Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,751.
Richmond Township grades B− overall, 688th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Natural-hazard risk is low. On the other side, homes are expensive, about $289K for a typical one and 3.6 times the Reading metro’s $80K median household income. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 93% of U.S. towns, with 4 places on the National Register. 30% of the land in Richmond Township is conserved, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 8.2% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Its National Register listings include Joel Dreibelbis Farm and Merkel Mill Complex.
Where Richmond Township beats most towns.
Where Richmond 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 Richmond Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,204 in 1980, 3,397 in 2010. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1862 and 7 maps from 1894 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Richmond Township. Close and well known come first.
17 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
21 mi Stadium & arenaPPL Center12 mi Stadium & arenaSovereign Center
15 mi Park & preserveRoadside America
32 mi National Historical ParkValley Forge National Historical Park1.8M visitors a year
38 mi Theme parkDutch WonderlandDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Roadside America: Mark Fleisher, President and CEO of Aim Advertising in Lewisburg, PA,, Public domain · Valley Forge National Historical Park: The original uploader was JGHowes at English Wikipedia. (Original text: en:User, Attribution · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Richmond 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 Richmond Township.
Richmond Township keeps more of its land conserved than most of Pennsylvania and has added half again as many jobs in ten years.
Its 4,556 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 90% of Pennsylvania towns.
4.6 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Ontelaunee-Reading Watershed, at 72 acres. Richmond Township’s trail density is 0.2 miles per square mile, against 0.5 in Pennsylvania’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ontelaunee-Reading Watershed | — | 72 |
| 2. State Game Lands Number 182 | — | 19 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by Fleetwood Area SD. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Creek El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 564 | B− |
| Fleetwood Christian Day School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 1–9 | Grades 1–9 | 56 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Jobs based here grew from 757 in 2013 to 1,209.
Most working residents leave Richmond Township for work: only 5% work in town. Since 2013, Richmond Township has added 452 jobs, to 1,209 in 2023. Richmond Township’s average trip to work is 22 minutes.
| Richmond Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 14% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.3% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 75% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 30 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Richmond Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Richmond Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 2 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 19% of Richmond Township adults binge drink.
| Richmond Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Richmond Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 10% | 11.6% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3.3% | 3.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Richmond Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 21° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
5 within 15 miles of the center of Richmond Township
About 5 of every 100 Richmond Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
4 places in Richmond Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Richmond Township is a township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,397 at the 2010 census.
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9 towns share a border with Richmond Township.
All 5 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its B−; Perry Township (B) is closest.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Township | #688 | B− | C− | — | B | B+ |
| Greenwich Township | #562 | B | D | — | A− | B |
| Perry Township | #627 | B | B− | — | C+ | B |
| Virginville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fleetwood | #512 | B+ | C+ | C+ | B | A− |
| Ruscombmanor Township | #372 | A− | C+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Walnuttown | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Maxatawny Township | – | B | C− | — | A− | B |
Richmond Township, Greenwich Township, Perry Township, Ruscombmanor Township and Maxatawny Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Virginville and Walnuttown aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Richmond Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Richmond Township grades B− overall, better than 51% of U.S. towns and #688 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B+ for health and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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