Dorrance TownshipPA
A town of 2,130, settled in 1853.
Is Dorrance Township a good place to live?
Dorrance Township’s best subject grades are an A for incomes and an A− for schools; its weakest is a C− for cost of living. Dorrance Township’s average trip to work is 38 minutes, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Only 169 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score lower on cost of living. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. Only 118 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score lower on history. Dorrance Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
96% of working residents leave Dorrance Township for work
Where Dorrance Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Dorrance Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Dorrance Township is from typical.
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Moving to Dorrance Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Dorrance 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 Dorrance Township.
Most of Dorrance Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Dorrance Township for work: only 4% work in town. 2.4% of Dorrance Township residents live below the poverty line, below both Pennsylvania’s towns (7.6%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Since 2013, Dorrance Township has added 81 jobs, to 236 in 2023.
| Dorrance Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.4% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 7% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $99,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.5% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Residents of Dorrance Township are healthier than 67% of U.S. towns
Dorrance Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 2 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 19% of adults binge drink in Dorrance Township.
| Dorrance Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 5.6% | 6.9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Dorrance Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.2% | 14.5% |
| More adults seeing a dentist | 68.9% | 64.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Dorrance Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Dorrance Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Dorrance Township’s July high is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Dorrance Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 61% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Dorrance Township since 1993.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
An age mix much like Pennsylvania’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Pennsylvania average. 17% of Dorrance Township residents are under 18. Dorrance Township has grown 2.3% since 2020, to 2,130 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Dorrance Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 45.8 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 29% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 21% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.8 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Dorrance Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.2% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.8% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.1% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17.3% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.2% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 22.9% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.1% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.4% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.5% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.3% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.9% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.5% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.3% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.5% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,100, single groups can be off by several points
| Dorrance Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.1% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 187 | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Dorrance Township
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Dorrance Township
About 8 of every 100 Dorrance Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Dorrance Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Dorrance Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,077 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 24 sq mi
Dorrance Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Dorrance Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorrance Township | — | — | C− | — | A− | B+ |
| Hollenback Township | — | — | B | — | C+ | B− |
| Butler Township | #833 | C+ | C− | A− | C− | B− |
| Slocum Township | — | — | B+ | — | A− | B |
| Rice Township | #282 | A− | D | A | A− | A− |
| Wright Township | #289 | A− | C− | A | A− | A− |
| Conyngham Township | — | — | A | — | C− | B− |
Dorrance Township, Hollenback Township, Slocum Township and Conyngham Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Dorrance Township, Hollenback Township, Slocum Township and Conyngham Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Dorrance Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Dorrance Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Dorrance Township, PA expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.