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Antis Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $184K for a typical one, or 2.9 years of the Altoona metro’s $62K median household income. It grades B− overall, 672nd among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. 37% of the land in Antis Township is conserved, against 8.2% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is State Game Lands Number 158, 8,950 acres with 12.7 miles of trail. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 73% of U.S. towns.
Where Antis Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Antis Township is from typical.
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The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 2021 and 3 maps from 1920 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Antis 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Antis Township.
Antis Township keeps more of its land conserved than most of Pennsylvania and trades workers with Altoona and other neighbors.
Its 14,208 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 95% of Pennsylvania towns.
In 4 parks and preserves, walkers have 23 miles of trail. Antis Township’s concentration of trails stands at 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 158 | 12.7 mi | 8,950 |
| 2. State Game Lands Number 108 | 9.5 mi | 4,794 |
| 3. State Game Lands Number 166 | — | 288 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Its public schools are run by Bellwood-Antis SD.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis M Myers El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 399 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 18° and about 35 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Antis Township has about as many jobs (2,256) as working residents, but only 262 people both live and work here.
Half commute less than 11 miles. The top destinations are Altoona (20%), Logan Township (6%) and Bellwood (5%). Jobs in Antis Township grew by 177 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 2,256.
| Antis Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 10% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $72,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Antis Township, 15% of adults report frequent physical distress, above both the Pennsylvania town median (14%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). Among adults in the town, 19% smoke cigarettes. Two figures for adults locally: 40% sleep under 7 hours, 26% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Antis Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Antis Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.8% | 7.7% |
| More uninsured adults | 7.3% | 5.8% |
| More smokers | 18.5% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in just over half of U.S. communities. The national flood insurance program has paid 27 claims in Antis Township since 1978. 85% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Antis Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaBeaver Stadium
23 mi LakeRaystown Lake
30 mi DamSouth Fork Dam
12 mi Theme parkLakemont Parkin town Theme parkDelGrosso's Amusement Park
16 mi National Historic SiteAllegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site163K visitors a yearBeaver Stadium: Sbvr6 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Raystown Lake: Tex Jobe, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain · South Fork Dam: Ernest Walter Histed, Public domain · Lakemont Park: Bhakta Dano. Original uploader was Oldano at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site: Matthew A. Lynn; Original uploader was Mosamiazaz at en.wikipedia, Public domain
1 within 15 miles of the center of Antis Township
About 4 of every 100 Antis Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Antis Township is a township in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,484 at the 2020 census.
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5 towns share a border with Antis Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antis Township | #672 | B− | B+ | — | B | C+ |
| Tyrone Township | — | — | B− | — | C | C+ |
| Reade Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C− |
| Logan Township | #680 | B− | B+ | B | C | C+ |
| Dean Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Snyder Township | #626 | B | B+ | — | A− | B− |
Tyrone Township and Reade Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Antis Township, Tyrone Township, Reade Township and Snyder Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Dean Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Antis Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Antis Township grades B− overall, better than 53% of U.S. towns and #672 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C+ for health and B for schools.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
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