Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
48% more nonprofits per person than the typical Pennsylvania town.
Keating Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $122K, 1.9 years of the Bradford area’s $63K median household income. It grades B− overall, 704th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania. Keating Township’s trail density is 1.4 miles per square mile, against 0.4 in Pennsylvania’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is State Game Lands Number 62, 5,256 acres with 15.6 miles of trail. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 85% of U.S. towns.
Where Keating Township beats most towns.
Where Keating 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 Keating Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,087 in 2000, 2,725 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2015 and 2 maps from 1937 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Keating 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 Keating Township.
Keating Township has fewer 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding) and has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
For Keating Township, that is where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 8.2% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. 134 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 62 | 15.6 mi | 5,256 |
| 2. State Game Lands Number 301 | 0.4 mi | 182 |
| 3. Kinzua Bridge State Park | 0.2 mi | 37 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Jobs based here fell from 742 in 2013 to 412.
Most working residents leave Keating Township for work: only 6% work in town. 16% of residents live below the poverty line in Keating Township. Since 2013, Keating Township has lost 330 jobs, to 412 in 2023.
| Keating Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $74,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 92% of Pennsylvania towns; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
The FEMA risk score in Keating Township is 72 of 100. Since 1989, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Keating Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The Bradford 4sw Rsch 5 weather station, 12 miles away, records that about 1 days a year reach 90°, fewer than in 98% of U.S. towns.
Keating Township’s July high is 79°F. Keating Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
40% of Keating Township adults have high blood pressure. Keating Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 13% of Keating Township adults have diabetes.
| Keating Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 34% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Keating Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.6% | 79.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.2% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Keating Township
About 5 of every 100 Keating Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Keating Township is a township in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,725 at the 2020 census.
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8 towns share a border with Keating Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keating Township | #704 | B− | A | — | B | C+ |
| Foster Township | #628 | B | A− | B | B− | C |
| Liberty Township | — | — | A+ | — | C | C+ |
| Bradford Township | #574 | B | B+ | — | B− | C |
| Otto Township | — | — | A+ | — | A | C+ |
| Eldred Township | — | — | A+ | — | A | C |
| Lafayette Township | — | — | A+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Norwich Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Liberty Township, Otto Township, Eldred Township and Lafayette Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Keating Township, Liberty Township, Bradford Township, Otto Township, Eldred Township and Lafayette Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Norwich Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Keating Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Keating Township grades B− overall, better than 49% of U.S. towns and #704 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C+ for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
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 A.