Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Fishing Creek Township’s best subject grade is an A for history; its weakest is a D for walkability. Only 110 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns score lower on hazard risk. Fishing Creek Township's public schools beat 72% of Pennsylvania towns on state tests and graduation. Only 137 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score lower on walkability. Its National Register listings include Bridge in Fishing Creek Township. Fishing Creek Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Fishing Creek Township beats most towns.
Where Fishing Creek Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Fishing Creek Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 2010 and 5 maps from 1894 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Fishing Creek 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 Fishing Creek Township.
For half of commuters, work is under 18 miles away. In Fishing Creek Township, the average trip to work is 33 minutes, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Since 2013, Fishing Creek Township has added 28 jobs, to 92 in 2023. 0.8% of Fishing Creek Township working residents work locally.
| Fishing Creek Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.2% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Fishing Creek Township, the FEMA risk score is 78 of 100, against 30 of 100 in Pennsylvania’s towns and 44 of 100 across U.S. towns. The national flood insurance program has paid 100 claims here since 1979. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 85% come from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The range runs from 18° on a January night to 83° on a July afternoon, with about 36 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
37% of adults have high blood pressure in Fishing Creek Township. The town beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 6. Two figures for adults locally: 15% report frequent physical distress, 27% get no exercise outside work.
| Fishing Creek Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 24% | 25% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Fishing Creek Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.2% | 79.2% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.6% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The biggest park or preserve is State Game Lands Number 55, at 902 acres. Trails total 1.9 miles in 1 park or preserve. The concentration of trails for Fishing Creek Township comes to 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Fishing Creek Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6.9% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 55 | 0.9 mi | 902 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Fishing Creek Township
About 3 of every 100 Fishing Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
4 places in Fishing Creek Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Fishing Creek Township is a township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 1,416 at the 2010 census.
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7 towns share a border with Fishing Creek Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing Creek Township | — | — | B | — | B+ | C+ |
| Briar Creek Township | #670 | B− | B+ | A | C+ | C |
| North Centre Township | — | — | C+ | — | A | C+ |
| Benton Township | — | — | B | — | B+ | C+ |
| Huntington Township | — | — | B− | — | C+ | C+ |
| Greenwood Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C+ |
| New Columbus | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Orange Township | — | — | C+ | — | A | B− |
Fishing Creek Township, North Centre Township, Benton Township, Huntington Township, Greenwood Township and Orange Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Fishing Creek Township, North Centre Township, Benton Township, Huntington Township, Greenwood Township and Orange Township report no FBI crime data of their own. New Columbus isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Fishing Creek Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
