Fell TownshipPA
A town of 2,370.
Is Fell Township a good place to live?
The best of Fell Township’s subject grades is an A for the outdoors; the weakest is a D for hazard risk. On hazard risk, just 85 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 71% of U.S. towns. Fell Township’s trail density is 1.8 miles per square mile, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 0.4 and U.S. towns at 0.4. On civic life, just 76 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns do worse. The biggest place to walk is Merli-Sarnoski County Park, 766 acres with 17 miles of trail. Fell Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
95% of working residents leave Fell Township for work
Where Fell Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Fell Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Fell Township is from typical.
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Moving to Fell Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Fell 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 Fell Township.
Inland flooding leads a very high hazard risk in Fell Township
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 80% of U.S. communities. Since 1985, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Fell Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On state tests, Fell Township’s schools trail 74% of Pennsylvania districts
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fell CSLargest public high schoolGrades K–9 | Grades K–9 | 111 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Most of Fell Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Fell Township for work: only 5% work in town. At $61,000, Fell Township’s median household income is below both Pennsylvania’s towns ($81,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). Since 2013, Fell Township has added 63 jobs, to 488 in 2023.
| Fell Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $61,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Health in Fell Township trails 66% of U.S. towns
Fell Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 41% of Fell Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Fell Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Fell Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 8.1% | 5.8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.1% | 14.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.9% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fell Township stands out in Pennsylvania and nationally: a typical July afternoon there is cooler
The July high in Fell Township is 79°F. Fell Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More middle-aged adults than Pennsylvania overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 45% of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (22% statewide). 31% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Fell Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 18% | 21% | 18% |
| Median age | 43.5 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 21% | 20% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 38% and 62% women
The Census survey reached too few of Fell Township’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±12 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Fell Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.7% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.2% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.6% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.8% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 17.2% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.9% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.3% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.4% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.9% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.8% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.4% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.4% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.3% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.3% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,400, single groups can be off by several points
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Merli-Sarnoski County Park | 17 mi | 766 |
| 2. Jefferson Street Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lake Wallenpaupack and 16 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fell Township. Close and well known come first.
19 mi LakeLake Wallenpaupack
16 mi National Historic SiteSteamtown National Historic Site61K visitors a year8 mi Ski areaElk Mountain Ski Resort28 runs · 908 ft vertical
40 mi Ski areaCamelback Mountain Resort37 runs · 804 ft vertical21 mi Theme parkRocky Glen Park
20 mi Ski areaMontage Mountain Ski Area25 runs · 998 ft verticalPhoto credits
Lake Wallenpaupack: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Steamtown National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Camelback Mountain Resort: Calzarette at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Montage Mountain Ski Area: Montage Mountain Resorts, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Fell Township
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Fell Township
About 2 of every 100 Fell Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Fell Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Fell Township is a township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,345 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 15 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,299 ft
Fell Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Fell Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fell Township | — | — | B | — | C | C |
| Vandling | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Greenfield Township | — | — | C+ | — | A− | B− |
| Carbondale Township | — | — | B− | — | A− | B− |
| Clifford Township | — | — | C+ | — | B | B− |
| Carbondale | #810 | C+ | B+ | A | C | C− |
| Clinton Township | — | — | C− | — | B | B− |
Fell Township, Greenfield Township, Carbondale Township, Clifford Township and Clinton Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Fell Township, Greenfield Township, Carbondale Township, Clifford Township and Clinton Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Vandling isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Fell Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Fell Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fell 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 B.