Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,319.
The best of Brothersvalley Township’s subject grades are an A− for cost of living and schools and an A for civic life; the weakest is a C− for walkability. Only 35 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns score higher on civic life. Beechdale Bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places. On the outdoors, just 86 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do worse. Brothersvalley Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Brothersvalley Township beats most towns.
Beechdale BridgeWhere Brothersvalley 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 Brothersvalley Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,080 in 1970, a peak of 4,184 in 2000, 2,377 in 2020. The archive holds 5 maps from 1923 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Brothersvalley 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 Brothersvalley Township.
Since 1996, Brothersvalley Township has seen 2 flood insurance claims paid out. FEMA puts 66% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 6% to strong winds. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 99% of U.S. communities.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
16% of adults binge drink in Brothersvalley Township, below the Pennsylvania town median (18%) and near the median of U.S. towns (16%). In Brothersvalley Township, 20% of adults smoke cigarettes. Two figures for adults in the town: 16% report frequent physical distress, 23% say their health is fair or poor.
| Brothersvalley Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 19% | 19% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Brothersvalley Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.9% | 7.7% |
| More uninsured adults | 7.8% | 5.8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.8% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Half the trips to work are shorter than 12 miles. Jobs in Brothersvalley Township fell by 31 from 2013 to 2023, to 306. Only 6% of working residents stay in Brothersvalley Township for work; the rest commute out. The town’s income of the median household is $70,000, below both Pennsylvania’s towns ($81,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000).
| Brothersvalley Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $70,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Summers in Brothersvalley Township are pleasant, and winters chilly, snowy. July afternoons reach 80°, January nights drop to 18° and about 96 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest park or preserve is State Game Lands Number 82, at 158 acres. Across 2 parks and preserves: 5.9 miles of trail. The trail network density for Brothersvalley Township comes to 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Brothersvalley Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.4% | 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. State Game Lands Number 82 | — | 158 |
| 2. Berlin Community Grove | — | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Brothersvalley Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi MuseumFallingwater
Big draw10 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
13 mi MountainMount Davis
32 mi National BattlefieldFort Necessity National Battlefield226K visitors a year
32 mi DamSouth Fork Dam
35 mi LakeDeep Creek LakeFallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Davis: Wikiuser100, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Necessity National Battlefield: Wilson44691, CC0 · South Fork Dam: Ernest Walter Histed, Public domain · Deep Creek Lake: Gohens84, CC BY-SA 3.0
None within 15 miles of Brothersvalley Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Brothersvalley Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Brothersvalley Township is a township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,377 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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7 towns share a border with Brothersvalley Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brothersvalley Township | — | — | A− | — | A− | C− |
| Northampton Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Allegheny Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stonycreek Township | — | — | B | — | B | C |
| Somerset Township | #724 | B− | B | — | B+ | C |
| Summit Township | — | — | A+ | — | C+ | C− |
| Black Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Larimer Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Brothersvalley Township, Stonycreek Township and Summit Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Brothersvalley Township, Stonycreek Township, Somerset Township and Summit Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Northampton Township, Allegheny Township, Black Township and Larimer Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Brothersvalley 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−.
