Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,629.
Spring Township’s best subject grades are an A− for cost of living and history and an A for the outdoors; its weakest is a D for incomes. Only 92 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score lower on incomes. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 73% of U.S. towns. 43% of the land in Spring Township is conserved, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (8.2%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Bald Eagle State Forest, at 9,189 acres with 32.7 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. On the outdoors, just 134 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do better. Spring Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Spring Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Spring Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2024 and 2 maps from 1965 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →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.
Ordered by what stands out in Spring Township.
40 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Spring Township’s trail density is 1.1 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. Bald Eagle State Forest | 32.7 mi | 9,189 |
| 2. Snyder-Middleswarth Natural Area | 3.2 mi | 533 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by Midd-West SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Snyder El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 335 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Spring Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 13. 20% of adults smoke cigarettes in Spring Township.
| Spring Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 24% | 25% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Spring Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 8.9% | 5.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 10% | 7.7% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.7% | 14.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Spring Township has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 21° and about 34 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Spring Township for work: only 10% work in town. The average trip to work in Spring Township is 31 minutes. Since 2013, Spring Township has added 77 jobs, to 494 in 2023.
| Spring Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 10% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 57% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Spring Township since 1978.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
None within 15 miles of Spring Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Spring Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, United States
Spring Township is a township in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,635 at the 2020 census.
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4 towns share a border with Spring Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C |
| Adams Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| West Beaver Township | — | — | B | — | B+ | C− |
| West Perry Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C |
| Beaver Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Spring Township, West Beaver Township and West Perry Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Spring Township, West Beaver Township and West Perry Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Adams Township and Beaver Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Spring Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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 A−.
