Stroud TownshipPA
A town of 19,629.
Is Stroud Township a good place to live?
Stroud Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, 800th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $95K. Expect to pay for it: homes are expensive, about $292K for a typical one and 3.5 times the East Stroudsburg area’s $84K median household income. 16% of the land in Stroud Township is conserved, against 8.2% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Only 36 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score lower on history. The biggest park or preserve is Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge, at 347 acres.
What makes Stroud Township stand out
Where Stroud Township beats most towns.
How Stroud Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Stroud Township is from typical.
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Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom and 60 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Stroud Township. Close and well known come first.
33 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
4 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a year
28 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
29 mi LakeLake Wallenpaupack
8 mi Ski areaCamelback Mountain Resort37 runs · 804 ft vertical
37 mi MountainHigh PointPhoto credits
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Middle Delaware National Scenic River: Mike Serfas, Public domain · Lake Musconetcong: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Wallenpaupack: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Camelback Mountain Resort: Calzarette at en.wikipedia, Public domain · High Point: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Stroud Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Stroud 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 Stroud Township.
Stroud Township trades workers with Pocono Township and other neighbors and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
Conserved land covers 16.2% of Stroud Township
25 miles of trail in 18 parks and preserves. Stroud Township’s trail density is 0.8 miles per square mile, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 0.4 and U.S. towns at 0.4.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Glen Run Nature Preserve | 4.7 mi | 192 |
| 2. ForEvergreen Nature Preserve | 1.4 mi | 70 |
| 3. Pinebrook Park | 0.9 mi | 45 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Stroud Township’s schools rank behind 53% of Pennsylvania districts
Its public schools are run by Stroudsburg Area SD. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stroudsburg MSLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–7 | Grades 5–7 | 1,015 | C |
| Stroudsburg JHSLargest public high schoolGrades 8–9 | Grades 8–9 | 721 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Low risk in Stroud Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 75% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 38 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Stroud Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Stroud Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Stroud Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 42 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in eight working residents works right in Stroud Township
Stroud Township has about as many jobs (6,903) as working residents, but only 928 people both live and work here. The average commute takes 33.6 minutes, against 26.3 across Pennsylvania.
Most working residents leave Stroud Township for work: only 12% work in town. Stroud Township’s average trip to work is 34 minutes. Jobs based in Stroud Township grew to 6,903 in 2023, 760 more than in 2013.
| Stroud Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $95,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Work from home | 15% | 12% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More children than Pennsylvania overall
Children under 18 are 25% of residents (21% statewide); people 65 and older are 15% of residents (20% statewide). 38% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Stroud Township.
| Stroud Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 25% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 21% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 40.8 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.5 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women. Median age: women 42.1, men 40.0.
| Stroud Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.5% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.1% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.9% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.1% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.5% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.1% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.5% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.2% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.2% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.5% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5.6% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.1% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.8% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Stroud Township is healthier than 54% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,271 U.S. towns with household incomes like Stroud Township’s, it is less healthy than 64%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Stroud Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 41% of Stroud Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Stroud Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 35% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| What stands out | Stroud Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 8.4% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Stroud Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Stroud Township
About 5 of every 100 Stroud Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Stroud Township’s neighbors
8 towns share a border with Stroud Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud Township | #800 | C+ | C− | — | B− | B− |
| Arlington Heights | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| East Stroudsburg | #888 | C | C− | — | C+ | B |
| Stroudsburg | #914 | C | D | — | B− | B− |
| Upper Mount Bethel Township | #712 | B− | B− | — | B+ | B− |
| Smithfield Township | #829 | C+ | C− | — | C+ | B |
| Hamilton Township | #973 | C− | C− | — | B− | B− |
| Pocono Township | #794 | C+ | C | C+ | B− | B |
Stroud Township, East Stroudsburg, Stroudsburg, Upper Mount Bethel Township, Smithfield Township and Hamilton Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Arlington Heights isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Stroud Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Stroud Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Stroud Township, PA a good place to live?
Stroud Township grades C+ overall, better than 40% of U.S. towns and #800 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Stroud Township, PA expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.