Muddy Creek TownshipPA
A town of 2,168. Public schools that outperform most of Pennsylvania.
Is Muddy Creek Township a good place to live?
Muddy Creek Township’s best subject grades are an A for schools and the outdoors. 30% of the land in Muddy Creek Township is conserved, above both the Pennsylvania town median (8.2%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest place to walk is Moraine State Park, 4,631 acres with 24.6 miles of trail. Only 91 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score lower on history. Muddy Creek Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Muddy Creek Township stand out
Where Muddy Creek Township beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Muddy Creek Township for work
Where Muddy Creek Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Muddy Creek Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Muddy Creek Township is from typical.
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Moving to Muddy Creek Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Muddy Creek 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 Muddy Creek Township.
Public schools in Muddy Creek Township beat 92% of Pennsylvania districts
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portersville Christian School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 214 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Muddy Creek Township has a very low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
On expected storm and flood damage, Muddy Creek Township sits below 88% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 83% come from inland flooding and 5% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Protected land: nearly a third of Muddy Creek Township
Trails total 27 miles in 4 parks and preserves. Muddy Creek Township’s trail density stands at 1.1 miles per square mile, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (0.4) and U.S. towns (0.4). Parks and preserves here: 4, covering 4,645 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Moraine State Park | 24.6 mi | 4,631 |
| 2. Portersville Steam Show | — | 9 |
| 3. Lake Arthur Estates Park and Playground | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most of Muddy Creek Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.7 jobs for each of them
Jobs based in Muddy Creek Township grew to 658 in 2023, 57 more than in 2013. Muddy Creek Township: 2.4% of working residents work locally. Its mean commuting time stands at 30 minutes. Half of commuters travel less than 17 miles.
| Muddy Creek Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Work from home | 14% | 12% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Muddy Creek Township’s year
In Muddy Creek Township, the July high is 83°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Muddy Creek Township is healthier than 64% of U.S. towns
19% of adults binge drink in Muddy Creek Township. Of 26 CDC measures, Muddy Creek Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 and trails it on 2. Two figures for adults here: 40% sleep under 7 hours, 16% smoke cigarettes.
| Muddy Creek Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 5.7% | 6.9% | 8.1% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Muddy Creek Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.8% | 14.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
No age group stands out in Muddy Creek Township against Pennsylvania
The share of adults 25 and older in Muddy Creek Township who hold a bachelor’s degree or more: 36%. Every broad age group is within 4 points of the Pennsylvania average. Its age of the median resident stands at 42.9 years.
| Muddy Creek Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 29% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 21% | 18% |
| Median age | 42.9 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 20% | 20% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Muddy Creek Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.5% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.6% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.3% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.1% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.1% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.8% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.1% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.2% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.3% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 35.3% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 12.6% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.5% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.9% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.7% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,200, single groups can be off by several points
Everything we know about Muddy Creek Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Muddy Creek Township
About 2 of every 100 Muddy Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Muddy Creek Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Muddy Creek Township is a township in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,210 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 24 sq mi
Muddy Creek Township’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Muddy Creek Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muddy Creek Township | — | — | B+ | — | A | B |
| Worth Township | — | — | A | — | A | B− |
| Lancaster Township | #206 | A | C+ | A+ | A | B |
Muddy Creek Township and Worth Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Muddy Creek Township and Worth Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Muddy Creek Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Muddy Creek Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Muddy Creek Township, PA a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Pennsylvania.
Is Muddy Creek 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 B+.