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A town of 5,751, settled in 1871.
Blooming Grove Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 867th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 62% of the country. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $324K, 4 years of the Hemlock Farms area’s $81K median household income. 45% of the land in Blooming Grove Township is conserved, against 8.2% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Delaware State Forest, at 12,239 acres with 25.8 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Only 98 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns score higher on civic life.
Where Blooming Grove Township beats most towns.
4,819 counted in 2010 and 5,415 in 2020; an estimated 5,751 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 6.8% since 2020, after 12.4% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Blooming Grove Township is from typical.
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Census counts: 339 in 1860, a low of 263 in 1920, 5,421 in 2020. The archive holds 5 maps from 1935 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Blooming Grove 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 Blooming Grove Township.
Blooming Grove Township is a second-home town and keeps more of its land conserved than most of Pennsylvania, but it has commutes longer than most of Pennsylvania.
Its 22,222 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 98% of Pennsylvania towns.
67 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. Blooming Grove Township’s trail density is 0.9 miles per square mile, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 0.4 and U.S. towns at 0.4.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Delaware State Forest | 25.8 mi | 12,239 |
| 2. State Game Lands Number 180 | 11.6 mi | 6,733 |
| 3. Bruce Lake Natural Area | 5.1 mi | 2,240 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 89% of U.S. communities. Since 2005, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Blooming Grove Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The average commute for its 1,525 working residents takes 35.6 minutes, against 26.3 across Pennsylvania. Jobs based here grew from 430 in 2013 to 737.
Most working residents leave Blooming Grove Township for work: only 8% work in town. The average trip to work in Blooming Grove Township is 36 minutes. Since 2013, Blooming Grove Township has added 307 jobs, to 737 in 2023.
| Blooming Grove Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 36 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.4% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $85,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
42.4% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes, against 2.5% statewide, which helps explain the older median age.
People 65 and older are 32% of residents (20% statewide); children under 18 are 14% of residents (21% statewide). Blooming Grove Township’s median age is 52.4 years. Blooming Grove Township has grown 6.8% since 2020, to 5,751 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Blooming Grove Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 32% | 21% | 18% |
| Median age | 52.4 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 14% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 29% | 29% |
47% women, 53% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.9 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Blooming Grove Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.7% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.2% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.4% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.3% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.7% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.2% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.8% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 16.7% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.7% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.6% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.7% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.2% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.5% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.3% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Blooming Grove Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 80°, January nights drop to 15° and about 47 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
15% of Blooming Grove Township adults report frequent mental distress. Blooming Grove Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 5 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 38% of Blooming Grove Township adults have high blood pressure.
| Blooming Grove Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 34% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 79% | 79% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Blooming Grove Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.9% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults in frequent mental distress | 14.7% | 16.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.3% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Blooming Grove Township. Close and well known come first.
8 mi LakeLake Wallenpaupack
23 mi MountainHigh Point
38 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
29 mi National Historic SiteSteamtown National Historic Site61K visitors a year
15 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a year
33 mi Ski areaMountain Creek44 runs · 1,001 ft verticalLake Wallenpaupack: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · High Point: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Musconetcong: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Steamtown National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Middle Delaware National Scenic River: Mike Serfas, Public domain · Mountain Creek: NHRHS2010, CC BY-SA 3.0
None within 15 miles of Blooming Grove Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Blooming Grove Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
45.4% of the town is conserved land, across 6 parks and preserves.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Blooming Grove Township is a township in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,421 at the 2020 census.
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5 towns share a border with Blooming Grove Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blooming Grove Township | #867 | C | C− | — | B | B |
| Dingman Township | #736 | B− | C | — | A− | B+ |
| Lackawaxen Township | #642 | B | B | — | B | B |
| Palmyra Township | #726 | B− | C | — | B | B− |
| Greene Township | #896 | C | B− | — | B | C+ |
| Shohola Township | #601 | B | C+ | — | A− | A− |
Blooming Grove Township, Dingman Township, Lackawaxen Township, Palmyra Township, Greene Township and Shohola Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Blooming Grove Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Blooming Grove Township grades C overall, better than 31% of U.S. towns and #867 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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