Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Shamokin Township’s best subject grades are a B+ for incomes and a B for history; its weakest is a C− for schools. Shamokin Township’s age of the median resident is 50 years, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 43.2 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. Only 92 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns score lower on the outdoors. Shamokin Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 90% of U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is State Game Lands Number 165, 458 acres with 1.1 miles of trail. Shamokin Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Shamokin Township beats most towns.
Where Shamokin 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 Shamokin Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,191 in 1850, a peak of 21,204 in 1920, 6,942 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1851 and 5 maps from 1892 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Shamokin 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 Shamokin Township.
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowview Christian Academy PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–7 | Grades PK–7 | 79 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
The top destinations are Mahoning Township (15%), Ralpho Township (9%) and Coal Township (5%). Just 4% of Shamokin Township’s working residents have a job in town. Also worth knowing: the mean commuting time locally is 29 minutes. Employers in Shamokin Township added 161 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 694.
| Shamokin Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $95,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.6% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
For Shamokin Township, the typical July afternoon high is 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Since 1978, 19 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Shamokin Township. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 56% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 78% come from inland flooding and 7% from hurricanes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The share of adults in Shamokin Township who have been diagnosed with depression: 25%. In Shamokin Township, 37% of adults have high blood pressure, and 15% report frequent physical distress.
| Shamokin Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | Shamokin Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.2% | 7.7% |
| More adults with arthritis | 36.1% | 30.4% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.6% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Walkers can cover 5.5 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Shamokin Township’s trail density is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Shamokin Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.9% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 165 | 1.1 mi | 458 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Shamokin Township. Close and well known come first.
38 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
38 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Stadium
38 mi MuseumHershey's Chocolate World
38 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Arena
36 mi Park & preserveRoadside AmericaHersheypark: 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
2 within 15 miles of the center of Shamokin Township
About 3 of every 100 Shamokin Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
City in Pennsylvania, United States
Shamokin (; Saponi Algonquian Schahamokink, meaning "place of eels") (Lenape Indian language: Shahëmokink) is a city in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Surrounded by Coal Township at the western edge of the Anthracite Coal Region in central Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River Valley, the city was named after a Saponi Indian village, Schahamokink. At the 2020 United States census, the population was 6,942.
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7 towns share a border with Shamokin Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shamokin Township | — | — | B− | — | C− | B− |
| Ralpho Township | #59 | A+ | B | A+ | A− | B+ |
| Trevorton | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zerbe Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | D |
| Coal Township | #740 | B− | A+ | B | C− | C |
| Snydertown | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rockefeller Township | — | — | B | — | C− | C |
| Rush Township | — | — | C+ | — | A | B+ |
Shamokin Township, Zerbe Township, Rockefeller Township and Rush Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Shamokin Township, Zerbe Township, Rockefeller Township and Rush Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Trevorton and Snydertown aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Shamokin Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
