluding promotions and government programs).
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This means that in ten residents are unable to purchase a fiber internet plan.
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The U.S. has more than 2,966 internet service providers, with most covering very small areas. It is worth searching by zip code to see who is available in your town.
At BroadbandNow, we advocate for a definition of broadband internet to be at least 100Mbps, as opposed to the FCC definition of 25Mbps, which would be considered slow for many internet-intensive activities.
With 95.3% of people having access to 100Mbps broadband, Pennsylvania ranked 14th among all states.
Internet Availability by County
100 Mbps Coverage By County, Highest and Lowest
Highest | |
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Northampton | 99.99% |
Lehigh | 99.92% |
Philadelphia | 99.63% |
Allegheny | 99.51% |
Monroe | 99.43% |
Delaware | 99.15% |
Montgomery | 99.14% |
Chester | 99.12% |
Dauphin | 98.98% |
Bucks | 98.79% |
Lowest | |
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Susquehanna | 30.38% |
Fulton | 60.34% |
Juniata | 61.02% |
Wayne | 62.69% |
Snyder | 63.71% |
Sullivan | 66.38% |
Montour | 73.25% |
Warren | 73.78% |
Bradford | 75.76% |
Union | 76.08% |
With 90.5% of people having access to 1G broadband, Pennsylvania ranked 6th among all states.
Internet Coverage by Demographic in Pennsylvania
Individuals or households with no internet access by characteristic (includes broadband and non-broadband packages)
Percentage of households with and without any type of internet access
- With: 86%
- Without: 14%
Type of internet connection
- Dialup only: <1%
- Broadband of any type: 86%
- Cellular data only: 11%
- Satellite: 4%
Individuals or households with no internet access by characteristic
- <18: 4%
- 18-64: 4%
- 65+ adults: 7%
- <$20,000: 35%
- $20,000-$74,999: 17%
- $75,000+: 4%
- Black: 7%
- Native American/Alaska Native: 13%
- Asian: 4%
- Mixed race: 4%
- Hispanic or Latino: 8%
- White: 4%
- Employed: 4%
- Unemployed: 6%
- Less than high school: 10%
- Some college or associate degree: 6%
- Bachelor’s degree: 2%
Internet Speed in Top Pennsylvania Cities
City | Avg. Download Speed | No. of Providers |
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Philadelphia | 196.5 MBPS | 29 Providers |
Pittsburgh | 199.3 MBPS | 31 Providers |
Reading | 226.8 MBPS | 27 Providers |
York | 110.7 MBPS | 14 Providers |
Harrisburg | 208.9 MBPS | 19 Providers |
Fastest Major Providers in Pennsylvania
Provider | Avg. Download Speed |
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Verizon Fios | 247.7 MBPS |
Xfinity | 224.2 MBPS |
Astound Broadband Powered by RCN | 193.3 MBPS |
Verizon High Speed Internet | 180.3 MBPS |
Windstream | 50.5 MBPS |
Metro & Rural County Coverage
County Name | % Broadband Coverage |
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Centre | 91.4% |
Clinton | 95.3% |
Delaware | 99.2% |
Susquehanna | 35.3% |
Wyoming | 92.3% |
Bradford | 77.2% |
Clarion | 90.5% |
Erie | 96.6% |
Lycoming | 92.7% |
Potter | 78.8% |
Warren | 74.1% |
Cameron | 98.3% |
Crawford | 87.3% |
Juniata | 84.1% |
Franklin | 93.3% |
Bedford | 81.7% |
Butler | 97.7% |
Union | 80.4% |
Westmoreland | 98.4% |
Carbon | 97.6% |
Cumberland | 96.3% |
Lackawanna | 88.5% |
Montour | 73.4% |
Schuylkill | 93.3% |
Allegheny | 99.5% |
Berks | 98.5% |
Forest | 80.6% |
Indiana | 82.5% |
Philadelphia | 99.6% |
Blair | 89.7% |
Clearfield | 82.9% |
Huntingdon | 87.4% |
Luzerne | 97.3% |
McKean | 85.6% |
Washington | 95.3% |
Adams | 95.5% |
Lehigh | 99.9% |
Mercer | 92.4% |
Beaver | 98.8% |
Bucks | 98.8% |
Greene | 87.5% |
Snyder | 63.7% |
Tioga | 80.0% |
Wayne | 62.8% |
Dauphin | 99.0% |
Lebanon | 98.5% |
