Roaring Brook TownshipPA
A town of 2,392.
Is Roaring Brook Township a good place to live?
Roaring Brook Township’s best subject grades are an A+ for safety and an A for schools; its weakest is a D for cost of living. Only 24 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score lower on cost of living. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. On safety, just 53 of Pennsylvania’s 634 towns do better. Roaring Brook Township’s trail density is 1.4 miles per square mile, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 0.4 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Only 48 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score lower on history. The biggest place to walk is Pinchot State Forest, 1,220 acres with 4.5 miles of trail. Roaring Brook Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Roaring Brook Township stand out
Where Roaring Brook Township beats most towns.
Roaring Brook Township has grown 24% since 2010
1,907 counted in 2010 and 2,273 in 2020; an estimated 2,392 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Roaring Brook Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Roaring Brook Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Roaring Brook Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Roaring Brook 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 Roaring Brook Township.
Roaring Brook Township reports less crime per resident than 98% of U.S. towns
Roaring Brook Township’s property crime rate is 0.8 per 1,000 residents, below both Pennsylvania’s towns (5.7) and U.S. towns (9.9). Roaring Brook Township’s violent crime rate is 0 per 1,000 residents.
| Roaring Brook Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.8 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 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
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Roaring Brook Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 85% of U.S. communities. Since 2018, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Roaring Brook Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Roaring Brook Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Roaring Brook Township for work: only 1% work in town. The median household income in Roaring Brook Township is $128,000. Since 2013, Roaring Brook Township has lost 23 jobs, to 193 in 2023.
| Roaring Brook Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $128,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 17% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.6% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Roaring Brook Township, a typical July afternoon runs cooler than in the typical Pennsylvania or U.S. town
Roaring Brook Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 80°, January nights drop to 16° and about 47 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Roaring Brook Township are healthier than 61% of U.S. towns
Roaring Brook Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 39% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Roaring Brook Township.
| Roaring Brook Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Roaring Brook Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults getting cholesterol checked | 87.4% | 85.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.2% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Roaring Brook Township has set aside 9.3% of its land for conservation
30 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pinchot State Forest | 4.5 mi | 1,220 |
| 2. Roaring Brooke Gazebo | 0.3 mi | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Steamtown National Historic Site and 24 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Roaring Brook Township. Close and well known come first.
5 mi National Historic SiteSteamtown National Historic Site61K visitors a year
18 mi LakeLake Wallenpaupack
5 mi Ski areaMontage Mountain Ski Area25 runs · 998 ft vertical
36 mi State parkRicketts Glen State Park7 mi Theme parkRocky Glen Park
4 mi GardenNay Aug ParkPhoto credits
Steamtown National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Lake Wallenpaupack: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Montage Mountain Ski Area: Montage Mountain Resorts, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ricketts Glen State Park: en:User:Msitler, Public domain · Nay Aug Park: The Mebane Greeting Card Co., Wilkes-Barre, PA., Public domain
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Everything we know about Roaring Brook Township
Colleges nearby
7 within 15 miles of the center of Roaring Brook Township
About 3 of every 100 Roaring Brook Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
99% of working residents leave Roaring Brook Township for work
Where Roaring Brook Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Roaring Brook Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Roaring Brook Township is a township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,271 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 22 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,660 ft
Roaring Brook Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Roaring Brook Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roaring Brook Township | — | — | D | A+ | A | B |
| Jefferson Township | #280 | A− | B | A+ | A | B− |
| Moscow | — | — | C | — | A | A |
| Scranton | #1005 | D | C | C | C− | C |
| Dunmore | #464 | B+ | C+ | — | B− | A− |
| Madison Township | #568 | B | C | — | A | B |
| Mount Cobb | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Roaring Brook Township and Moscow have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Moscow, Dunmore and Madison Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Mount Cobb isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Roaring Brook Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Roaring Brook Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Roaring Brook Township, PA expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.