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North Franklin Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $218K for a typical one, or 2.9 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. It grades A overall, 192nd among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. On the plus side, its schools outperform 84% of the state's. North Franklin Township has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Trinity Hall and LeMoyne Crematory. North Franklin Township’s median age is 48.1 years, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (43.2 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years). The biggest park or preserve is North Franklin Township Regional Park, at 22 acres.
Where North Franklin Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Trinity Intermediate Sch | 4–5 | 535 |
| Trinity West El Sch | K–3 | 303 |
| Trinity MS | 6–8 | 759 |
Trinity HallEach subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far North Franklin Township is from typical.
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Census counts: 4,818 in 2000, 4,826 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 1925 and 3 maps from 1907 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in North Franklin 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 North Franklin Township.
North Franklin Township pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices and trades workers with Washington and other neighbors.
Its A− for schools comes with an A− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $218K.
Its public schools are run by Trinity Area SD. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Trinity SHS, with 1,054 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity MSLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 759 | C+ |
| Trinity SHSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,054 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 86% of U.S. communities. Since 1980, 11 flood insurance claims have been paid out in North Franklin Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
North Franklin Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 21° and about 32 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
North Franklin Township has about as many jobs (1,802) as working residents, but only 130 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave North Franklin Township for work: only 7% work in town. North Franklin Township’s average trip to work is 22 minutes. The top destinations are Washington (13%), Pittsburgh (8%) and South Strabane Township (6%).
| North Franklin Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 9% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
North Franklin Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 39% of North Franklin Township adults have obesity.
| North Franklin Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 80% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | North Franklin Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 6.9% | 5.8% |
| More adults with arthritis | 35.9% | 30.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 9% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1.2 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in North Franklin Township is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| North Franklin Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.2% | 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. North Franklin Township Regional Park | 0.8 mi | 22 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around North Franklin Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
24 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
26 mi Theme parkKennywood
24 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
24 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
16 mi MuseumMeadowcroft RockshelterAcrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0 · PPG Paints Arena: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Meadowcroft Rockshelter: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of North Franklin Township
About 3 of every 100 North Franklin Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
2 places in North Franklin Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
North Franklin Township is a township in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,826 at the 2020 census.
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6 towns share a border with North Franklin Township.
It grades higher overall than all 5 graded towns on its borders; Amwell Township (A−) comes closest.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Franklin Township | #192 | A | A− | — | A− | C+ |
| Washington | #860 | C | B+ | — | C | D |
| Canton Township | #540 | B | A− | — | A− | C+ |
| Amwell Township | #383 | A− | A− | — | A− | C+ |
| South Franklin Township | #412 | B+ | B+ | — | B+ | C |
| South Strabane Township | #811 | C+ | C | D | A− | C+ |
| Buffalo Township | — | — | B− | — | B+ | C+ |
Buffalo Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. North Franklin Township, Washington, Canton Township, Amwell Township, South Franklin Township and Buffalo Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare North Franklin Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. North Franklin Township grades A overall, better than 90% of U.S. towns and #192 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C+ for health and A− for schools.
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−.
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