Spring Brook TownshipPA
A town of 2,817, settled in 1862.
Is Spring Brook Township a good place to live?
Spring Brook Township grades B overall, 641st of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Its public schools beat 86% of Pennsylvania towns on state tests and graduation. It also does better than most on health: residents are healthier than 61% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: homes are expensive, about $231K for a typical one and 3.5 times the Scranton metro’s $65K median household income. 36% of the land in Spring Brook Township is conserved, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (8.2%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest place to walk is Pinchot State Forest, 6,480 acres with 25.9 miles of trail. On history, just 31 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do worse.
What makes Spring Brook Township stand out
Where Spring Brook Township beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Spring Brook Township for work
Where Spring Brook Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Spring Brook Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Spring Brook Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Steamtown National Historic Site and 25 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Spring Brook Township. Close and well known come first.
7 mi National Historic SiteSteamtown National Historic Site61K visitors a year
21 mi LakeLake Wallenpaupack5 mi Theme parkRocky Glen Park
4 mi Ski areaMontage Mountain Ski Area25 runs · 998 ft vertical
33 mi State parkRicketts Glen State Park
19 mi State parkHickory Run State ParkPhoto credits
Steamtown National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Lake Wallenpaupack: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Montage Mountain Ski Area: Montage Mountain Resorts, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ricketts Glen State Park: en:User:Msitler, Public domain · Hickory Run State Park: Mtruch, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Spring Brook Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Spring Brook 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 Spring Brook Township.
Spring Brook Township keeps more of its land conserved than most of Pennsylvania, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and sends most of its workers to Scranton and beyond.
Spring Brook Township has set aside nearly a third of its land for conservation
Its 8,105 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 95% of Pennsylvania towns.
40 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Spring Brook Township’s trail density is 1.2 miles per square mile, above both the Pennsylvania town median (0.4) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4).
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pinchot State Forest | 25.9 mi | 6,480 |
| 2. State Game Lands Number 91 | 4 mi | 1,539 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents commute out of Spring Brook Township
Spring Brook Township has 205 jobs for its 1,034 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 300 in 2013 to 205.
Most working residents leave Spring Brook Township for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in Spring Brook Township fell to 205 in 2023, 95 fewer than in 2013. The average trip to work in Spring Brook Township is 29 minutes.
| Spring Brook Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.6% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Spring Brook Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 73% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Spring Brook Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Spring Brook Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. Spring Brook Township’s July high is 80°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
For health, Spring Brook Township earns a B
Against the 10,499 U.S. towns with household incomes like Spring Brook Township’s, it is healthier than 78%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income.
39% of Spring Brook Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Spring Brook Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Spring Brook Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults getting cholesterol checked | 87.4% | 85.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.2% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Spring Brook Township
Colleges nearby
9 within 15 miles of the center of Spring Brook Township
About 5 of every 100 Spring Brook Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
About Spring Brook Township
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Spring Brook is an unincorporated community in Spring Brook Township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. Spring Brook is located at the intersection of state routes 502 and 690, southwest of Moscow.
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- Elevation
- 1,539 ft
Spring Brook Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Spring Brook Township.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Pittston Township (C) comes closest.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Brook Township | #641 | B | C+ | — | A | B |
| Pittston Township | #895 | C | C+ | C− | C+ | C+ |
| Covington Township | — | — | C | — | A | B− |
| Thornhurst Township | — | — | D | — | A | B− |
| Moscow | — | — | C | — | A | A |
| Clifton Township | — | — | C | — | A | B− |
| Jenkins Township | #1007 | D | C− | — | C+ | C+ |
| Scranton | #1005 | D | C | C | C− | C |
Covington Township, Thornhurst Township, Moscow and Clifton Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Spring Brook Township, Covington Township, Thornhurst Township, Moscow, Clifton Township and Jenkins Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Spring Brook Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Spring Brook Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Spring Brook Township, PA a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Spring Brook Township grades B overall, better than 56% of U.S. towns and #641 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health and A for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Spring Brook 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 C+.