Kimmel TownshipPA
A town of 1,513.
Is Kimmel Township a good place to live?
Kimmel Township’s best subject grades are an A− for cost of living and the outdoors; its weakest is a D− for walkability. Only 48 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score lower on walkability. Kimmel Township's schools rank ahead of 70% of Pennsylvania towns. Kimmel Township’s trail density is 2.4 miles per square mile, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (0.4) and U.S. towns (0.4). Blue Knob State Park, at 596 acres with 1.6 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Kimmel Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
98% of working residents leave Kimmel Township for work
Where Kimmel Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Kimmel Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Kimmel Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Flight 93 National Memorial and 18 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Kimmel Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
16 mi DamSouth Fork Dam
29 mi LakeRaystown Lake
11 mi National Historic SiteAllegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site163K visitors a year
4 mi Ski areaBlue Knob24 runs · 1,007 ft vertical
16 mi Theme parkLakemont ParkPhoto credits
Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · South Fork Dam: Ernest Walter Histed, Public domain · Raystown Lake: Tex Jobe, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain · Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site: Matthew A. Lynn; Original uploader was Mosamiazaz at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Blue Knob: Calzarette, CC BY 3.0 · Lakemont Park: Bhakta Dano. Original uploader was Oldano at en.wikipedia, Public domain
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Moving to Kimmel Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Kimmel 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Kimmel Township.
Most of Kimmel Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.1 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Kimmel Township for work: only 2% work in town. At 29 minutes, Kimmel Township’s average trip to work is above both the Pennsylvania town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Kimmel Township’s median household income is $62,000.
| Kimmel Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Kimmel Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Kimmel Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Kimmel Township is 83°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Health in Kimmel Township trails 60% of U.S. towns
Kimmel Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 19% of adults smoke cigarettes in Kimmel Township.
| Kimmel Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Kimmel Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7.3% | 5.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.4% | 7.7% |
| More smokers | 19.1% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Kimmel Township has set aside 4.7% of its land for conservation
48 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Blue Knob State Park | 1.6 mi | 596 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Moderate risk in Kimmel Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 50% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Kimmel Township since 2011.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Kimmel Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Kimmel Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Kimmel Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Kimmel Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Kimmel Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimmel Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C+ |
| Bloomfield Township | — | — | B | — | A− | C+ |
| Greenfield Township | #484 | B+ | B+ | B+ | B+ | C+ |
| King Township | — | — | A | — | A | C+ |
| Pavia Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lincoln Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Kimmel Township, Bloomfield Township and King Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Kimmel Township, Bloomfield Township and King Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Pavia Township and Lincoln Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Kimmel Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Kimmel Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Kimmel Township, PA expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $161,000. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.