Ryan TownshipPA
A town of 2,550.
Is Ryan Township a good place to live?
Ryan Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $232K for a typical one, or 3.4 years of the Pottsville area’s $68K median household income. It grades B− overall, ranked 673rd of 1032 in Pennsylvania. The low prices come with trade-offs. Its public schools trail 86% of Pennsylvania towns on state tests and graduation. On the plus side, crime is low: it reports less per resident than 95% of U.S. towns. 9.9% of residents are under 18 in Ryan Township, against 20% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 22% across U.S. towns. On hazard risk, just 157 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do better. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 87% of U.S. towns.
What makes Ryan Township stand out
Where Ryan Township beats most towns.
16 miles of trails in Ryan Township
23.4% of the town is conserved land, across 3 parks and preserves.
How Ryan Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Ryan Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for hazard risk (better than 96% of comparable towns) to D for walkability (better than 13%), so the B− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Ryan Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Ryan 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 Ryan Township.
Ryan Township has fewer 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and is healthier than Rush Township and its other neighbors, but it has seen reported crime rise by about half.
For safety, Ryan Township earns an A+
Reported crimes rose from 1 to 27 over the last three FBI years, a rise beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025, 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
The violent crime rate in Ryan Township is 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Ryan Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.3 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 9 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Conserved land covers 23.4% of Ryan Township
16 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Locust Lake State Park, 1,852 acres with 9 miles of trail. Ryan Township’s trail density is 0.9 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Locust Lake State Park | 9 mi | 1,852 |
| 2. Tuscarora State Park | 4.6 mi | 739 |
| 3. State Game Lands Number 326 | — | 64 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Very low risk in Ryan Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 93% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On CDC estimates, Ryan Township is less healthy than 66% of U.S. towns
Its C for health tops all 4 graded neighbors; Rush Township (C−) comes closest. Against the 9,830 U.S. towns with household incomes like Ryan Township’s, it is less healthy than 84%, so it trails even them.
Ryan Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 39% of adults have high blood pressure in Ryan Township.
| Ryan Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 34% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| What stands out | Ryan Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.6% | 79.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.3% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Ryan Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
The Mahanoy City 2 N weather station records that about 2 days a year reach 90°, fewer than in 95% of U.S. towns.
Ryan Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 80°, January nights drop to 17° and about 48 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents commute out of Ryan Township
Jobs based here grew from 526 in 2013 to 695.
Most working residents leave Ryan Township for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2013, Ryan Township has added 169 jobs, to 695 in 2023. The top destinations are Pottsville (5%), Philadelphia (4%) and Mahanoy City (4%).
| Ryan Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Knoebels Amusement Resort and 29 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ryan Township. Close and well known come first.
34 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
19 mi Park & preserveRoadside America
36 mi Stadium & arenaPPL Center
12 mi Park & preserveHawk Mountain Sanctuary
39 mi State parkRicketts Glen State ParkPhoto credits
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Roadside America: Mark Fleisher, President and CEO of Aim Advertising in Lewisburg, PA,, Public domain · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ricketts Glen State Park: en:User:Msitler, Public domain
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Everything we know about Ryan Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Ryan Township
About 4 of every 100 Ryan Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Ryan Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Ryan Township is a township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,526 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 18 sq mi
Ryan Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Ryan Township.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Mahanoy Township (B−) comes closest.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Township | #673 | B− | B+ | A+ | D | C |
| Mahanoy Township | #695 | B− | A+ | A+ | D | D |
| Rush Township | #909 | C | B | — | C+ | C− |
| West Mahanoy Township | #828 | C+ | A− | A− | C− | C− |
| Blythe Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Schuylkill Township | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | C− |
| Delano Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Schuylkill Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Rush Township and Schuylkill Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Blythe Township and Delano Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Ryan Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Ryan Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Ryan Township, PA a good place to live?
Ryan Township grades B− overall, better than 52% of U.S. towns and #673 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C for health, A+ for safety and D for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Ryan Township, PA expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.