Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Cumru Township grades B overall, 584th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $91K and natural-hazard risk is low. It also does better than most on health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 70% of the country. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: homes are expensive, about $283K for a typical one and 3.5 times the Reading metro’s $80K median household income. Cumru Township’s trail density is 4.9 miles per square mile, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 0.4 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Cumru Township has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Rieser Mill and Ridgewood Farm.
Where Cumru Township beats most towns.
10.2% of the town is conserved land, across 11 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Cumru Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 13,816 in 2000, 15,638 in 2020. The archive holds 8 maps from 1894 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cumru Township. Close and well known come first.
37 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
31 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
32 mi GardenLongwood Gardens5 mi Stadium & arenaSovereign Center
22 mi Theme parkDutch Wonderland
37 mi MuseumWinterthur Museum, Garden and LibraryHersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Longwood Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library: Photo by and (c)2007 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), CC BY-SA 2.5
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cumru 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Cumru Township.
104 miles of trail in 11 parks and preserves. Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center, at 695 acres with 13.8 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center | 13.8 mi | 695 |
| 2. Neversink Mountain Preserve | 11.4 mi | 362 |
| 3. Gibraltar Hill Tract | 1.8 mi | 71 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by Governor Mifflin SD. One of its 4 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate SchLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–6 | Grades 5–6 | 623 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 85% of U.S. communities. Since 1982, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Cumru Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
39% of Cumru Township adults sleep under 7 hours, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (38%) and U.S. towns (36%). Cumru Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 19% of adults binge drink in Cumru Township.
| Cumru Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Cumru Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.3% | 14.5% |
| More uninsured adults | 7.5% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Cumru Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 27 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Cumru Township has about as many jobs (6,568) as working residents, but only 526 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 3,614 in 2013 to 6,568.
Most working residents leave Cumru Township for work: only 7% work in town. Since 2013, Cumru Township has added 2,954 jobs, to 6,568 in 2023. The top destinations are Reading (13%), Wyomissing (5%) and West Reading (5%).
| Cumru Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Cumru Township's reported crime rate is below Pennsylvania's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 18 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
| Cumru Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 7.1 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.1 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
People 65 and older are 24% of residents (20% statewide). 41% of Cumru Township adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Cumru Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 41% | 29% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 24% | 21% | 18% |
| Median age | 43.5 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 21% | 20% | 22% |
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2 points). Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Cumru Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.7% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.4% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.1% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.7% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.6% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.1% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.4% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.3% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.5% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 11.3% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.4% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.8% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.7% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
4 within 15 miles of the center of Cumru Township
About 4 of every 100 Cumru Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
2 places in Cumru Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Cumru Township (pronounced "KOOM-roo") is a township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 15,638 at the 2020 census. Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center, a Pennsylvania state park, is in Cumru Township.
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10 towns share a border with Cumru Township.
Reading next door grades lower for schools (D− to Cumru Township’s B−) and higher for cost of living (B to C).
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumru Township | #584 | B | C | — | B− | B+ |
| Reading | #1010 | D | B | C | D− | D− |
| Grill | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shillington | #549 | B | C+ | B+ | B− | B+ |
| Kenhorst | #330 | A− | B | — | B− | B |
| Spring Township | #310 | A− | C− | B+ | B | A− |
| Pennwyn | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wyomissing | #613 | B | D | C+ | B | A |
Cumru Township and Kenhorst report no FBI crime data of their own. Grill and Pennwyn aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Cumru Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Cumru Township grades B overall, better than 60% of U.S. towns and #584 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B+ for health and B− for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
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