Mifflin | 90.7% |
Montgomery | 99.1% |
Northampton | 100.0% |
Chester | 99.1% |
Columbia | 80.5% |
Pike | 98.6% |
York | 97.5% |
Armstrong | 97.9% |
Lawrence | 97.4% |
Monroe | 99.4% |
Somerset | 87.6% |
Cambria | 91.6% |
Fayette | 91.0% |
Jefferson | 92.5% |
Northumberland | 87.3% |
Venango | 93.3% |
Fulton | 78.6% |
Perry | 88.0% |
Elk | 97.7% |
Lancaster | 97.3% |
Sullivan | 74.2% |
Internet Providers By City in Pennsylvania
Abington | 100.0% | 13 providers |
Aliquippa | 99.4% | 16 providers |
Allentown | 100.0% | 19 providers |
Allison Park | 99.9% | 15 providers |
Altoona | 93.7% | 14 providers |
Ambler | 99.7% | 13 providers |
Ardmore | 100.0% | 14 providers |
Aston | 100.0% | 14 providers |
Bangor | 100.0% | 14 providers |
Beaver | 99.5% | 16 providers |
Beaver Falls | 98.7% | 16 providers |
Belle Vernon | 99.4% | 15 providers |
Bellefonte | 97.2% | 14 providers |
Bensalem | 94.3% | 15 providers |
Berwick | 95.8% | 13 providers |
Bethel Park | 98.5% | 14 providers |
Bethlehem | 100.0% | 17 providers |
Birdsboro | 99.8% | 15 providers |
Bloomsburg | 79.6% | 17 providers |
Blue Bell | 99.9% | 12 providers |
Boyertown | 99.4% | 14 providers |
Bradford | 93.2% | 13 providers |
Bridgeville | 99.2% | 16 providers |
Bristol | 100.0% | 15 providers |
Brookhaven | 100.0% | 13 providers |
Broomall | 100.0% | 13 providers |
Bryn Mawr | 99.9% | 17 providers |
Butler | 98.5% | 14 providers |
Camp Hill | 99.5% | 18 providers |
Canonsburg | 99.8% | 16 providers |
Carbondale | 1.2% | 15 providers |
Carlisle | 97.6% | 14 providers |
Carnegie | 99.1% | 15 providers |
Chalfont | 99.9% | 14 providers |
Chambersburg | 97.5% | 9 providers |
Chester | 99.6% | 13 providers |
Chester Springs | 99.9% | 14 providers |
Clairton | 98.8% | 14 providers |
Clarks Summit | 99.1% | 13 providers |
Clifton Heights | 100.0% | 13 providers |
Coatesville | 99.7% | 12 providers |
Collegeville | 91.0% | 13 providers |
Columbia | 99.8% | 11 providers |
Connellsville | 96.5% | 14 providers |
Conshohocken | 100.0% | 16 providers |
Coopersburg | 100.0% | 17 providers |
Coraopolis | 99.0% | 17 providers |
Cranberry Twp | 100.0% | 16 providers |
Dallas | 99.7% | 15 providers |
Danville | 76.5% | 18 providers |
Darby | 99.5% | 13 providers |
Denver | 100.0% | 15 providers |
Dillsburg | 97.9% | 17 providers |
Douglassville | 99.7% | 15 providers |
Dover | 98.3% | 18 providers |
Downingtown | 99.9% | 12 providers |
Doylestown | 98.0% | 15 providers |
Drexel Hill | 100.0% | 13 providers |
Du Bois | 81.0% | 13 providers |
East Stroudsburg | 99.3% | 14 providers |
Easton | 100.0% | 18 providers |
Elizabethtown | 98.1% | 12 providers |
Elkins Park | 100.0% | 13 providers |
Ellwood City | 97.2% | 13 providers |
Emmaus | 100.0% | 16 providers |
Enola | 99.8% | 13 providers |
Ephrata | 98.5% | 15 providers |
Erie | 100.0% | 15 providers |
Exton | 99.0% | 13 providers |
Feasterville Trevose | 98.9% | 14 providers |
Fleetwood | 98.4% | 14 providers |
Franklin | 99.3% | 15 providers |
Gettysburg | 95.3% | 10 providers |
Gibsonia | 99.7% | 16 providers |
Gilbertsville | 99.9% | 14 providers |
Glen Mills | 95.7% | 14 providers |
Glenshaw | 99.9% | 12 providers |
Glenside | 100.0% | 13 providers |
Greencastle | 97.9% | 10 providers |
Greensburg | 98.2% | 18 providers |
Greenville | 86.4% | 16 providers |
Grove City | 95.3% | 13 providers |
Hanover | 99.8% | 14 providers |
Harleysville | 99.9% | 12 providers |
Harrisburg | 99.4% | 19 providers |
Hatboro | 99.2% | 14 providers |
Hatfield | 99.9% | 12 providers |
Havertown | 100.0% | 13 providers |
Hazleton | 97.3% | 15 providers |
Hermitage | 99.7% | 11 providers |
Hershey | 99.8% | 11 providers |
Hollidaysburg | 90.3% | 14 providers |
Homestead | 99.6% | 15 providers |
Horsham | 96.7% | 13 providers |
