Pine TownshipPA
A town of 1,837.
Is Pine Township a good place to live?
Pine Township’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a D for walkability. Only 112 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score lower on walkability. Only 115 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns score lower on the outdoors. Pine Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Pine Township stand out
Where Pine Township beats most towns.
95% of working residents leave Pine Township for work
Where Pine Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Pine Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Pine Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Pine Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pine 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 Pine Township.
Pine Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 92% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Pine Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Pine Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.4 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Pine Township for work: only 5% work in town. Jobs based in Pine Township grew to 234 in 2023, 44 more than in 2013. At 29 minutes, Pine Township’s average trip to work is above both Pennsylvania’s towns (26 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes).
| Pine Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $69,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.2% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On CDC estimates, Pine Township is less healthy than 74% of U.S. towns
Pine Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 19% of adults smoke cigarettes in Pine Township, above both the Pennsylvania town median (17%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). 16% of adults report frequent physical distress in Pine Township.
| Pine Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 35% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Pine Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.6% | 7.7% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.5% | 7.4% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 4.6% | 3.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Pine Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Pine Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Pine Township is 80°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with most of Pennsylvania and the rest of the country, less of Pine Township is conserved land
Pine Township’s conserved land covers 0.1% of the town. 2.2 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
| Pine 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
Flight 93 National Memorial and 14 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pine Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw35 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
19 mi DamSouth Fork Dam
15 mi National Historic SiteAllegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site163K visitors a year30 mi Theme parkIdlewild and Soak Zone
30 mi MuseumFort Ligonier
28 mi Theme parkLakemont ParkPhoto credits
Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · South Fork Dam: Ernest Walter Histed, Public domain · Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site: Matthew A. Lynn; Original uploader was Mosamiazaz at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Fort Ligonier: The original uploader was Mind meal at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Lakemont Park: Bhakta Dano. Original uploader was Oldano at en.wikipedia, Public domain
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Everything we know about Pine Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Pine Township
About 4 of every 100 Pine Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Pine Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Pine Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C |
| Green Township | #920 | C− | A− | — | C | C |
| Cherryhill Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Buffington Township | — | — | B | — | A | C+ |
| Alverda | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Barr Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C+ |
| Heilwood | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Pine Township, Cherryhill Township, Buffington Township and Barr Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Pine Township, Green Township, Cherryhill Township, Buffington Township and Barr Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Alverda and Heilwood aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Pine Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Pine Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pine 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.