Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,847.
The best of Jackson Township’s subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and a B for history; the weakest is a C− for health. Only 1 of the 1,038 Pennsylvania towns we compare have a lower January low than Jackson Township. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 75% of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 140 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do worse. Jackson Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Jackson 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 Jackson Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,054 in 2000, 1,882 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2008 and 2 maps from 1954 on.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Jackson 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 Jackson Township.
Jackson Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 20% of adults smoke cigarettes in Jackson Township, above both the Pennsylvania town median (17%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). 16% of Jackson Township adults report frequent physical distress.
| Jackson Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 34% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Jackson Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.2% | 79.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.4% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Jackson Township for work: only 4% work in town. Jackson Township’s average trip to work is 33 minutes, against 26 minutes in Pennsylvania’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Since 2013, Jackson Township has lost 35 jobs, to 176 in 2023.
| Jackson Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $69,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.6% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.4% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The July high in Jackson Township is 79°F. Jackson Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 61% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
3.4 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. Jackson Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Jackson Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.4% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Jackson Township. Close and well known come first.
14 mi MuseumCorning Museum of Glass400K visitors a year
31 mi State parkWatkins Glen State Park
14 mi MuseumRockwell Museum
40 mi State parkWorlds End State Park13 mi MuseumNational Soaring Museum
38 mi MuseumFrench AzilumCorning Museum of Glass: User:Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Watkins Glen State Park: Flickr user: Peter Rivera Stamford, Connecticut https://www.flickr.com/people/ri, CC BY 2.0 · Rockwell Museum: W.rose.v, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Worlds End State Park: Nicholas, CC BY 2.0 · French Azilum: Nicholas A. Tonelli from Northeast Pennsylvania, USA, CC BY 2.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Jackson Township
About 2 of every 100 Jackson Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Jackson Township is a township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,882 at the 2020 census.
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5 towns share a border with Jackson Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C− |
| Wells Township | — | — | B | — | C+ | C |
| Rutland Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tioga Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lawrence Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C− |
Jackson Township, Wells Township and Lawrence Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Jackson Township, Wells Township and Lawrence Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Rutland Township and Tioga Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Jackson Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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 B+.
