Rockefeller TownshipPA
A town of 2,302.
Is Rockefeller Township a good place to live?
The best of Rockefeller Township’s subject grades is a B+ for incomes; the weakest is a C− for walkability. Rockefeller Township’s median age is 48 years, above both the Pennsylvania town median (43.2 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). On the outdoors, just 49 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do worse. Rockefeller Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
98% of working residents leave Rockefeller Township for work
Where Rockefeller Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Rockefeller Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Rockefeller Township is from typical.
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Moving to Rockefeller Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Rockefeller 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 Rockefeller Township.
On state tests, Rockefeller Township’s schools trail 76% of Pennsylvania districts
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Augustaville Amish Parochial School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 21 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Most of Rockefeller Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Rockefeller Township for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Rockefeller Township has added 70 jobs, to 307 in 2023. 4.5% of Rockefeller Township residents live below the poverty line, against 7.6% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns.
| Rockefeller Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.5% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Health in Rockefeller Township trails 67% of U.S. towns
Rockefeller Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 19% of Rockefeller Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Rockefeller Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 34% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Rockefeller Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 8% | 5.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.7% | 7.7% |
| More smokers | 19.1% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Rockefeller Township
Rockefeller Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Rockefeller Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 55% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 12 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Rockefeller Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Hersheypark and 18 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rockefeller Township. Close and well known come first.
37 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year13 mi Theme parkKnoebels Amusement Resort
37 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Stadium
37 mi MuseumHershey's Chocolate World
37 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Arena
39 mi Park & preserveRoadside AmericaPhoto credits
Hersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Hersheypark Stadium: 45BearsFan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hershey's Chocolate World: Phillyfan0419, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hersheypark Arena: Hersheyarena4ever at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Roadside America: Mark Fleisher, President and CEO of Aim Advertising in Lewisburg, PA,, Public domain
Everything we know about Rockefeller Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Rockefeller Township
About 3 of every 100 Rockefeller Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Rockefeller Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Rockefeller Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockefeller Township | — | — | B | — | C− | C |
| Upper Augusta Township | — | — | B+ | — | C− | C |
| Lower Augusta Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C |
| Shamokin Township | — | — | B− | — | C− | B− |
| Little Mahanoy Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Rockefeller Township, Upper Augusta Township, Lower Augusta Township and Shamokin Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Rockefeller Township, Upper Augusta Township, Lower Augusta Township and Shamokin Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Little Mahanoy Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Rockefeller Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Rockefeller Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rockefeller 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 B.