Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,962.
Rome Township’s best subject grade is a B+ for cost of living; its weakest is a D for incomes. Rome Township’s median age is 28 years, against 43.2 years in Pennsylvania’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. On incomes, just 53 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do worse. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 85% of the country. On the outdoors, just 2 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do worse. Rome Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Rome Township beats most towns.
Where Rome 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 Rome Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,745 in 2000, 1,995 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2022 and 4 maps from 1927 on.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Rome 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 Rome Township.
23% of adults smoke cigarettes in Rome Township, above both the Pennsylvania town median (17%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). 20% of Rome Township adults report frequent mental distress. Rome Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 14.
| Rome Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Rome Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 9.7% | 5.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.7% | 7.7% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 21.6% | 14.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
One of its 10 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orchard Knob School (AMISH) PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 29 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 87% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Rome Township for work: only 3% work in town. 15% of residents live below the poverty line in Rome Township. The top destinations are Corry (9%), Erie (6%) and Spartansburg (5%).
| Rome Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.3% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Rome Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Rome Township’s July high is 80°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
1.1 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Rome Township
About 1 of every 100 Rome Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Rome Township is a township in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,995 at the 2020 census, up from 1,840 at the 2010 census.
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5 towns share a border with Rome Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rome Township | — | — | B+ | — | C | D |
| Steuben Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oil Creek Township | — | — | A | — | C | D |
| Sparta Township | — | — | B | — | B+ | D |
| Centerville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Athens Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Rome Township, Oil Creek Township and Sparta Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Rome Township, Oil Creek Township and Sparta Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Steuben Township, Centerville and Athens Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Rome Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $149,000. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.