Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 4,670.
Brecknock Township's standout: crime is low: it reports less per resident than 98% of U.S. towns. Overall it grades B+, 424th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania. The median household earns $129K and natural-hazard risk is low. 17% of the land in Brecknock Township is conserved, above both the Pennsylvania town median (8.2%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest place to walk is State Game Lands Number 52, 1,172 acres with 2.7 miles of trail. Homes are expensive, about $353K for a typical one and 4.4 times the Reading metro’s $80K median household income.
Where Brecknock Township beats most towns.
Where Brecknock 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 Brecknock Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,641 in 1980, 4,618 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 1855 and 6 maps from 1905 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Brecknock Township. Close and well known come first.
36 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
29 mi GardenLongwood Gardens
34 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
19 mi Theme parkDutch Wonderland
12 mi MuseumEphrata Cloister
35 mi MuseumWinterthur Museum, Garden and LibraryHersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Longwood Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ephrata Cloister: 1549bcp at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library: Photo by and (c)2007 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), CC BY-SA 2.5
Who provides power, water and the rest in Brecknock 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 Brecknock Township.
Brecknock Township has less tooth loss than most of Pennsylvania, sends most of its workers to Reading and beyond and has household incomes well above the Pennsylvania norm.
Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025, 0.2 per 1,000 residents.
Brecknock Township’s property crime rate is 0.2 per 1,000 residents, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 5.7 and U.S. towns at 9.9.
| Brecknock Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.2 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.2 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by Governor Mifflin SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brecknock El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 459 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
15 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The trail density in Brecknock Township is 0.8 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 52 | 2.7 mi | 1,172 |
| 2. Buxton Conservancy | 1.9 mi | 48 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 80% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 14 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Brecknock Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Brecknock Township has 395 jobs for its 2,045 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Brecknock Township for work: only 3% work in town. Since 2013, Brecknock Township has added 98 jobs, to 395 in 2023. The top destinations are Reading (8%), Cumru Township (5%) and East Cocalico Township (4%).
| Brecknock Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $129,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.9% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.3% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 11% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its widest gap with Pennsylvania is tooth loss: 8.9% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 14.5% statewide. Against the 4,613 U.S. towns with household incomes like Brecknock Township’s, it is less healthy than 72%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Brecknock Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 3 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 19% of Brecknock Township adults binge drink.
| Brecknock Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Brecknock Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.9% | 14.5% |
| More adults seeing a dentist | 68.1% | 64.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Brecknock Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 27 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median household earns $129,432, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania, one input to its A− for jobs and income.
Adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (22% statewide). Brecknock Township’s median age is 47.4 years. 32% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Brecknock Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47.4 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 19% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 21% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 29% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.1 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Brecknock Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.4% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.7% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.9% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.3% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.2% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19.1% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.2% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.2% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.8% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.4% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.6% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.1% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.5% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.6% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,700, single groups can be off by several points
4 within 15 miles of the center of Brecknock Township
About 5 of every 100 Brecknock Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Brecknock Township is a township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,618 at the 2020 census.
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5 towns share a border with Brecknock Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brecknock Township | #424 | B+ | C | A+ | B− | B+ |
| Brecknock Township | #770 | C+ | C | — | C+ | B− |
| Cumru Township | #584 | B | C | — | B− | B+ |
| Spring Township | #310 | A− | C− | B+ | B | A− |
| Robeson Township | #277 | A− | C | A | A− | B+ |
| Caernarvon Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Brecknock Township and Cumru Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Caernarvon Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Brecknock Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Brecknock Township grades B+ overall, better than 73% of U.S. towns and #424 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B+ for health, A+ for safety and B− for schools.
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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