Is Chestnuthill Township a good place to live?
Chestnuthill Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 853rd of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: it is healthier than 59% of U.S. towns. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $292K, 3.5 years of the East Stroudsburg area’s $84K median household income. Chestnuthill Township’s average trip to work is 40 minutes, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Only 6 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score lower on history. State Game Lands Number 38, at 1,110 acres with 1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
What makes Chestnuthill Township stand out
Where Chestnuthill Township beats most towns.
89% of working residents leave Chestnuthill Township for work
Where Chestnuthill Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Chestnuthill Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Chestnuthill Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom and 45 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Chestnuthill Township. Close and well known come first.
27 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
33 mi LakeLake Wallenpaupack
38 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
7 mi Ski areaCamelback Mountain Resort37 runs · 804 ft vertical
15 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a year
25 mi Stadium & arenaPPL CenterPhoto credits
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Wallenpaupack: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Lake Musconetcong: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Camelback Mountain Resort: Calzarette at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Middle Delaware National Scenic River: Mike Serfas, Public domain · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Chestnuthill Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Chestnuthill 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 Chestnuthill Township.
Conserved land covers 20.2% of Chestnuthill Township
26 miles of trail in 7 parks and preserves. The trail density in Chestnuthill Township is 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. West End Regional Park | 11.9 mi | 238 |
| 2. The Big Woods Natural Area | 7.1 mi | 768 |
| 3. Chestnuthill Township Park | 2 mi | 39 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
On state tests, Chestnuthill Township’s schools trail 52% of Pennsylvania districts
Its public schools are run by Pleasant Valley SD. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Pleasant Valley HS, with 1,276 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley MSLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 908 | C+ |
| Pleasant Valley HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,276 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Most of Chestnuthill Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
The average commute for its 6,562 working residents takes 40.3 minutes, against 26.3 across Pennsylvania.
Most working residents leave Chestnuthill Township for work: only 11% work in town. Since 2013, Chestnuthill Township has added 684 jobs, to 3,228 in 2023. The top destinations are Pocono Township (7%), Stroud Township (4%) and New York (4%).
| Chestnuthill Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 9.4% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $90,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.9% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Low risk in Chestnuthill Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 75% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 20 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Chestnuthill Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Chestnuthill Township
Chestnuthill Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. Chestnuthill Township’s July high is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Chestnuthill Township earns a B for health
40% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Chestnuthill Township. Chestnuthill Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 19% of adults binge drink in Chestnuthill Township.
| Chestnuthill Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Chestnuthill Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7.5% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Chestnuthill Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Chestnuthill Township
About 5 of every 100 Chestnuthill Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
About Chestnuthill Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Chestnuthill Township is a township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 16,708 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 38 sq mi
- Elevation
- 696 ft
Chestnuthill Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Chestnuthill Township.
It grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Jackson Township (C) comes closest.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnuthill Township | #853 | C | C | — | B− | B |
| Polk Township | #948 | C− | C− | — | B− | B− |
| Tunkhannock Township | #890 | C | B− | — | B− | C− |
| Jackson Township | #854 | C | C− | — | B− | B− |
| Indian Mountain Lake | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ross Township | #902 | C | C− | — | B− | B |
Chestnuthill Township, Polk Township, Tunkhannock Township, Jackson Township and Ross Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Indian Mountain Lake isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Chestnuthill Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Chestnuthill Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Chestnuthill Township, PA a good place to live?
Chestnuthill Township grades C overall, better than 33% of U.S. towns and #853 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health and B− for schools.
Is Chestnuthill 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 C.