Flying HillsPA
Some 1,738 people live in this town, in Pennsylvania.
Is Flying Hills a good place to live?
32% of residents are 65 or older in Flying Hills, against 21% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. Among 1,036 Pennsylvania towns, just one has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Flying Hills. We don’t grade Flying Hills yet; the figures below are still real.
Flying Hills has shrunk 13% from 2010 to 2020
2,568 counted in 2010 and 2,230 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Hersheypark and 75 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Flying Hills. Close and well known come first.
39 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
29 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
31 mi GardenLongwood Gardens4 mi Stadium & arenaSovereign Center
24 mi Theme parkDutch Wonderland
37 mi MuseumWinterthur Museum, Garden and LibraryPhoto credits
Hersheypark: 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
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Moving to Flying Hills: who provides what
Flying Hills is unincorporated, so Berks County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 Flying Hills.
Flying Hills has a very low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 83% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Flying Hills, 54% come from inland flooding and 13% from hurricanes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Flying Hills’ workers head elsewhere: there are 0.3 jobs for each of them
The top destinations are Reading (13%), Cumru Township (8%) and Wyomissing (6%). Most working residents leave Flying Hills for work: only 1% work in town. This Pennsylvania town had 327 jobs in 2023, up 139 from 2013. 6.2% of residents live below the poverty line in the town.
| Flying Hills | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 6.2% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Flying Hills has four seasons and pleasant summers
Summer afternoons peak near 86° in July, and January nights bottom out around 22°; snowfall runs to about 27 inches a winter. Expect chilly winters and warm summers in Flying Hills.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Flying Hills is
The share of adults in Flying Hills who had a checkup this year: 81%. CDC measures, 26 in all: Flying Hills beats Pennsylvania on 5 and trails on 4.
| Flying Hills | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 79% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 5.3% | 6.9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Flying Hills | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults in frequent mental distress | 14.2% | 16.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Flying Hills sell for about $275K
Flying Hills’ midpoint rent comes in at $1,419 a month. 54% of Flying Hills households are owner-occupiers.
| Flying Hills | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 54% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,419 a month | $1,115 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Flying Hills
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Flying Hills
About 6 of every 100 Flying Hills residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
99% of working residents leave Flying Hills for work
Where Flying Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Flying Hills
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Flying Hills is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cumru Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The population was 2,568 as of the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 0.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 397 ft
- Area code
- Indicatif régional 610
Questions about Flying Hills
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Flying Hills, PA a good place to live?
We don’t grade Flying Hills yet; the figures below are still real. Some 1,738 people live in this town, in Pennsylvania.