Price TownshipPA
A town of 3,795.
Is Price Township a good place to live?
Price Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, ranked 924th of 1032 in Pennsylvania, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: it is healthier than 57% of U.S. towns. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $275K, 3.3 years of the East Stroudsburg area’s $84K median household income. Price Township’s average trip to work is 41 minutes, above both the Pennsylvania town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Delaware State Forest, at 4,086 acres with 6.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Only 16 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score lower on history.
What makes Price Township stand out
Where Price Township beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Price Township for work
Where Price Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Price Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Price Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Lake Wallenpaupack and 51 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Price Township. Close and well known come first.
21 mi LakeLake Wallenpaupack
31 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
9 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a year
8 mi Ski areaCamelback Mountain Resort37 runs · 804 ft vertical
32 mi MountainHigh Point
30 mi National Historic SiteSteamtown National Historic Site61K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Lake Wallenpaupack: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Lake Musconetcong: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Middle Delaware National Scenic River: Mike Serfas, Public domain · Camelback Mountain Resort: Calzarette at en.wikipedia, Public domain · High Point: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Steamtown National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain
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Moving to Price Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Price 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 Price Township.
Price Township sends many workers across the state line to New York City and keeps more of its land conserved than most of Pennsylvania.
Conserved land covers nearly a third of Price Township
Its 5,521 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 94% of Pennsylvania towns.
11 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Delaware State Forest | 6.3 mi | 4,086 |
| 2. Paradise Price Preserve | 2.1 mi | 223 |
| 3. Pennel Run Natural Area | — | 51 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents commute out of Price Township
28% of working residents cross a state line to work, New York City among the top destinations. Price Township has 55 jobs for its 1,459 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Price Township for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Pocono Township (9%), East Stroudsburg (8%) and Stroud Township (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.
| Price Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.9% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.9% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Price Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Price Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. Price Township’s July high is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Price Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 67% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 14 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Price Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Price Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | Price Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.8% | 14.5% |
| More uninsured adults | 7.7% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Price Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Price Township
About 5 of every 100 Price Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
About Price Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Price Township is a township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,675 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 25 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,276 ft
Price Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Price Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price Township | #924 | C− | C | — | C+ | B |
| Middle Smithfield Township | #975 | C− | C− | — | C+ | C+ |
| Porter Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paradise Township | #783 | C+ | B | — | B− | B− |
| Barrett Township | #845 | C | C− | — | B− | B+ |
| Stroud Township | #800 | C+ | C− | — | B− | B− |
Price Township, Middle Smithfield Township, Paradise Township, Barrett Township and Stroud Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Porter Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Price Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Price Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Price Township, PA a good place to live?
Price Township grades C− overall, better than 24% of U.S. towns and #924 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health and C+ for schools.
Is Price 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.