Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Monroe Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, ranked 579th of 1032 in Pennsylvania, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $90K. A typical home there costs about $304K, 4.5 years of the Selinsgrove area’s $67K median household income. 26% of residents are 65 or older in Monroe Township, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 21% and U.S. towns at 18%. Bridge between Monroe and Penn Townships is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Monroe Township beats most towns.
Bridge between Monroe and Penn TownshipsWhere Monroe 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 Monroe Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 1930 and 7 maps from 1893 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Monroe 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 Monroe Township.
Monroe Township draws workers from Sunbury and beyond, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
4,059 jobs are based in Monroe Township, 2.3 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Monroe Township for work: only 9% work in town. 2.9% of residents live below the poverty line in Monroe Township. Since 2013, Monroe Township has added 299 jobs, to 4,059 in 2023.
| Monroe Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.9% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $90,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.9% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victory Baptist Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–9 | Grades K–9 | 10 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 26% of residents (20% statewide). 38% of Monroe Township adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Monroe Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46.1 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 29% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 23% | 20% | 22% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.6 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Monroe Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.2% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.9% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.5% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.8% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 19.4% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9.4% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.2% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.6% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.1% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 35.9% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.2% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.2% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.9% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.7% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,200, single groups can be off by several points
Monroe Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
3.2 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
| Monroe Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.7% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Against the 9,899 U.S. towns with household incomes like Monroe Township’s, it is less healthy than 67%, so it trails even them.
Monroe Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Monroe Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 78% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Monroe Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 8.6% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 51% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 208 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Monroe Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Monroe Township. Close and well known come first.
4 mi MuseumFort Augusta40 mi MuseumAACA Museum
33 mi MuseumLittle Buffalo State Park
35 mi MuseumPiper Aviation Museum
38 mi GardenWildwood ParkFort Augusta: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Little Buffalo State Park: Ben Winslow, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Piper Aviation Museum: User:Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wildwood Park: bobistraveling, CC BY 2.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Monroe Township
About 3 of every 100 Monroe Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, United States
Monroe Township is a township in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,150 at the 2020 census.
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10 towns share a border with Monroe Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Township | #579 | B | B− | — | B | B− |
| Union Township | — | — | B+ | — | A | B− |
| Penn Township | #756 | C+ | B | — | B | B− |
| Upper Augusta Township | — | — | B+ | — | C− | C |
| Jackson Township | — | — | C+ | — | B | C+ |
| Shamokin Dam | — | — | B | — | B | B |
| Kratzerville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Winfield | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Union Township, Upper Augusta Township, Jackson Township and Shamokin Dam have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Monroe Township, Union Township, Penn Township, Upper Augusta Township, Jackson Township and Shamokin Dam report no FBI crime data of their own. Kratzerville and Winfield aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Monroe Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Monroe Township grades B overall, better than 60% of U.S. towns and #579 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health and B for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
