Cowanshannock TownshipPA
A town of 2,656. 61% more nonprofits per person than the typical Pennsylvania town.
Is Cowanshannock Township a good place to live?
Cowanshannock Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $169K for a typical one, or 2.2 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. It grades B− overall, 691st of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania. Cowanshannock Township’s average trip to work is 34 minutes, against 26 minutes in Pennsylvania’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Only 38 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns score lower on the outdoors.
What makes Cowanshannock Township stand out
Where Cowanshannock Township beats most towns.
93% of working residents leave Cowanshannock Township for work
Where Cowanshannock Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Cowanshannock Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Cowanshannock Township is from typical.
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Moving to Cowanshannock Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cowanshannock 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 Cowanshannock Township.
Cowanshannock Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding) and has commutes longer than most of Pennsylvania.
Most of Cowanshannock Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.4 jobs for each of them
The average commute for its 1,023 working residents takes 34.4 minutes, against 26.3 across Pennsylvania.
Most working residents leave Cowanshannock Township for work: only 7% work in town. Cowanshannock Township’s median household income is $64,000. The top destinations are East Franklin Township (7%), White Township (4%) and Pittsburgh (4%).
| Cowanshannock Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $64,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 9.5% | 12% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On state tests, Cowanshannock Township’s schools beat 52% of Pennsylvania districts
Its public schools are run by Armstrong SD. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is West Shamokin JSHS, with 526 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shannock Valley Amish School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 31 | – |
| West Shamokin JSHSLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 526 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
In Cowanshannock Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Cowanshannock Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Cowanshannock Township is 83°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Cowanshannock Township is less healthy than 64% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,802 U.S. towns with household incomes like Cowanshannock Township’s, it is healthier than 51%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
Cowanshannock Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 19% of adults smoke cigarettes in Cowanshannock Township.
| Cowanshannock Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Cowanshannock Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.7% | 7.7% |
| More smokers | 19% | 15.8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.8% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Cowanshannock Township
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 87% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $454 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
One flood insurance claim has been paid in Cowanshannock Township since 2004.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Cowanshannock Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Cowanshannock Township
About 2 of every 100 Cowanshannock Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Cowanshannock Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Cowanshannock Township is a township in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,742 at the 2020 census, a decrease from the figure of 2,899 tabulated in 2010.
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- Area
- 46 sq mi
Cowanshannock Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Cowanshannock Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowanshannock Township | #691 | B− | A− | — | B− | C+ |
| Atwood | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Valley Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Washington Township | — | — | A− | — | A− | C |
| Plumcreek Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C+ |
| Wayne Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C |
| South Mahoning Township | — | — | A− | — | A− | D |
| Kittanning Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C+ |
Washington Township, Plumcreek Township, Wayne Township, South Mahoning Township and Kittanning Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Cowanshannock Township, Washington Township, Plumcreek Township, Wayne Township, South Mahoning Township and Kittanning Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Atwood and Valley Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Cowanshannock Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Cowanshannock Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cowanshannock Township, PA a good place to live?
Cowanshannock Township grades B− overall, better than 51% of U.S. towns and #691 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C+ for health and B− for schools.
Is Cowanshannock Township, PA expensive?
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−.