Barr TownshipPA
A town of 1,996.
Is Barr Township a good place to live?
The best of Barr Township’s subject grades is an A for cost of living. On hazard risk, just 68 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do better. Barr Township’s median rent is $636 a month, below both Pennsylvania’s towns ($1,115 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). The biggest park or preserve is Duman Lake County Park, at 149 acres. Barr Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Barr Township stand out
Where Barr Township beats most towns.
96% of working residents leave Barr Township for work
Where Barr Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Barr Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Barr Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Barr Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Barr 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 Barr Township.
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Barr Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 96% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Barr Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Nicholas Catholic School, Northern Cambria PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 138 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Barr Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Barr Township for work: only 4% work in town. 3.5% of Barr Township residents live below the poverty line, against 7.6% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Since 2013, Barr Township has lost 26 jobs, to 223 in 2023.
| Barr Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.5% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.9% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Barr Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Barr Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Barr Township’s July high is 80°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Barr Township are less healthy than 61% of U.S. towns
Barr Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 18% of adults smoke cigarettes in Barr Township.
| Barr Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 24% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Barr Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.2% | 7.7% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9% | 7.4% |
| More adults with arthritis | 36.8% | 30.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Barr Township has set aside 1.3% of its land for conservation
2.5 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The trail density in Barr Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Barr Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.3% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Duman Lake County Park | 0.2 mi | 149 |
| 2. State Game Lands Number 79 | — | 95 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Flight 93 National Memorial and 13 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Barr Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
18 mi DamSouth Fork Dam
16 mi National Historic SiteAllegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site163K visitors a year
24 mi Theme parkLakemont Park34 mi Theme parkIdlewild and Soak Zone
34 mi MuseumFort LigonierPhoto credits
Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · South Fork Dam: Ernest Walter Histed, Public domain · Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site: Matthew A. Lynn; Original uploader was Mosamiazaz at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Lakemont Park: Bhakta Dano. Original uploader was Oldano at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Fort Ligonier: The original uploader was Mind meal at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0
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Everything we know about Barr Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Barr Township
About 7 of every 100 Barr Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
About Barr Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Barr Township is a township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 2,057. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 31 sq mi
Barr Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Barr Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barr Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C+ |
| Cambria Township | #378 | A− | B | B+ | A− | B− |
| Blacklick Township | — | — | A− | — | C | C+ |
| Northern Cambria | #572 | B | A | A | C+ | C− |
| West Carroll Township | — | — | A+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Susquehanna Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C |
| Pine Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C |
Barr Township, Blacklick Township, West Carroll Township, Susquehanna Township and Pine Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Barr Township, Blacklick Township, West Carroll Township, Susquehanna Township and Pine Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Barr Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Barr Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Barr Township, PA expensive?
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 A.