Menno TownshipPA
A town of 2,035, settled in 1858.
Is Menno Township a good place to live?
Menno Township’s best subject grade is a B for cost of living; its weakest is a D for health. Menno Township’s median age is 21.5 years, against 43.2 years in Pennsylvania’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. On health, just 101 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do worse. The biggest place to walk is Rothrock State Forest, 382 acres with 2.1 miles of trail. Menno Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
93% of working residents leave Menno Township for work
Where Menno Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Menno Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Menno Township is from typical.
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Moving to Menno Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Menno 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 Menno Township.
On state tests, Menno Township’s schools trail 67% of Pennsylvania districts
Two of its 12 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allison Gap School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–7 | Grades 1–7 | 27 | – |
| Beth El Christian Day School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 1–12 | Grades 1–12 | 68 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Residents of Menno Township are less healthy than 86% of U.S. towns
Menno Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 16. 18% of adults report frequent physical distress in Menno Township, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 14% and U.S. towns at 14%. 21% of Menno Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Menno Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 17% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 19% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Menno Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 10.3% | 5.8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 24.7% | 14.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 12.2% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Menno Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Menno Township for work: only 7% work in town. 19% of residents live below the poverty line in Menno Township. The top destinations are Union Township (24%), Brown Township (7%) and Derry Township (5%).
| Menno Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $73,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Menno Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Menno Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 21° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Menno Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 61% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Menno Township has set aside 4.6% of its land for conservation
2.2 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Menno Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Menno Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.6% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rothrock State Forest | 2.1 mi | 382 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Beaver Stadium and 16 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Menno Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaBeaver Stadium
40 mi National MonumentCarlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
14 mi LakeRaystown Lake
18 mi Stadium & arenaBryce Jordan Center
33 mi Theme parkLakemont Park
36 mi National Historic SiteAllegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site163K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Beaver Stadium: Sbvr6 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Raystown Lake: Tex Jobe, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain · Bryce Jordan Center: Robert J. La Verghetta, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lakemont Park: Bhakta Dano. Original uploader was Oldano at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site: Matthew A. Lynn; Original uploader was Mosamiazaz at en.wikipedia, Public domain
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Everything we know about Menno Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Menno Township
About 2 of every 100 Menno Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Menno Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Menno Township is a township in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,973 at the time of the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 24 sq mi
Menno Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Menno Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menno Township | — | — | B | — | C | D |
| Oliver Township | — | — | A− | — | C | C |
| Miller Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jackson Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Union Township | #946 | C− | B | — | C | D |
Menno Township and Oliver Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Menno Township, Oliver Township and Union Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Miller Township and Jackson Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Menno Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Menno Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Menno Township, PA expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.