GrillPA
A town of 1,903, settled in 1888.
Is Grill a good place to live?
Grill’s median household income is $144,000, against $81,000 in Pennsylvania’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. No town among the 1,036 in Pennsylvania we compare has a lower share of residents below the poverty line than Grill. Grill’s trail density is 1.3 miles per square mile, against 0.4 in Pennsylvania’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. We don’t grade Grill yet; the figures below are still real.
What makes Grill stand out
Where Grill beats most towns.
Every workday, about 2,390 people come to Grill for work
Where Grill’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Hersheypark and 66 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Grill. Close and well known come first.
38 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
29 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
33 mi GardenLongwood Gardens3 mi Stadium & arenaSovereign Center
24 mi Theme parkDutch Wonderland
38 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 Grill: who provides what
Grill 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 Grill.
A job hub: Grill has 3.6 jobs for every working resident and draws in 2,390 commuters
Most working residents leave Grill for work: only 4% work in town. Grill’s average trip to work is 18 minutes. Since 2013, Grill has added 2,198 jobs, to 2,419 in 2023.
| Grill | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.3% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Grill faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 83% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Grill
Grill has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 22° and about 27 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Grill is
Grill beats the Pennsylvania average on 12 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 14% of Grill adults report frequent mental distress.
| Grill | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Grill | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.6% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults in fair or poor health | 14.1% | 18.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
An age mix much like Pennsylvania’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Pennsylvania average. 39% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Grill.
| Grill | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 39% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 41.5 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 22% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 21% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.2 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Grill | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.5% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 15% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.9% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.9% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 17.5% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 2.9% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.7% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.6% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.5% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.9% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 6.6% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 17.2% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.5% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 22.3% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,900, single groups can be off by several points
Compared with most of Pennsylvania and the rest of the country, less of Grill is conserved land
0.1% of the land in Grill is conserved.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Grill
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Grill
About 8 of every 100 Grill residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Grill
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Grill is a census-designated place in Cumru Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located just to the east of the borough of Kenhorst at the intersection of PA routes 625 and 724. The area is generally suburban in nature, and is served by the Governor Mifflin School District. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,468 residents.
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- Area
- 0.8 sq mi
Grill’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Grill.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grill | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cumru Township | #584 | B | C | — | B− | B+ |
| Reading | #1010 | D | B | C | D− | D− |
| Kenhorst | #330 | A− | B | — | B− | B |
Cumru Township and Kenhorst report no FBI crime data of their own. Grill isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Grill with a neighbor →
Questions about Grill
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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