Cranberry TownshipVenango County, PA
A town of 6,241, settled in 1835.
Is Cranberry Township a good place to live?
Cranberry Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $150K, 2.4 years of the Oil City area’s $62K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 744th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. The median household income is $61K, and 13% of residents live below the poverty line. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. State Game Lands Number 45, at 4,258 acres with 2.7 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Cranberry Township’s median age is 51.7 years, above both the Pennsylvania town median (43.2 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Only 154 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns score higher on civic life.
What makes Cranberry Township stand out
Where Cranberry Township beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
Every workday, about 3,213 people come to Cranberry Township for work
Where Cranberry Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Cranberry Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Cranberry Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Cranberry Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cranberry 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 Cranberry Township.
Cranberry Township draws workers from Oil City and beyond and is healthier than towns with similar incomes.
About one in five working residents works right in Cranberry Township
3,711 jobs are based in Cranberry Township, 1.5 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
About one in 5 of Cranberry Township’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Oil City (11%), Franklin (8%) and Sugarcreek (6%).
| Cranberry Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 20% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On state tests, Cranberry Township’s schools beat 64% of Pennsylvania districts
Its public schools are run by Cranberry Area SD. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Cranberry Area JSHS, with 563 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranberry El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 581 | C+ |
| Cranberry Area JSHSLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 563 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Cranberry Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 88% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 28 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Cranberry Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Cranberry Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Cranberry Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Cranberry Township’s July high is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conserved land covers 10.4% of Cranberry Township
16 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 45 | 2.7 mi | 4,258 |
| 2. State Game Lands Number 47 | — | 54 |
| 3. Morrison Park | — | 21 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Cranberry Township is less healthy than 63% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,171 U.S. towns with household incomes like Cranberry Township’s, it is healthier than 56%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
Cranberry Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 19% of Cranberry Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Cranberry Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 34% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Cranberry Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.6% | 79.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Cranberry Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Cranberry Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Cranberry Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Cranberry Township
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Cranberry (also Cranberry Village, Salina) is an unincorporated community in Cranberry Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Elevation
- 1,417 ft
- ZIP code
- 16319
Cranberry Township’s neighbors
9 towns share a border with Cranberry Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranberry Township | #744 | C+ | B+ | — | B | C+ |
| Rockland Township | — | — | A | — | B | C+ |
| Sandycreek Township | — | — | B+ | — | C | C |
| Oil City | #777 | C+ | A− | B | C+ | C− |
| Sugarcreek | #422 | B+ | A | A− | B | C |
| Woodland Heights | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cornplanter Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C |
| Pinegrove Township | — | — | A+ | — | B | C+ |
Rockland Township, Sandycreek Township, Cornplanter Township and Pinegrove Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Cranberry Township, Rockland Township, Sandycreek Township, Cornplanter Township and Pinegrove Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Woodland Heights isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Cranberry Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Cranberry Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cranberry Township, PA a good place to live?
Cranberry Township grades C+ overall, better than 45% of U.S. towns and #744 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C+ for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Cranberry 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 B+.