Hazle TownshipPA
A town of 10,460.
Is Hazle Township a good place to live?
Hazle Township earns a D, 1024th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns, mostly because of health and schools. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 92% of the country. Its schools rank behind 85% of the state's. What it does well: natural-hazard risk is low. On civic life, just 31 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns do worse. Hazle Township’s median age is 52.9 years, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 43.2 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. The biggest park or preserve is Butler Preserve, at 136 acres.
What makes Hazle Township stand out
Where Hazle Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Jobs vs. working residents
Every workday, about 13,949 people come to Hazle Township for work
Where Hazle Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Hazle Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Hazle Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for hazard risk (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for health (better than 8%), so the D overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Hazle Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hazle 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 Hazle Township.
About one in five working residents works right in Hazle Township
14,798 jobs are based in Hazle Township, 3.8 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 9,895 in 2013 to 14,798.
About one in 5 of Hazle Township’s working residents works in town. 17% of Hazle Township residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Hazle Township has added 4,903 jobs, to 14,798 in 2023.
| Hazle Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 22% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Hazle Township’s grade for schools is a C−
Its public schools are run by Hazleton Area SD. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Hazleton Area HS, with 4,071 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Manor El/MSLargest public middle schoolGrades 3–8 | Grades 3–8 | 1,092 | D |
| Hazleton Area HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 4,071 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Hazle Township stands out in Pennsylvania and nationally: the FEMA risk score there is lower
The FEMA risk score in Hazle Township is 2 of 100. Since 1985, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Hazle Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A larger share of adults report frequent physical distress in Hazle Township than in most of Pennsylvania or the rest of the country
18% of adults report frequent physical distress in Hazle Township. Hazle Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 28% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Hazle Township.
| Hazle Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 24% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 19% | 19% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 6.9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Hazle Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 16.3% | 5.8% |
| More adults in fair or poor health | 28.2% | 18.7% |
| More adults who get no exercise | 35.1% | 23.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Hazle Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.3% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Catawissa Recreation Area - Weiser State Forest | — | 819 |
| 2. Butler Preserve | — | 136 |
| 3. Hazle Township Community Park | — | 23 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Hazle Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Hazle Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. Hazle Township’s July high is 79°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Knoebels Amusement Resort and 34 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hazle Township. Close and well known come first.
36 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
36 mi National Historic SiteSteamtown National Historic Site61K visitors a year
29 mi State parkRicketts Glen State Park
18 mi State parkHickory Run State Park
38 mi Stadium & arenaPPL CenterPhoto credits
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Steamtown National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Ricketts Glen State Park: en:User:Msitler, Public domain · Hickory Run State Park: Mtruch, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Hazle Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Hazle Township
About 3 of every 100 Hazle Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Hazle Township’s neighbors
10 towns share a border with Hazle Township.
All 5 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its D; West Hazleton (D) is closest.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazle Township | #1024 | D | B− | — | C− | D |
| West Hazleton | #1017 | D | C+ | B | C− | D− |
| Hazleton | #982 | D | C+ | B | C− | D− |
| Butler Township | #833 | C+ | C− | A− | C− | B− |
| Pardeesville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Banks Township | — | — | A− | — | C− | C− |
| Foster Township | #990 | D | B− | — | C− | C+ |
| Sugarloaf Township | #630 | B | C− | A− | C− | B+ |
Banks Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Hazle Township, Banks Township and Foster Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Pardeesville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Hazle Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Hazle Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Hazle Township, PA a good place to live?
Hazle Township grades D overall, better than 5% of U.S. towns and #1024 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades D for health and C− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Hazle Township, PA expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.