Kapp HeightsPA
A town of 712.
Is Kapp Heights a good place to live?
Kapp Heights’ age of the median resident is 54.4 years, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 43.2 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. Kapp Heights has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
712 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Kapp Heights: who provides what
Kapp Heights is unincorporated, so Northumberland 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 Kapp Heights.
Kapp Heights has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Kapp Heights’ middle household income is $55,000, against $81,000 in Pennsylvania’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. For Kapp Heights, the typical journey to work is 20 minutes. The top destinations are Mahoning Township (13%), Sunbury (8%) and Point Township (7%). In Kapp Heights, 5.8% of residents live below the poverty line.
| Kapp Heights | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $55,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.8% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Kapp Heights
Expect July afternoons of 84° and January nights of 20°, with about 29 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Kapp Heights is
Kapp Heights: 14% of adults report frequent mental distress. 19% of adults in Kapp Heights binge drink; 12% smoke cigarettes.
| Kapp Heights | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Kapp Heights | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer smokers | 11.7% | 15.8% |
| Fewer adults in fair or poor health | 15.8% | 18.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Natural hazards: moderate risk in Kapp Heights, mostly inland flooding
Kapp Heights’ natural-hazard score from FEMA is 58 of 100. Expected losses in Kapp Heights break down as 83% from inland flooding and 5% from hurricanes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes in Kapp Heights sell for about $205K
For households in Kapp Heights, the share who own their home is 82%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Knoebels Amusement Resort and 4 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Kapp Heights. Close and well known come first.
2 mi MuseumFort Augusta
36 mi MuseumLittle Buffalo State Park
36 mi MuseumPiper Aviation Museum
9 mi MuseumOld Union County CourthousePhoto credits
Fort Augusta: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Little Buffalo State Park: Ben Winslow, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Piper Aviation Museum: User:Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Old Union County Courthouse: Ruhrfisch (talk), CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Kapp Heights
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Kapp Heights
About 6 of every 100 Kapp Heights residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
100% of working residents leave Kapp Heights for work
Where Kapp Heights’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Kapp Heights
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Kapp Heights is a census-designated place located in Point Township, Northumberland County in the state of Pennsylvania. The community is located very close to the borough of Northumberland along Pennsylvania Route 147, near the confluence of the West Branch Susquehanna River and Susquehanna Rivers. As of the 2010 census the population was 863 residents.
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- Area
- 0.3 sq mi
Questions about Kapp Heights
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Kapp Heights, PA a good place to live?
Kapp Heights has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.