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Columbia County, PA

Banking market profile · FDIC Summary of Deposits (SOD), June 30, 2025

Columbia County, Pennsylvania, a core county of the Bloomsburg-Berwick-Sunbury, PA market, holds $1.6B in deposits across 6 insured institutions and 22 branches. Journey Bank is the largest deposit holder at 45.2% share. The top three banks hold 88% of deposits, which places the county in the Concentrated band. Deposits have grown 23.7% since 2020 while the branch count fell by 12.0%. It produces $2.6B of output, ranking #830 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.

Economic scale
2024 Real GDP
$2.6B
#830 of 1,523
Population
66,193
#796 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$39,192
#927 of 1,523
Deposit market
Deposits (SOD, 6/30/25)
$1.6B
#747 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$23,544
#684 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$71M
#1,060 of 1,523
Competitive structure
Insured Institutions
6
#1,056 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
33.2
#370 of 1,523
Median Deposits per Institution
$143M
The median deposits booked by a single institution in the county. #557 of 1,523. A lower figure means institutions typically hold smaller deposit positions here; it reflects local deposit presence, not an institution’s overall size. See Community & Regional Bank Share for institution scale.
Community & Regional Bank Share
81.7%
of county deposits held by banks with $100M to $100B in assets. #570 of 1,523. A higher share points to a market where small to mid-size institutions, the kind that compete on relationships and local decision-making, hold more ground.
Top-3 Banks’ Deposit Share: Concentrated
88%
The combined deposit share of the top three banks by deposits in the county. A lower share means deposits are spread across more institutions.

Ranks show where the county stands among the 1,523 ranked counties (those within a Combined or Metropolitan Statistical Area that have a branch). They describe relative position, not a rating of market quality or suitability.

Deposit trend

County Deposits (SOD, 2020 to 2025)+23.7% over 5 years
$1.3B
2020
$1.4B
2021
$1.4B
2022
$1.4B
2023
$1.5B
2024
$1.6B
2025

Branches: 25 in 2020 to 22 in 2025. Institutions: 6 to 6. Top-three share: 88% to 88%.

Institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
deposits
Journey Bank$705M45.2%11+27%
First Keystone Community Bank$485M31.2%5+26%
PNC Bank$184M11.8%2+9%
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company$101M6.5%2+27%
Fulton Bank$61M3.9%1+15%
UNB Bank$21M1.3%1+9%

The 6 insured institutions with a branch presence in this county, per the FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2025. Five-year change compares the same institution’s county deposits in 2020 and 2025. Institutions are tracked by FDIC certificate number, and where an institution acquired another bank, the acquired bank’s prior deposits are folded into the baseline so the change reflects the combined, continuing franchise rather than reading as new. “No 2020 presence” means neither the institution nor a bank it later absorbed reported deposits in this county that year. Deposit figures are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.

Part of the Bloomsburg-Berwick-Sunbury market

Columbia County is one of 5 counties that make up the Bloomsburg-Berwick-Sunbury, PA market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #173 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 21.2% of the market’s output and holds 26.1% of its deposits.

MeasureColumbia CountyShare of parent market
2024 GDP$2.6B21.2%
Deposits$1.6B26.1%
Population66,19325.9%

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