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A town of 3,667.
Kelly Township's standout: its schools outperform 97% of the state's. Overall it grades A−, ranked 303rd of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It is healthier than 80% of U.S. towns. 11% of residents are under 18 in Kelly Township, below both the Pennsylvania town median (20%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). On civic life, just 43 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns do better. Slifer House is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Kelly Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Kelly El Sch | PK–3 | 550 |
| Lewisburg HS | 9–12 | 551 |
5,491 counted in 2010 and 3,994 in 2020; an estimated 3,667 in 2025.
The decline has continued: down 7.8% since 2020, after 27.3% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Kelly Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2008 and 2 maps from 1965 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Kelly 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 Kelly Township.
Kelly Township has schools in the top 5% of Pennsylvania and draws workers from East Buffalo Township and beyond, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding).
Its A+ ranks #29 of the 1,037 Pennsylvania towns we grade for schools.
Its public schools are run by Lewisburg Area SD. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Lewisburg HS, with 551 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–3 | Grades PK–3 | 550 | A |
| Lewisburg HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 551 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
4,103 jobs are based in Kelly Township, 2.8 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 17 minutes, against 26.3 across Pennsylvania.
Most working residents leave Kelly Township for work: only 10% work in town. Kelly Township’s average trip to work is 17 minutes. Jobs based in Kelly Township grew to 4,103 in 2023, 614 more than in 2013.
| Kelly Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 17 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $55,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 9.9% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.5% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 7,381 U.S. towns with household incomes like Kelly Township’s, it is healthier than 98%, so its A− isn’t only a matter of income.
28% of adults have high blood pressure in Kelly Township. Kelly Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 8 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 30% of adults have obesity in Kelly Township.
| Kelly Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 34% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.4% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Kelly Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer smokers | 12.6% | 15.8% |
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 9.4% | 11.6% |
| Fewer adults getting cholesterol checked | 82.1% | 85.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0.3 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The biggest park or preserve is Kelly Township Office, at 25 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kelly Township Office | — | 25 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Kelly Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 20° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 87% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $17 per resident a year; that rating is what its C+ for hazard risk is built on.
The FEMA risk score in Kelly Township is 62 of 100. Since 1996, 17 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Kelly Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Kelly Township
About 2 of every 100 Kelly Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Where Kelly Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Kelly Township is a township in Union County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,993 at the 2020 census. The United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg is located in Kelly Township, and not in the nearby Borough of Lewisburg, whose post office serves most of the township (except for its northeastern corner, which is served by the West Milton post office).
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6 towns share a border with Kelly Township.
White Deer Township next door grades lower for schools (B+ to Kelly Township’s A+) and higher for cost of living (A to B−).
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Township | #303 | A− | B− | — | A+ | A− |
| Buffalo Township | #618 | B | B− | — | B+ | B+ |
| West Chillisquaque Township | #603 | B | A− | — | B+ | C |
| Lewisburg | #180 | A | B− | — | A+ | A− |
| Milton | #823 | C+ | C+ | B | B+ | C |
| West Milton | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| White Deer Township | #435 | B+ | A | — | B+ | C− |
Kelly Township, Buffalo Township, West Chillisquaque Township, Lewisburg and White Deer Township report no FBI crime data of their own. West Milton isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Kelly Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Kelly Township grades A− overall, better than 83% of U.S. towns and #303 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades A− for health and A+ 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−.