Frenchcreek TownshipPA
A town of 1,393.
Is Frenchcreek Township a good place to live?
Frenchcreek Township’s best subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and civic life; its weakest is a D− for walkability. Only 139 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score lower on history. The biggest park or preserve is State Game Lands Number 39, at 33 acres. Frenchcreek Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,393 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Frenchcreek Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Frenchcreek Township is from typical.
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Moving to Frenchcreek Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Frenchcreek 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 Frenchcreek Township.
Frenchcreek Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For most workers, Frenchcreek Township is a place to come home to: only 2% work in town. Frenchcreek Township’s median household income is $69,000, below both the Pennsylvania town median ($81,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). The average commute here is 28 minutes. Half the trips to work are shorter than 19 miles.
| Frenchcreek Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $69,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 14% | 12% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A older population than Pennsylvania as a whole
The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 33%, against 35% across Pennsylvania. People 65 and older are 32% of residents (20% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 11% of residents (22% statewide). Frenchcreek Township’s age of the median resident is 51.2 years, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (43.2 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years). It is shrinking: down 2.2% since 2020, to 1,393 residents (2025 estimate).
| Frenchcreek Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 32% | 21% | 18% |
| Median age | 51.2 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 18% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.5 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Frenchcreek Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.7% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.9% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.2% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.9% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.1% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.8% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 23.4% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.9% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.9% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.9% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.9% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.4% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.1% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,400, single groups can be off by several points
Natural hazards: high risk in Frenchcreek Township, mostly inland flooding
86% of Frenchcreek Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by strong winds at 5%. On expected storm and flood damage, Frenchcreek Township sits above 73% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Frenchcreek Township are less healthy than seven in ten U.S. towns
Among adults in Frenchcreek Township, 38% have high blood pressure. The town does better than the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and worse on 11.
| Frenchcreek Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 34% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Frenchcreek Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.8% | 79.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.6% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expect snowy winters and pleasant summers in Frenchcreek Township
Frenchcreek Township’s typical July afternoon high is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Frenchcreek Township has set aside 4.6% of its land for conservation
Trails total 1.2 miles in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 39 | — | 33 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Frenchcreek Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Frenchcreek Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Frenchcreek Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
98% of working residents leave Frenchcreek Township for work
Where Frenchcreek Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Frenchcreek Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Frenchcreek Township is a township in Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,424 at the 2020 census, a decrease from 1,542 in 2010, which represented, in turn, a decline from the figure of 1,605 as of 2000.
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- Area
- 30 sq mi
Questions about Frenchcreek Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Frenchcreek Township, PA expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.