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Letterkenny Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $266K, 3.5 years of the Chambersburg metro’s $77K median household income. It grades B− overall, ranked 739th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. 19% of the land in Letterkenny Township is conserved, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (8.2%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest place to walk is Buchanan State Forest, 4,391 acres with 28.6 miles of trail. On civic life, just 27 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns do worse.
Where Letterkenny Township beats most towns.
Where Letterkenny 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 Letterkenny Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,074 in 2000, 2,462 in 2020. The archive holds 4 maps from 1923 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Letterkenny 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 Letterkenny Township.
34 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Buchanan State Forest | 28.6 mi | 4,391 |
| 2. Lurgan Township Recreation Center | 0.5 mi | 28 |
| 3. State Game Lands Number 76 | — | 2,743 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Letterkenny Township has 214 jobs for its 912 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Letterkenny Township for work: only 5% work in town. 3.7% of Letterkenny Township residents live below the poverty line, below both the Pennsylvania town median (7.6%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Since 2013, Letterkenny Township has added 86 jobs, to 214 in 2023.
| Letterkenny Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.7% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.6% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Letterkenny Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 20% of Letterkenny Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Letterkenny Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Letterkenny Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 9% | 5.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 7.7% |
| More smokers | 19.8% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 70% of U.S. communities. Since 1984, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Letterkenny Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Letterkenny Township has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 31 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
2 within 15 miles of the center of Letterkenny Township
About 3 of every 100 Letterkenny Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
3 places in Letterkenny Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Letterkenny Township is a township that is located in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,462 at the time of the 2020 census, up from 2,074 at the 2000 census.
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7 towns share a border with Letterkenny Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letterkenny Township | #739 | B− | B+ | — | C+ | C |
| Lurgan Township | — | — | A− | — | C+ | C+ |
| Metal Township | — | — | A+ | — | C+ | C− |
| Hamilton Township | #587 | B | B+ | — | C+ | B |
| Fannett Township | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| Greene Township | #748 | C+ | C+ | — | C+ | B |
| Southampton Township | #402 | B+ | A | — | B | C |
| St. Thomas Township | #825 | C+ | B | — | B− | C+ |
Lurgan Township, Metal Township and Fannett Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Letterkenny Township, Lurgan Township, Metal Township, Hamilton Township, Fannett Township, Greene Township, Southampton Township and St. Thomas Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Letterkenny Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Letterkenny Township grades B− overall, better than 45% of U.S. towns and #739 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C for health and C+ for schools.
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 B+.
