Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The best of Oliver Township’s subject grades are an A− for history and civic life; the weakest is a C for hazard risk. Homes are within reach, about $193K for a typical one, or 2.4 years of the Harrisburg metro’s $81K median household income. Only 167 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns score higher on civic life. Its National Register listings include Fleisher Covered Bridge and Bridge in Newport Borough. Oliver Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Oliver Township beats most towns.
Fleisher Covered BridgeWhere Oliver 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 Oliver Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1850.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Oliver 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 Oliver Township.
Most working residents leave Oliver Township for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Oliver Township grew to 198 in 2023, 44 more than in 2013. At 28 minutes, Oliver Township’s average trip to work is where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes.
| Oliver Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Oliver Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 23° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 67% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Oliver Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 17% of Oliver Township adults smoke cigarettes, near the Pennsylvania town median (17%) and above the median of U.S. towns (14%). 19% of Oliver Township adults binge drink.
| Oliver Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 78% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Oliver Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7.5% | 5.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.8% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1.6 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Perry County Fairgrounds, at 27 acres with 1.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. The trail density in Oliver Township is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Oliver Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.7% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Perry County Fairgrounds | 1.3 mi | 27 |
| 2. Oliver Township Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Oliver Township. Close and well known come first.
19 mi National MonumentCarlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
29 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
29 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Stadium
29 mi MuseumHershey's Chocolate World
29 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Arena
32 mi State parkPine Grove Furnace State ParkCarlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Hersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Hersheypark Stadium: 45BearsFan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hershey's Chocolate World: Phillyfan0419, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hersheypark Arena: Hersheyarena4ever at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Pine Grove Furnace State Park: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0
None within 15 miles of Oliver Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Oliver Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
2 places in Oliver Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Oliver Township is a township in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,044 at the 2020 census.
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7 towns share a border with Oliver Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | B− |
| Newport | — | — | A− | — | B− | B− |
| Miller Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Howe Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Greenwood Township | — | — | B+ | — | A | B |
| Tuscarora Township | — | — | A− | — | A | B |
| Centre Township | #654 | B− | B+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Juniata Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | B− |
Oliver Township, Newport, Greenwood Township, Tuscarora Township and Juniata Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Oliver Township, Newport, Greenwood Township, Tuscarora Township, Centre Township and Juniata Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Miller Township and Howe Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Oliver Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
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−.
