Brown TownshipPA
A town of 4,187.
Is Brown Township a good place to live?
Brown Township grades C− overall, 964th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. On the other side, CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 89% of the country. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its schools rank behind 67% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $198K, 3.1 years of the Lewistown area’s $64K median household income. 31% of the land in Brown Township is conserved, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 8.2% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest place to walk is Rothrock State Forest, 6,411 acres with 37.6 miles of trail.
91% of working residents leave Brown Township for work
Where Brown Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Brown Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Brown Township is from typical.
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Moving to Brown Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Brown 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 Brown Township.
Conserved land covers nearly a third of Brown Township
Its 6,436 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 91% of Pennsylvania towns.
39 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. Brown Township’s trail density is 1.2 miles per square mile, against 0.4 in Pennsylvania’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rothrock State Forest | 37.6 mi | 6,411 |
| 2. Mifflin County Youth Park | 0.3 mi | 13 |
| 3. Reedsville Playground | 0.3 mi | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Brown Township’s grade for schools is a C
Its public schools are run by Mifflin County SD. Two of its 11 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Valley El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–3 | Grades K–3 | 348 | B+ |
| Pleasant View School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–9 | Grades K–9 | 28 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Compared with most of Pennsylvania and the rest of the country, more of Brown Township’s adults report frequent physical distress
18% of Brown Township adults report frequent physical distress. Brown Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 15. 27% of Brown Township adults say their health is fair or poor.
| Brown Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 16% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 19% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Brown Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 12.9% | 7.7% |
| More uninsured adults | 9.3% | 5.8% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 5.5% | 3.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Brown Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Brown Township for work: only 9% work in town. 17% of residents live below the poverty line in Brown Township. The top destinations are Derry Township (8%), Armagh Township (8%) and Lewistown (7%).
| Brown Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.7% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Brown Township
Brown Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 21° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Brown Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 58% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 58 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Brown Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Beaver Stadium and 13 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Brown Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaBeaver Stadium
25 mi LakeRaystown Lake
14 mi Stadium & arenaBryce Jordan Center
14 mi MuseumPalmer Museum of Art34 mi Theme parkDelGrosso's Amusement Park
33 mi MuseumRockhill Trolley MuseumPhoto credits
Beaver Stadium: Sbvr6 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Raystown Lake: Tex Jobe, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain · Bryce Jordan Center: Robert J. La Verghetta, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Palmer Museum of Art: PalmerMuseumofArt, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Rockhill Trolley Museum: Hicksco2 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Everything we know about Brown Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Brown Township
About 5 of every 100 Brown Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
About Brown Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Brown Township is a township in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,119 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 33 sq mi
Brown Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Brown Township.
All 4 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C−; Granville Township (C−) is closest.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Township | #964 | C− | B | — | C | D |
| Jackson Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Derry Township | #882 | C | B+ | — | C | C− |
| Granville Township | #947 | C− | B+ | C+ | C | D |
| Union Township | #946 | C− | B | — | C | D |
| Armagh Township | #759 | C+ | A | A | C | D |
Brown Township, Derry Township and Union Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Jackson Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Brown Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Brown Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Brown Township, PA a good place to live?
Brown Township grades C− overall, better than 19% of U.S. towns and #964 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades D for health and C for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Brown Township, PA expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.