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A town of 3,594.
Gregg Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $169K for a typical one, or 2.2 years of the Lewisburg area’s $76K median household income. It grades B+ overall, 477th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania. On the plus side, its schools outperform 79% of the state's. 40% of residents live below the poverty line in Gregg Township, above both the Pennsylvania town median (7.6%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Only 82 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score lower on walkability. State Game Lands Number 252, at 1,286 acres with 19 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Gregg Township beats most towns.
Benjamin Griffey House| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| South Creek Amish School | 1–8 | 17 |
4,984 counted in 2010 and 4,096 in 2020; an estimated 3,594 in 2025.
The decline has continued: down 12.2% since 2020, after 17.8% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Gregg Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1886 and 4 maps from 1924 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Gregg 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 Gregg Township.
Gregg Township pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices and keeps more of its land conserved than most of Pennsylvania, but it has poverty well above the Pennsylvania rate.
Its 3,084 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 92% of Pennsylvania towns.
The trail density in Gregg Township is 1.3 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 252 | 19 mi | 1,286 |
| 2. Tiadaghton State Forest | — | 1,007 |
| 3. Bald Eagle State Forest | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its A− for schools comes with an A for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $169K.
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Creek Amish School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 17 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Gregg Township’s FEMA risk score is 2 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Gregg Township has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 20° and about 36 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Jobs based here grew from 503 in 2013 to 1,024.
Most working residents leave Gregg Township for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in Gregg Township grew to 1,024 in 2023, 521 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Milton (5%), Kelly Township (4%) and Philadelphia (3%).
| Gregg Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.6% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
23% of adults binge drink in Gregg Township. Gregg Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 8 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 45% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Gregg Township.
| Gregg Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 18% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 38% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 16% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Gregg Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.4% | 8.8% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 23.9% | 30.4% |
| More uninsured adults | 12.2% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
3 within 15 miles of the center of Gregg Township
About 1 of every 100 Gregg Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Gregg Township is a township in Union County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,339 at the 2020 census, of which 3,679 were federal inmates.
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4 towns share a border with Gregg Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregg Township | #477 | B+ | A | — | A− | B− |
| Delaware Township | #508 | B+ | B | — | A− | B− |
| Allenwood | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brady Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Washington Township | — | — | C | — | B+ | C+ |
Washington Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Gregg Township, Delaware Township and Washington Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Allenwood and Brady Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Gregg Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Gregg Township grades B+ overall, better than 68% of U.S. towns and #477 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health and A− 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.