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Fermanagh Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $257K, 3.9 years of the county’s $66K median household income. It grades C overall, ranked 870th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. 20% of the land in Fermanagh Township is conserved, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 8.2% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. State Game Lands Number 107, at 4,101 acres with 7.4 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Fermanagh Township beats most towns.
Census counts: 887 in 1850, 2,865 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 2009 and 3 maps from 1934 on.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Fermanagh Township is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Fermanagh 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 Fermanagh Township.
Fermanagh Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes and trades workers with Walker Township and other neighbors, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding).
Trails total 21 miles in 3 parks and preserves. The trail network density for Fermanagh Township comes to 0.7 miles per square mile, against 0.4 in Pennsylvania’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 107 | 7.4 mi | 4,101 |
| 2. Lewistown Narrows Canal Park | 1 mi | 16 |
| 3. Moist Run Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Below: Two of its 4 schools, each with why it was picked. The largest public high school is Juniata SHS, with 485 students. Juniata County SD runs its public schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juniata El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 686 | C |
| Juniata SHSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 485 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Against the 8,508 U.S. towns with household incomes like Fermanagh Township’s, it is less healthy than 58%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
Among adults in Fermanagh Township, 37% have obesity. 23% of adults in Fermanagh Township say their health is fair or poor; 29% get no exercise outside work.
| Fermanagh Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 19% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 24% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Fermanagh Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 9% | 5.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 7.7% |
| More smokers | 19.9% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A winter brings about 26 inches of snow, with January nights at 22° and July afternoons at 85°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 90% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $571 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
79% of Fermanagh Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hurricanes at 8%. In Fermanagh Township, the FEMA risk score is 67 of 100. The national flood insurance program has paid 27 claims here since 1984.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fermanagh Township has about as many jobs (1,409) as working residents, but only 145 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 995 in 2013 to 1,409.
The share of working residents in Fermanagh Township who work locally: 11%. Jobs based in Fermanagh Township grew to 1,409 in 2023, 414 more than in 2013. For half of commuters, work is under 20 miles away. In Fermanagh Township, the income of the median household is $58,000.
| Fermanagh Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $58,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
None within 15 miles of Fermanagh Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Fermanagh Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Fermanagh Township is a township in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,865 at the 2020 census, an increase over the figure of 2,811 tabulated in 2010. The township was named after County Fermanagh in Ireland.
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6 towns share a border with Fermanagh Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fermanagh Township | #870 | C | B | — | B− | C |
| Milford Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | C |
| Decatur Township | #989 | D | B+ | — | C | C− |
| Derry Township | #882 | C | B+ | — | C | C− |
| Walker Township | #665 | B− | A− | — | B− | C− |
| Fayette Township | #519 | B+ | A | — | B− | C |
| Granville Township | #947 | C− | B+ | C+ | C | D |
Milford Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Fermanagh Township, Milford Township, Decatur Township, Derry Township, Walker Township and Fayette Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Fermanagh Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Fermanagh Township grades C overall, better than 31% of U.S. towns and #870 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C 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 B.