Economy, PA
Economy, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Economy at the 36th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 5,070 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Economy at the 36th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
71.8% of Economy's 5,070 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 3,639 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 28.2% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal. At 5,070 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Economy ranks
Economy's 52nd-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 36th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Economy ranks 20,272 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,398 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 962 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 36th national percentile, Economy rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Economy
With 71.8% of Economy in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,070 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Economy. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Economy, see the exposure-zones guide.