Is Rye Township a good place to live?
The best of Rye Township’s subject grades are an A for incomes and the outdoors; the weakest is a C− for hazard risk. 9.3% of residents are under 18 in Rye Township, against 20% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 22% across U.S. towns. Only 171 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score higher on incomes. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 73% of U.S. towns. 47% of the land in Rye Township is conserved, above both the Pennsylvania town median (8.2%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest place to walk is State Game Lands Number 170, 6,445 acres with 33.6 miles of trail. On history, just 27 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do worse. Rye Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
63 miles of trails in Rye Township
46.8% of the town is conserved land, across 3 parks and preserves.
How Rye Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Rye Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument and 31 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rye Township. Close and well known come first.
11 mi National MonumentCarlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
20 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
20 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Stadium
20 mi MuseumHershey's Chocolate World
21 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Arena
37 mi Ancient siteGettysburg BattlefieldPhoto credits
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · 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 · Gettysburg Battlefield: Veggies, Public domain
Moving to Rye Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Rye 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 Rye Township.
Rye Township has set aside nearly a third of its land for conservation
63 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The trail density in Rye Township is 2.5 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 170 | 33.6 mi | 6,445 |
| 2. Hamer Woodlands at Cove Mountain Preserve | 0.4 mi | 22 |
| 3. Rye Community Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Rye Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Rye Township for work: only 1% work in town. Rye Township’s average trip to work is 30 minutes. The top destinations are Harrisburg (13%), Hampden Township (7%) and Susquehanna Township (5%).
| Rye Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 18% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $102,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.5% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Rye Township faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 70% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 8 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Rye Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On CDC estimates, Rye Township is healthier than 66% of U.S. towns
Rye Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 19% of Rye Township adults binge drink.
| Rye Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 11% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Rye Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3.3% | 3.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Rye Township
Rye Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Rye Township
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Rye Township
About 4 of every 100 Rye Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
99% of working residents leave Rye Township for work
Where Rye Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Rye Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Rye Township is a township in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,262 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 26 sq mi
Rye Township’s neighbors
8 towns share a border with Rye Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rye Township | — | — | B | — | B | B+ |
| Penn Township | #679 | B− | B | — | B | C+ |
| Carroll Township | #861 | C | B− | — | B− | C |
| Middlesex Township | #497 | B+ | B− | B− | A | B |
| Silver Spring Township | #172 | A | C− | B+ | A | A |
| Wheatfield Township | #675 | B− | A− | — | B | C+ |
| Hampden Township | #17 | A+ | C | A+ | A | A |
| Marysville | #224 | A | A− | A− | B | B+ |
Rye Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Rye Township, Penn Township, Carroll Township and Wheatfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Rye Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Rye Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rye 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.