#1Woodward Township
Clearfield County · 3,911 peopleCost of living grade, homes cost 1.9 years of area income·Overall B · #551 of 1,032 in PA
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Woodward Township, #1 on this list · Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Woodward Township ranks first on cost of living among Pennsylvania’s 1,035 towns of 2,500+; 171 of the 1,035 grade A− or better on cost of living nationally.
The Cost of living grade: home values, rent and property-tax bills against the income of the town’s metro area or county, and the share of households paying 30%+ of income for housing (Census ACS). How grades work
#1Cost of living grade, homes cost 1.9 years of area income·Overall B · #551 of 1,032 in PA
#2Cost of living grade, homes cost 1.6 years of area income·Overall A− · #301 of 1,032 in PA
#3Cost of living grade, homes cost 1.0 years of area income·Overall B− · #695 of 1,032 in PA
Cost of living grade, best first (the letter is national). Towns with the same score share a rank; the overall grade and state rank are beside each.
1,035 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
Towns of 2,500+ that don’t have the figures this grade needs. Each town’s page says which ones are missing.
Woodward Township (Clearfield County) ranks first on cost of living among 1,035 towns, with an A+; Centerville and Mahanoy Township follow.
The Cost of living grade: home values, rent and property-tax bills against the income of the town’s metro area or county, and the share of households paying 30%+ of income for housing (Census ACS). Towns are sorted on the grade’s score; the letter and rank are the same as on each town’s page. How grades work.
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents with a cost of living grade (1,035 in Pennsylvania). 2 towns of 2,500+ lack the figures and are listed above. Smaller towns have the grade on their page but no rank. Every town is on the Pennsylvania page.
Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.