Hummelstown | 100.0% | 13 providers |
Huntingdon | 91.4% | 13 providers |
Huntingdon Valley | 99.9% | 13 providers |
Indiana | 95.3% | 14 providers |
Irwin | 99.9% | 14 providers |
Jeannette | 99.2% | 13 providers |
Jenkintown | 100.0% | 14 providers |
Johnstown | 94.2% | 15 providers |
Kennett Square | 99.8% | 14 providers |
King Of Prussia | 99.8% | 15 providers |
Kingston | 100.0% | 15 providers |
Kittanning | 99.2% | 14 providers |
Kutztown | 87.5% | 17 providers |
Lancaster | 99.7% | 17 providers |
Langhorne | 99.2% | 16 providers |
Lansdale | 99.4% | 14 providers |
Lansdowne | 100.0% | 13 providers |
Latrobe | 95.1% | 16 providers |
Lebanon | 99.2% | 12 providers |
Lehighton | 100.0% | 12 providers |
Levittown | 97.5% | 12 providers |
Lewisburg | 80.9% | 15 providers |
Lewistown | 97.0% | 16 providers |
Lititz | 98.9% | 16 providers |
Lock Haven | 94.1% | 12 providers |
Macungie | 100.0% | 18 providers |
Malvern | 99.9% | 13 providers |
Manheim | 99.3% | 14 providers |
Marcus Hook | 98.4% | 14 providers |
Mars | 98.0% | 14 providers |
Mc Donald | 99.2% | 15 providers |
Mc Kees Rocks | 100.0% | 16 providers |
Mckeesport | 99.5% | 14 providers |
Meadville | 99.9% | 12 providers |
Mechanicsburg | 99.3% | 16 providers |
Media | 98.6% | 14 providers |
Middletown | 98.9% | 13 providers |
Milford | 99.6% | 14 providers |
Monroeville | 99.3% | 17 providers |
Morrisville | 99.8% | 16 providers |
Mount Joy | 99.2% | 12 providers |
Mount Pleasant | 96.9% | 14 providers |
Mountain Top | 98.8% | 17 providers |
Myerstown | 98.2% | 10 providers |
Nazareth | 100.0% | 15 providers |
New Castle | 99.6% | 15 providers |
New Cumberland | 99.5% | 19 providers |
New Holland | 95.6% | 16 providers |
New Hope | 99.6% | 14 providers |
New Kensington | 99.7% | 16 providers |
Newtown | 99.7% | 13 providers |
Newtown Square | 96.9% | 13 providers |
Norristown | 99.5% | 15 providers |
North Wales | 99.9% | 14 providers |
Northampton | 100.0% | 15 providers |
Oil City | 98.0% | 12 providers |
Oxford | 97.3% | 16 providers |
Palmyra | 100.0% | 14 providers |
Perkasie | 99.2% | 14 providers |
Philadelphia | 99.6% | 29 providers |
Phoenixville | 98.4% | 13 providers |
Pittsburgh | 99.6% | 31 providers |
Pittston | 98.8% | 16 providers |
Plymouth Meeting | 97.0% | 15 providers |
Pottstown | 99.8% | 15 providers |
Pottsville | 94.6% | 13 providers |
Punxsutawney | 86.7% | 10 providers |
Quakertown | 99.7% | 15 providers |
Reading | 99.3% | 27 providers |
Red Lion | 97.7% | 15 providers |
Royersford | 99.9% | 15 providers |
Schwenksville | 99.9% | 14 providers |
Scranton | 98.9% | 14 providers |
Selinsgrove | 82.1% | 15 providers |
Sewickley | 99.8% | 17 providers |
Shippensburg | 87.7% | 11 providers |
Slippery Rock | 94.3% | 14 providers |
Somerset | 94.7% | 13 providers |
Souderton | 100.0% | 12 providers |
Southampton | 99.9% | 14 providers |
Springfield | 100.0% | 14 providers |
State College | 98.1% | 17 providers |
Stroudsburg | 99.9% | 13 providers |
Sunbury | 87.7% | 13 providers |
Telford | 99.6% | 12 providers |
Tobyhanna | 99.3% | 12 providers |
Uniontown | 94.2% | 15 providers |
Upper Darby | 99.6% | 14 providers |
Verona | 100.0% | 13 providers |
Warminster | 99.2% | 12 providers |
Warren | 92.2% | 13 providers |
Warrington | 99.5% | 14 providers |
Washington | 97.6% | 18 providers |
Wayne | 95.3% | 14 providers |
Waynesboro | 96.5% | 10 providers |
Waynesburg | 83.7% | 11 providers |
West Chester | 99.4% | 15 providers |
West Grove | 99.5% | 12 providers |
West Mifflin | 99.6% | 16 providers |
Wexford | 99.9% | 16 providers |
Whitehall | 100.0% | 16 providers |
Wilkes Barre | 100.0% | 19 providers |
Williamsport | 99.2% | 17 providers |
Willow Grove | 99.8% | 14 providers |
Wynnewood | 99.9% | 14 providers |
York | 98.6% | 14 providers |