Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Jersey Shore is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, ranked 619th of 1032 in Pennsylvania, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $72K. A typical home there costs about $224K, 3.5 years of the Williamsport metro’s $64K median household income. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 99% of U.S. towns, with 1 place on the National Register. On history, just 64 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do better. Jersey Shore’s median age is 34.9 years, against 43.2 years in Pennsylvania’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns.
Where Jersey Shore beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Jersey Shore is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 525 in 1840, a peak of 6,103 in 1920, 4,166 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 6 maps from 1921 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Jersey Shore, 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 Jersey Shore.
Jersey Shore trades workers with Williamsport and other neighbors, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding).
Its public schools are run by Jersey Shore Area SD. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Jersey Shore Area SHS, with 672 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey Shore Area El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 499 | B− |
| Jersey Shore Area SHSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 672 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
The median rent in Jersey Shore is $904 a month. The typical Jersey Shore home is worth about $224,000, up 3% in a year, 22% below the Pennsylvania typical home.
| Jersey Shore | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $904 a month | $1,116 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 70% | 78% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Jersey Shore has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 19° and about 30 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Jersey Shore has about as many jobs (1,757) as working residents, but only 264 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Jersey Shore for work: only 15% work in town. Jobs based in Jersey Shore grew to 1,757 in 2023, 143 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Williamsport (17%), Lock Haven (4%) and Loyalsock Township (3%).
| Jersey Shore | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $72,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 88% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $598 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on. 212 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 30 properties have flooded more than once.
Jersey Shore’s FEMA risk score is 64 of 100. Since 1979, 212 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Jersey Shore.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jersey Shore tracks Pennsylvania closely on all 26 CDC measures. 20% of adults binge drink in Jersey Shore.
| Jersey Shore | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 24% | 23% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Jersey Shore | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.7% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Jersey Shore Recreation Area | 0.3 mi | 14 |
| 2. Richardson Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
2 within 15 miles of the center of Jersey Shore
About 4 of every 100 Jersey Shore residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
3 notable people were born in Jersey Shore.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Jersey Shore is a borough in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is on the West Branch Susquehanna River, 15 miles (24 km) west by south of Williamsport. It is part of the Williamsport, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. In the past, Jersey Shore held farms, railroad shops, cigar factories, a foundry, and a large silk mill. The population was 4,158 at the 2020 census.
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2 towns share a border with Jersey Shore.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey Shore | #619 | B | B− | — | B− | B− |
| Porter Township | — | — | B | — | B− | B |
| Nippenose Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Porter Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Jersey Shore and Porter Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Nippenose Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Jersey Shore with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Jersey Shore grades B overall, better than 56% of U.S. towns and #619 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health and B− for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
3 notable people were born here, including James Gamble and Joseph V. Grieco.
