Parks TownshipPA
A town of 2,388.
Is Parks Township a good place to live?
The best of Parks Township’s subject grades are an A+ for safety and cost of living and an A− for schools; the weakest is a D for walkability. 24% of residents live below the poverty line in Parks Township, above both the Pennsylvania town median (7.6%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Only 10 of Pennsylvania’s 634 towns score higher on safety. On civic life, just 26 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns do worse. Parks Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Parks Township stand out
Where Parks Township beats most towns.
94% of working residents leave Parks Township for work
Where Parks Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Parks Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Parks Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Parks Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Parks 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 Parks Township.
Property crime in Parks Township is lower than in the typical Pennsylvania or U.S. town
Parks Township’s property crime rate is 0 per 1,000 residents, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 5.7 and U.S. towns at 9.9. Parks Township reports less crime per resident than 100% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
| Parks Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Most of Parks Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.7 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Parks Township for work: only 6% work in town. Parks Township’s average trip to work is 31 minutes. Jobs based in Parks Township grew to 751 in 2023, 149 more than in 2013.
| Parks Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.6% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
High risk in Parks Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 77% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 9 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Parks Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Health in Parks Township trails 73% of U.S. towns
Parks Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 13. 20% of Parks Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Parks Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Parks Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.2% | 7.7% |
| More uninsured adults | 7.4% | 5.8% |
| More smokers | 19.9% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Parks Township
Parks Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Parks Township stands out in Pennsylvania and nationally: less of its land is conserved
0.1% of the land in Parks Township is conserved. 1.6 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
| Parks Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Parks Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Parks Township
About 3 of every 100 Parks Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Parks Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Parks Township is a township in Armstrong County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The population was 2,471 at the 2020 census, a decrease from 2,744 at the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 14 sq mi
Parks Township’s neighbors
10 towns share a border with Parks Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parks Township | — | — | A+ | A+ | A− | C |
| Gilpin Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C+ |
| Vandergrift | #445 | B+ | A | B+ | A− | C− |
| Kiskiminetas Township | #399 | B+ | A− | A | B− | B− |
| Pleasant View | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| North Vandergrift | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Allegheny Township | #219 | A | B+ | A | A− | B− |
| Kiskimere | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Parks Township and Gilpin Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Gilpin Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Pleasant View, North Vandergrift and Kiskimere aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Parks Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Parks Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Parks 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 A+.