Mead TownshipPA
A town of 1,248.
Is Mead Township a good place to live?
Mead Township’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a D for incomes. On incomes, just 88 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 70% of U.S. towns. On hazard risk, just 148 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do worse. 64% of the land in Mead Township is conserved, above both the Pennsylvania town median (8.2%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). Mead Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,248 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Mead Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Mead Township is from typical.
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Moving to Mead Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mead 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 Mead Township.
Nearly a third of Mead Township is conserved land
214 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Mead Township’s trail density is 2.5 miles per square mile, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (0.4) and U.S. towns (0.4).
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Allegany State Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Mead Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Mead Township for work: only 5% work in town. Mead Township’s average trip to work is 21 minutes. Jobs based in Mead Township grew to 193 in 2023, 43 more than in 2013.
| Mead Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $54,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.8% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mead Township faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 75% of U.S. communities. Since 1996, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Mead Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Mead Township are less healthy than 69% of U.S. towns
Mead Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 20% of Mead Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Mead Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Mead Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.4% | 7.7% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.3% | 7.4% |
| More smokers | 19.7% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Mead Township stands out in Pennsylvania and nationally: a typical July afternoon there is cooler
The July high in Mead Township is 79°F. Mead Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Mead Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Mead Township
About 3 of every 100 Mead Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
95% of working residents leave Mead Township for work
Where Mead Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Mead Township
Township in Pennsylvania, United States
Mead Township is a township in Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,298 at the 2020 census, down from 1,386 at the 2010 census and 1,555 at the 2000 census.
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- Area
- 86 sq mi
Questions about Mead Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Mead Township, PA expensive?
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.