Spring TownshipPA
A town of 2,349.
Is Spring Township a good place to live?
The best of Spring Township’s subject grades is a B+ for cost of living; the weakest is a C− for walkability. Spring Township’s average trip to work is 35 minutes, against 26 minutes in Pennsylvania’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Spring Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
96% of working residents leave Spring Township for work
Where Spring Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Spring Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Spring Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Spring Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Spring 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 Township.
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Spring Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Spring Township for work: only 4% work in town. Jobs based in Spring Township grew to 431 in 2023, 233 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Harrisburg (7%), Hampden Township (6%) and Bloomfield (4%).
| Spring Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.6% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Spring Township’s public schools trail 51% of Pennsylvania districts
Its public schools are run by West Perry SD. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is West Perry SHS, with 645 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Perry MSLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 499 | C+ |
| West Perry SHSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 645 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Spring Township is less healthy than 68% of U.S. towns
Spring Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 21% of Spring Township adults smoke cigarettes, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (17%) and U.S. towns (14%). 16% of Spring Township adults report frequent physical distress.
| Spring Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 19% | 19% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | Spring Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.5% | 7.7% |
| More uninsured adults | 7.9% | 5.8% |
| More smokers | 20.6% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Spring Township
Spring Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Spring Township has set aside 7.4% of its land for conservation
7.7 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
| Spring Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 7.4% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Moderate risk in Spring Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 54% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument and 33 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Spring Township. Close and well known come first.
10 mi National MonumentCarlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
32 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
37 mi Ancient siteGettysburg Battlefield
32 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Stadium
31 mi MuseumHershey's Chocolate World
36 mi LandmarkGettysburg National CemeteryPhoto credits
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Hersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gettysburg Battlefield: Veggies, Public domain · Hersheypark Stadium: 45BearsFan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hershey's Chocolate World: Phillyfan0419, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gettysburg National Cemetery: Photo: Henryhartley at en.wikipedia Statue: Randolph Rogers (1825-1892), Public domain
Everything we know about Spring Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Spring Township
About 3 of every 100 Spring Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Spring Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Spring Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C |
| Carroll Township | #861 | C | B− | — | B− | C |
| North Middleton Township | #396 | B+ | B− | A− | B− | B |
| Centre Township | #654 | B− | B+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Tyrone Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C |
Spring Township and Tyrone Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Spring Township, Carroll Township, Centre Township and Tyrone Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Spring Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Spring Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Spring 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+.