Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 4,483.
German Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $123K, 1.6 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. It grades B− overall, ranked 657th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. On the plus side, it reports less crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns. On walkability, just 128 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do worse. German Township has 1 place on the National Register. The biggest park or preserve is State Game Lands Number 238, at 772 acres.
Where German Township beats most towns.
Where German 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 German Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 11,844 in 1910, a peak of 16,341 in 1930, 4,672 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 1773 and 4 maps from 1900 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in German 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 German Township.
German Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes, has added half again as many jobs in ten years and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s.
At 6.6 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 71% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns.
German Township’s property crime rate is 0.6 per 1,000 residents, against 5.7 in Pennsylvania’s towns and 9.9 across U.S. towns.
| German Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.6 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.9 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by Albert Gallatin Area SD. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Gallatin North MSLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 375 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Jobs based here grew from 568 in 2013 to 965.
Most working residents leave German Township for work: only 6% work in town. Since 2013, German Township has added 397 jobs, to 965 in 2023. German Township’s average trip to work is 29 minutes, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (26 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes).
| German Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
German Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 22° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 9,367 U.S. towns with household incomes like German Township’s, it is healthier than 64%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
German Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 19% of German Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| German Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 79% | 79% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | German Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.5% | 7.7% |
| More smokers | 18.9% | 15.8% |
| More adults with arthritis | 35.4% | 30.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 57% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in German Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2.7 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The trail density in German Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| German Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.4% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Masontown German Park | 0.3 mi | 128 |
| 2. State Game Lands Number 238 | — | 772 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around German Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi MuseumFallingwater
Big draw40 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
17 mi Stadium & arenaMountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium
35 mi Theme parkKennywood
40 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
40 mi Stadium & arenaPNC ParkFallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Acrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of German Township
About 1 of every 100 German Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, United States
German Township is a township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,672 at the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 5,097 tabulated in 2010. McClellandtown is the township's largest village. The Albert Gallatin Area School District serves the region. McClellandtown, Edenborn, Leckrone, Ronco, Footedale, Adah, Palmer, Hibbs, and Lambert are located within the township.
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10 towns share a border with German Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| German Township | #657 | B− | A− | A | C+ | C+ |
| Menallen Township | #824 | C+ | A+ | — | C | C |
| Masontown | #897 | C | A | C | C+ | C− |
| Nicholson Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C |
| New Salem | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cumberland Township | #846 | C | B+ | B− | C | C+ |
| Georges Township | #566 | B | A+ | — | C+ | C |
| Monongahela Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C |
Nicholson Township and Monongahela Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Menallen Township, Nicholson Township, Georges Township and Monongahela Township report no FBI crime data of their own. New Salem isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare German Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
German Township grades B− overall, better than 54% of U.S. towns and #657 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C+ for health, A for safety and C+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
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 A−.
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