Center TownshipIndiana County, PA
The town, home to 4,330 people, lies in Pennsylvania.
Is Center Township a good place to live?
Good on most counts; one lags. Schools are where it shines: its schools outperform 77% of the state's. Center Township grades B overall, better than 56% of U.S. towns. Its place in the ranking is 635th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. A typical home there costs about $163K, 2.7 years of the Indiana area’s $60K median household income. The drawback is incomes: the median household income is $70K, and 8% of residents live below the poverty line. The biggest park or preserve is State Game Lands Number 276, at 518 acres. 27% of residents are 65 or older here, against 21% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · OpenStreetMap.
What makes Center Township stand out
Where Center Township beats most towns.
91% of working residents leave Center Township for work
Where Center Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Center Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Center Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Center Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Center 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 Center Township.
Center Township earns an A− for schools
The largest public high school is Homer-Center JSHS, with 392 students. Public schools: Homer-Center SD. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homer-Center El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 378 | B− |
| Homer-Center JSHSLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 392 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
With only 0.7 jobs per working resident, most people in Center Township work out of town
Jobs based here fell from 2,568 in 2013 to 1,215.
Commuting out is the norm in Center Township: 9% of working residents work locally. This Pennsylvania town had 1,215 jobs in 2023, down 1,353 from 2013. Its mean commuting time comes in at 22 minutes. The top destinations are White Township (21%), Indiana (11%) and Burrell Township (4%).
| Center Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 8.8% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.7% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Center Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Center Township’s FEMA hazard score comes in at 23 of 100. The national flood insurance program has paid 8 claims in the town since 1978. 77% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 6%.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Center Township brings snowy winters and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 83°; in January, nights fall to 20°, and about 46 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Center Township are less healthy than 55% of U.S. towns
Nearly two fifths of Center Township adults have obesity. Among adults in the town, 17% smoke cigarettes and 18% binge drink.
| Center Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Center Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9% | 7.7% |
| More adults with arthritis | 34.6% | 30.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Center Township has set aside 4.2% of its land for conservation
Trails total 1.3 miles in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 276 | 0.1 mi | 518 |
| 2. State Game Lands Number 273 | — | 52 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Center Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Center Township
About 11 of every 100 Center Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Center Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Center Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center Township | #635 | B | B− | — | A− | B− |
| Brush Valley Township | — | — | A− | — | A | C+ |
| Armstrong Township | #544 | B | B+ | — | B+ | B− |
| White Township | #638 | B | C+ | — | B+ | B |
| Burrell Township | #615 | B | A− | — | B | C |
| Black Lick Township | — | — | B+ | — | B | C |
| Lucerne Mines | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| West Wheatfield Township | — | — | B+ | — | A | C+ |
Brush Valley Township, Black Lick Township and West Wheatfield Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Center Township, Brush Valley Township, Armstrong Township, White Township, Burrell Township, Black Lick Township and West Wheatfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Lucerne Mines isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Center Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Center Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Center Township, PA a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Center Township grades B overall, better than 56% of U.S. towns and #635 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health and A− for schools.
Is Center 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−.