Alsace TownshipPA
A town of 3,937, settled in 1863.
Is Alsace Township a good place to live?
Alsace Township's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades B+, ranked 400th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. Its schools rank ahead of 84% of Pennsylvania towns and the median household earns $71K. Alsace Township’s trail density is 4.9 miles per square mile, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 0.4 and U.S. towns at 0.4. The biggest place to walk is Mount Penn Preserve, 102 acres with 1.9 miles of trail.
What makes Alsace Township stand out
Where Alsace Township beats most towns.
60 miles of trails in Alsace Township
3.1% of the town is conserved land, across 6 parks and preserves.
How Alsace Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Alsace Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom and 63 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Alsace Township. Close and well known come first.
22 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
37 mi GardenLongwood Gardens5 mi Stadium & arenaSovereign Center
31 mi Theme parkDutch Wonderland
28 mi National Historical ParkValley Forge National Historical Park1.8M visitors a year
25 mi Stadium & arenaPPL CenterPhoto credits
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Longwood Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Valley Forge National Historical Park: The original uploader was JGHowes at English Wikipedia. (Original text: en:User, Attribution · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Alsace Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Alsace Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Alsace Township.
Alsace Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes and sends most of its workers to Reading and beyond.
Conserved land covers 3.1% of Alsace Township
Alsace Township sits against 8.2% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns on this measure. 60 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ruth Zimmerman Natural Area | 3 mi | 79 |
| 2. Mount Penn Preserve | 1.9 mi | 102 |
| 3. Bob's Woods at Earl Poole Sanctuary | 1.9 mi | 39 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Alsace Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 93% of U.S. communities. Since 1987, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Alsace Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents commute out of Alsace Township
Alsace Township has 449 jobs for its 1,859 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 334 in 2013 to 449.
Most working residents leave Alsace Township for work: only 3% work in town. Alsace Township’s average trip to work is 21 minutes. Since 2013, Alsace Township has added 115 jobs, to 449 in 2023.
| Alsace Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.6% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.6% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Alsace Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Alsace Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 27 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Alsace Township are healthier than 65% of U.S. towns
Against the 10,594 U.S. towns with household incomes like Alsace Township’s, it is healthier than 80%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income.
Alsace Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 40% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Alsace Township.
| Alsace Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 6.9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Alsace Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 9.1% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Alsace Township
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Alsace Township
About 2 of every 100 Alsace Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
97% of working residents leave Alsace Township for work
Where Alsace Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Alsace Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Alsace Township (pronounced "ALL-siss") is a township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,848 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 12 sq mi
- Elevation
- 840 ft
Alsace Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Alsace Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alsace Township | #400 | B+ | C | — | A− | B |
| Muhlenberg Township | #844 | C | C | B− | C | B− |
| Exeter Township | #591 | B | C− | B | A− | B+ |
| Lower Alsace Township | #677 | B− | C+ | — | C− | B+ |
| Oley Township | #209 | A | C− | — | A− | A |
Alsace Township, Lower Alsace Township and Oley Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Alsace Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Alsace Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Alsace Township, PA a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Alsace Township grades B+ overall, better than 75% of U.S. towns and #400 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health and A− for schools.
Is Alsace Township, PA expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.