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Hepburn Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, 809th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $81K. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its schools rank behind 66% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $256K, 4 years of the Williamsport metro’s $64K median household income. 31% of residents are 65 or older in Hepburn Township, above both the Pennsylvania town median (21%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%). Only 70 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns score lower on hazard risk.
Where Hepburn Township beats most towns.
Where Hepburn 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 Hepburn Township is from typical.
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The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 5 maps from 1921 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hepburn Township, and how to reach them.
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Ordered by what stands out in Hepburn Township.
Hepburn Township sends most of its workers to Williamsport and beyond, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding).
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 97% of Pennsylvania towns; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on. 225 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 37 properties have flooded more than once.
The FEMA risk score in Hepburn Township is 81 of 100. Since 1978, 225 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Hepburn Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by Williamsport Area SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hepburn-Lycoming Primary SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–3 | Grades K–3 | 402 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Hepburn Township has 244 jobs for its 1,054 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 20 minutes, against 26.3 across Pennsylvania.
Most working residents leave Hepburn Township for work: only 3% work in town. Hepburn Township’s average trip to work is 20 minutes. Since 2013, Hepburn Township has lost 56 jobs, to 244 in 2023.
| Hepburn Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.4% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.6% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Hepburn Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 36 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Hepburn Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.7% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
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Hepburn Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 36% of adults have high blood pressure in Hepburn Township.
| Hepburn Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 34% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 80% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Hepburn Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.6% | 14.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.8% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Hepburn Township
About 2 of every 100 Hepburn Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Hepburn Township is a township in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,579 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Williamsport Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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5 towns share a border with Hepburn Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hepburn Township | #809 | C+ | B | — | C | B− |
| Lycoming Township | — | — | B+ | — | C | B− |
| Lewis Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Eldred Township | — | — | C | — | A | B |
| Loyalsock Township | #805 | C+ | C− | — | A− | B− |
| Gamble Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Lycoming Township and Eldred Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Hepburn Township, Lycoming Township, Eldred Township and Loyalsock Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Lewis Township and Gamble Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Hepburn Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Hepburn Township grades C+ overall, better than 38% of U.S. towns and #809 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health and C for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.