Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,273.
Pike Township’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a D− for walkability. On walkability, just 37 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Moshannon State Forest, at 2,543 acres. On history, just 128 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do worse. Pike Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Pike Township beats most towns.
Where Pike 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 Pike Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,309 in 2000, 2,308 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2015 and 2 maps from 1959 on.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Pike 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 Pike Township.
Most working residents leave Pike Township for work: only 2% work in town. 5.6% of workers work from home in Pike Township, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 12% and U.S. towns at 11%. The top destinations are Lawrence Township (13%), Curwensville (12%) and Clearfield (8%).
| Pike Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 5.6% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.9% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 9.7% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Pike Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 19% of adults smoke cigarettes in Pike Township, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (17%) and U.S. towns (14%). 16% of Pike Township adults report frequent physical distress.
| Pike Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 34% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Pike Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 83% | 79.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.9% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Pike Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Pike Township is 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Moshannon State Forest | — | 2,543 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (22% statewide). 23% of residents are 65 or older in Pike Township. 26% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Pike Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45.7 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 21% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 26% | 29% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.5 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Pike Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.8% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.3% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.2% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.8% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.5% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 16% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.8% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.8% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.9% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 46.6% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.1% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.1% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.9% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.4% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,300, single groups can be off by several points
1 within 15 miles of the center of Pike Township
About 4 of every 100 Pike Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Pike Township is a township that is located in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,308 at the time of the 2020 census.
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6 towns share a border with Pike Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Township | — | — | A | — | B | C |
| Knox Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ferguson Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lawrence Township | #893 | C | A− | — | C | C− |
| Penn Township | — | — | A− | — | B | B− |
| Bloom Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hyde | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Pike Township and Penn Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Pike Township, Lawrence Township and Penn Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Knox Township, Ferguson Township, Bloom Township and Hyde aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Pike Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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.