Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,524.
Perry Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, ranked 627th of 1032 in Pennsylvania, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $95K. A typical home there costs about $295K, 3.7 years of the Reading metro’s $80K median household income. 46% of the land in Perry Township is conserved, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 8.2% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Dreibelbis Mill is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Perry Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Perry Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,420 in 1980, 2,417 in 2010. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 1862 and 6 maps from 1909 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Perry Township. Close and well known come first.
22 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom39 mi Theme parkKnoebels Amusement Resort
10 mi Park & preserveRoadside America12 mi Stadium & arenaSovereign Center
36 mi Theme parkDutch Wonderland
25 mi Stadium & arenaPPL CenterDorney 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 · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Perry 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 Perry Township.
Perry Township keeps more of its land conserved than most of Pennsylvania, trades workers with Maxatawny Township and other neighbors and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
Its 5,318 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 98% of Pennsylvania towns.
3.6 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The biggest place to walk is Ontelaunee-Reading Watershed, 115 acres with 1.4 miles of trail. At 0.2 miles per square mile, Perry Township’s trail density is against 0.5 in Pennsylvania’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ontelaunee-Reading Watershed | 1.4 mi | 115 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 69% of U.S. communities. Since 1993, 44 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Perry Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Perry Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 21° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Perry Township has about as many jobs (1,530) as working residents, but only 71 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 800 in 2013 to 1,530.
Most working residents leave Perry Township for work: only 5% work in town. Since 2013, Perry Township has added 730 jobs, to 1,530 in 2023. Perry Township’s average trip to work is 22 minutes.
| Perry Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.8% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $95,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 11% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 9,360 U.S. towns with household incomes like Perry Township’s, it is less healthy than 61%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Perry Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 40% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Perry Township.
| Perry Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 79% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Perry Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7.5% | 5.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.9% | 7.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
6 within 15 miles of the center of Perry Township
About 5 of every 100 Perry Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Perry Township is a township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,417 at the 2010 census.
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9 towns share a border with Perry Township.
Greenwich Township next door grades higher for schools (A− to Perry Township’s C+) and lower for cost of living (D to B−).
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Township | #627 | B | B− | — | C+ | B |
| Richmond Township | #688 | B− | C− | — | B | B+ |
| Centre Township | #521 | B | C | — | A− | B+ |
| Greenwich Township | #562 | B | D | — | A− | B |
| Shoemakersville | — | — | A− | — | C+ | B− |
| Virginville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tilden Township | #647 | B− | B | B− | C+ | B |
| Windsor Township | #605 | B | B− | — | C+ | B |
Shoemakersville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Perry Township, Richmond Township, Centre Township, Greenwich Township, Shoemakersville and Windsor Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Virginville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Perry Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Perry Township grades B overall, better than 56% of U.S. towns and #627 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health and C+ for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
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