Beccaria TownshipPA
A town of 1,741, settled in 1894.
Is Beccaria Township a good place to live?
Beccaria Township’s best subject grade is an A− for cost of living; its weakest is a D for walkability. Beccaria Township’s average trip to work is 37 minutes, against 26 minutes in Pennsylvania’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Only 64 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score lower on walkability. The biggest place to walk is State Game Lands Number 120, 2,976 acres with 11.5 miles of trail. Beccaria Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
95% of working residents leave Beccaria Township for work
Where Beccaria Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Beccaria Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Beccaria Township is from typical.
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Moving to Beccaria Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Beccaria 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 Beccaria Township.
Beccaria Township is less healthy than 80% of U.S. towns
Beccaria Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 21% of adults smoke cigarettes in Beccaria Township, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 17% and U.S. towns at 14%. 24% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Beccaria Township.
| Beccaria Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 19% | 19% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| What stands out | Beccaria Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 11.4% | 7.7% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 21.1% | 14.5% |
| More uninsured adults | 7.8% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Beccaria Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Beccaria Township for work: only 5% work in town. Jobs based in Beccaria Township grew to 147 in 2023, 30 more than in 2013. 14% of Beccaria Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Beccaria Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $60,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.8% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Beccaria Township
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 71% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 13 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Beccaria Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Beccaria Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Beccaria Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Beccaria Township is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conserved land covers 12.2% of Beccaria Township
12 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 120 | 11.5 mi | 2,976 |
| 2. State Game Lands Number 60 | 0.1 mi | 36 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Beaver Stadium and 17 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Beccaria Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaBeaver Stadium
32 mi DamSouth Fork Dam
35 mi LakeRaystown Lake
21 mi National Historic SiteAllegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site163K visitors a year
21 mi Theme parkLakemont Park
35 mi Stadium & arenaBryce Jordan CenterPhoto credits
Beaver Stadium: Sbvr6 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · South Fork Dam: Ernest Walter Histed, Public domain · Raystown Lake: Tex Jobe, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 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 · Bryce Jordan Center: Robert J. La Verghetta, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Beccaria Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Beccaria Township; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Beccaria Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Beccaria Township
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Beccaria is an unincorporated community in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 729, 3.4 miles (5.5 km) southeast of Glen Hope. Beccaria has a post office with ZIP code 16616.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Elevation
- 1,375 ft
- ZIP code
- 16616
Beccaria Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Beccaria Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beccaria Township | — | — | A− | — | C+ | C− |
| Gulich Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C |
| Glen Hope | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bigler Township | — | — | A+ | — | B+ | C− |
| Chest Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jordan Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Reade Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C− |
Beccaria Township, Gulich Township, Bigler Township and Reade Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Beccaria Township, Gulich Township, Bigler Township and Reade Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Glen Hope, Chest Township and Jordan Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Beccaria Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Beccaria Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Beccaria Township, PA expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $105,000. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.