Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,022, settled in 1859.
Mahanoy Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $65K for a typical one, or 1 years of the Pottsville area’s $68K median household income. It grades B− overall, 695th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 94% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and its schools rank behind 86% of the state's. On the plus side, it reports less crime per resident than 99% of U.S. towns. 4% of residents are under 18 in Mahanoy Township, below both Pennsylvania’s towns (20%) and U.S. towns (22%). Only 158 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns score higher on hazard risk. Mahanoy Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 90% of U.S. towns.
Where Mahanoy Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Mahanoy 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 Mahanoy Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for safety (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for health (better than 7%), so the B− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 5,533 in 1870, a peak of 15,936 in 1910, 3,499 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1889 and 5 maps from 1892 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mahanoy 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 Mahanoy Township.
Mahanoy Township draws workers from Mahanoy City and beyond, reports less crime than Ryan Township or any other graded neighbor and has fewer 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns.
Its A+ tops all 3 graded towns on its borders; Ryan Township (A+) comes closest. Reported crimes fell from 10 to 0 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The property crime rate in Mahanoy Township is 3.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Mahanoy Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2023) | 3.5 per 1,000 residents | 7.7 | 13.1 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2023) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.9 | 1.8 |
FBI crime data, 2023 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by Mahanoy Area SD. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Mahanoy Area JSHS, with 543 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahanoy Area El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 589 | C− |
| Mahanoy Area JSHSLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 543 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
1,238 jobs are based in Mahanoy Township, 1.5 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 933 in 2013 to 1,238.
Most working residents leave Mahanoy Township for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Mahanoy Township has added 305 jobs, to 1,238 in 2023. Mahanoy Township’s median household income is $59,000.
| Mahanoy Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $59,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
23% of Mahanoy Township adults smoke cigarettes. Mahanoy Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 15. 32% of Mahanoy Township adults get no exercise outside work.
| Mahanoy Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 19% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Mahanoy Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.4% | 79.2% |
| More uninsured adults | 11.6% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 93% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Mahanoy Township since 1983.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The Mahanoy City 2 N weather station records that about 2 days a year reach 90°, fewer than in 95% of U.S. towns.
Mahanoy Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 79°, January nights drop to 17° and about 48 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
3.7 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Only 8 of the 1,002 Pennsylvania towns we compare have a lower share of conserved land than Mahanoy Township.
| Mahanoy Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Morea Playground | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mahanoy Township. Close and well known come first.
36 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
21 mi Park & preserveRoadside America
36 mi State parkRicketts Glen State Park
38 mi Stadium & arenaPPL Center
15 mi Park & preserveHawk Mountain SanctuaryDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Roadside America: Mark Fleisher, President and CEO of Aim Advertising in Lewisburg, PA,, Public domain · Ricketts Glen State Park: en:User:Msitler, Public domain · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Mahanoy Township
About 1 of every 100 Mahanoy Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
16 notable people were born in Mahanoy Township.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Mahanoy City is a borough located 38 miles (61 km) southwest of Wilkes-Barre and 13 miles southwest of Hazleton, in northern Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Coal Region of Pennsylvania and is surrounded by (but not part of) Mahanoy Township. As of the 2020 census, Mahanoy City had a population of 3,499. The name Mahanoy is believed to be a variation of the Delaware word Maghonioy, or "the salt deposits".
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5 towns share a border with Mahanoy Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahanoy Township | #695 | B− | A+ | A+ | D | D |
| East Union Township | — | — | A | — | C− | C+ |
| Ryan Township | #673 | B− | B+ | A+ | D | C |
| West Mahanoy Township | #828 | C+ | A− | A− | C− | C− |
| Shenandoah | #939 | C− | A | C+ | C− | D− |
| Delano Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
East Union Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. East Union Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Delano Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Mahanoy Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Mahanoy Township grades B− overall, better than 51% of U.S. towns and #695 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades D for health, A+ for safety and D for schools. Health 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+.
16 notable people were born here, including Victor Schertzinger and Joseph Edward Kurtz.
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