Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,899.
Brady Township’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a C for hazard risk. On cost of living, just 93 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do better. Brady Township’s July high is 80°F, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 85°F and U.S. towns at 85°F. The biggest park or preserve is State Game Lands Number 87, at 673 acres. Brady Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Brady Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Brady Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,707 in 1970, 1,941 in 2020. The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 1878 and 5 maps from 1929 on.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Brady 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 Brady Township.
Most working residents leave Brady Township for work: only 3% work in town. Brady Township’s average trip to work is 20 minutes, below both the Pennsylvania town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Brady Township’s median household income is $67,000.
| Brady Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.9% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Oak Amish School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 26 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Brady Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The January low in Brady Township is 17°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 66% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Brady Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 19% of adults smoke cigarettes in Brady Township.
| Brady Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | Brady Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 17.8% | 14.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.4% | 7.7% |
| More smokers | 18.7% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Brady Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.9% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 87 | — | 673 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Brady Township
About 2 of every 100 Brady Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Brady Township is a township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,941 at the 2020 census.
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5 towns share a border with Brady Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Township | — | — | A | — | B | C+ |
| Sandy Township | #620 | B | B− | B | B | B |
| Union Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bloom Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Henderson Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | C− |
| Bell Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Brady Township and Henderson Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Brady Township and Henderson Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Union Township, Bloom Township and Bell Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Brady Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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.