Raccoon TownshipPA
A town of 2,737.
Is Raccoon Township a good place to live?
Raccoon Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $219K, 2.9 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. It grades A− overall, ranked 326th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. On the plus side, crime is low: it reports less per resident than 85% of U.S. towns. Only 120 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns score higher on hazard risk. 14% of the land in Raccoon Township is conserved, above both the Pennsylvania town median (8.2%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). On history, just 140 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do worse.
What makes Raccoon Township stand out
Where Raccoon Township beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Raccoon Township for work
Where Raccoon Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Raccoon Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Raccoon Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Raccoon Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Raccoon 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 Raccoon Township.
Raccoon Township sends most of its workers to Moon Township and beyond and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s.
Raccoon Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 94% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Raccoon Township since 1983.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Raccoon Township’s public schools outperform 68% of Pennsylvania districts
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel Christian School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 5–12 | Grades 5–12 | 9 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Raccoon Township earns an A for safety
At 7 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 69% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 16 to 3 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Raccoon Township’s property crime rate is 0.7 per 1,000 residents, against 5.7 in Pennsylvania’s towns and 9.9 across U.S. towns. The violent crime rate in Raccoon Township is 0.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Raccoon Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.7 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.4 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Most working residents commute out of Raccoon Township
Raccoon Township has 168 jobs for its 1,187 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Raccoon Township for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Raccoon Township has added 45 jobs, to 168 in 2023. 5.7% of Raccoon Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Raccoon Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.7% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Raccoon Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Raccoon Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Raccoon Township’s July high is 83°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More middle-aged adults than Pennsylvania overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 46% of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (22% statewide). 17% of residents are under 18 in Raccoon Township. 32% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Raccoon Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50.2 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 21% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.9 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Raccoon Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.3% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.4% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.2% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.8% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 20.9% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.4% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.3% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 35.9% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.3% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.9% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.5% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,700, single groups can be off by several points
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Raccoon Township Municipal Park | — | 16 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Raccoon Township ranks healthier than 52% of the country’s towns
Raccoon Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Raccoon Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Raccoon Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with arthritis | 34.7% | 30.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Acrisure Stadium and 59 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Raccoon Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
22 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
22 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
31 mi Theme parkKennywood
23 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
22 mi LandmarkFort PittPhoto credits
Acrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · PPG Paints Arena: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Pitt: Downtown_Pittsburgh_May_2008.jpg: Allie Caufield derivative work: GrapedApe (tal, CC BY 2.0
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Everything we know about Raccoon Township
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Raccoon Township
About 3 of every 100 Raccoon Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Raccoon Township
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Raccoon is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is home to the Lyle Covered Bridge.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
Raccoon Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Raccoon Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raccoon Township | #326 | A− | B+ | A | B+ | B− |
| Center Township | #315 | A− | B− | — | B | B |
| Potter Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shippingport | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Greene Township | — | — | C+ | — | A− | B− |
| Hanover Township | #503 | B+ | B+ | — | A− | B− |
Greene Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Center Township, Greene Township and Hanover Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Potter Township and Shippingport aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Raccoon Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Raccoon Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Raccoon Township, PA a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Raccoon Township grades A− overall, better than 80% of U.S. towns and #326 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health, A for safety and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Raccoon 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 B+.