Penn TownshipPA
A town of 2,307.
Is Penn Township a good place to live?
The best of Penn Township’s subject grades are an A for incomes and an A− for the outdoors; the weakest is a C for cost of living. Penn Township’s median age is 54.4 years, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 43.2 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. 39% of the land in Penn Township is conserved, against 8.2% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. On history, just 107 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do worse. State Game Lands Number 280, at 1,841 acres with 2.9 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Penn Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Penn Township stand out
Where Penn Township beats most towns.
96% of working residents leave Penn Township for work
Where Penn Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Penn Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Penn Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Penn Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Penn 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 Penn Township.
Nearly a third of Penn Township is conserved land
11 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Blue Marsh Lake Recreation Area | 8.2 mi | 1,126 |
| 2. State Game Lands Number 280 | 2.9 mi | 1,841 |
| 3. Rentschler Arboretum | — | 34 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Public schools in Penn Township beat 72% of Pennsylvania districts
Its public schools are run by Tulpehocken Area SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Bernville El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 302 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Penn Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Penn Township for work: only 4% work in town. The average trip to work in Penn Township is 29 minutes. Since 2013, Penn Township has added 49 jobs, to 349 in 2023.
| Penn Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $97,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More middle-aged adults than Pennsylvania overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 48% of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (22% statewide). 14% of Penn Township residents are under 18. Penn Township has grown 7.1% since 2020, to 2,307 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Penn Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 14% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 21% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.1 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Penn Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 4.3% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.5% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.7% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.3% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 26.1% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.4% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.7% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.8% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 35.4% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.2% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.3% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.2% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.1% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,300, single groups can be off by several points
Penn Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Penn Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Penn Township has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 21° and about 30 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Penn Township ranks healthier than 58% of the country’s towns
Penn Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 19% of adults binge drink in Penn Township.
| Penn Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Penn 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
Hersheypark and 52 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Penn Township. Close and well known come first.
32 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
30 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
6 mi Park & preserveRoadside America38 mi Theme parkKnoebels Amusement Resort
29 mi Theme parkDutch Wonderland
32 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark StadiumPhoto credits
Hersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Roadside America: Mark Fleisher, President and CEO of Aim Advertising in Lewisburg, PA,, Public domain · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hersheypark Stadium: 45BearsFan, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Penn Township
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Penn Township
About 2 of every 100 Penn Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Penn Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Penn Township is a township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,949 at the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 19 sq mi
- Elevation
- 459 ft
Penn Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Penn Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Township | — | — | C | — | B+ | B |
| Jefferson Township | — | — | C− | — | B+ | B |
| North Heidelberg Township | — | — | B− | — | C+ | B |
| Upper Tulpehocken Township | — | — | C+ | — | C+ | B |
| Bernville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Centre Township | #521 | B | C | — | A− | B+ |
| Bern Township | #401 | B+ | C− | B+ | A− | B+ |
| Lower Heidelberg Township | #274 | A− | D | A+ | B | A− |
Penn Township, Jefferson Township, North Heidelberg Township and Upper Tulpehocken Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Penn Township, Jefferson Township, North Heidelberg Township, Upper Tulpehocken Township and Centre Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Bernville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Penn Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Penn Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Penn Township, PA expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.