Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Summerhill Township’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for schools and the outdoors; its weakest is a D for walkability. 31% of residents are 65 or older in Summerhill Township, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (21%) and U.S. towns (18%). On cost of living, just 125 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do better. 18% of the land in Summerhill Township is conserved, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 8.2% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest place to walk is State Game Lands Number 26, 2,910 acres with 3.2 miles of trail. Summerhill Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Summerhill Township beats most towns.
Where Summerhill 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 Summerhill Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 343 in 1880, a peak of 890 in 1920, 479 in 2020. The archive holds 14 old photos and papers going back to 2014 and 4 maps from 1902 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Summerhill 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 Summerhill Township.
The middle household income for Summerhill Township comes to $58,000. Only 5% of working residents stay in Summerhill Township for work; the rest commute out. For workers here, the share who do their job from home is 6.5%. Half commute less than 12 miles.
| Summerhill Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6.5% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $58,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.8% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Trails total 9.5 miles in 1 park or preserve. Summerhill Township’s trail network density stands at 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 26 | 3.2 mi | 2,910 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Summerhill Township’s peak summer temperature comes in at 80°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in nearly two thirds of U.S. communities. One claim on flood insurance has been paid out in Summerhill Township since 1996. 83% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
37% of adults have obesity in Summerhill Township. In Summerhill Township, 39% of adults sleep under 7 hours, and 15% report frequent physical distress.
| Summerhill Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 24% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| What stands out | Summerhill Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7.1% | 5.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.4% | 7.7% |
| More adults with arthritis | 35.9% | 30.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The share of households in Summerhill Township who are owner-occupiers: 90%. In Summerhill Township, the going rate for rent is $753 a month.
| Summerhill Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $753 a month | $1,115 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Summerhill Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
4 mi DamSouth Fork Dam
8 mi National Historic SiteAllegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site163K visitors a year
37 mi LakeRaystown Lake
4 mi National MemorialJohnstown Flood National Memorial75K visitors a year
18 mi Theme parkLakemont ParkFlight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · South Fork Dam: Ernest Walter Histed, Public domain · Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site: Matthew A. Lynn; Original uploader was Mosamiazaz at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Raystown Lake: Tex Jobe, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain · Johnstown Flood National Memorial: David Brossard, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Lakemont Park: Bhakta Dano. Original uploader was Oldano at en.wikipedia, Public domain
5 within 15 miles of the center of Summerhill Township
About 1 of every 100 Summerhill Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Summerhill is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, Summerhill had a population of 479.
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7 towns share a border with Summerhill Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summerhill Township | — | — | A | — | A− | C+ |
| Adams Township | #139 | A | A | A+ | A− | B− |
| Portage Township | #215 | A | A+ | — | A | C+ |
| Croyle Township | — | — | A− | — | A− | C+ |
| Pavia Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Beaverdale | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cambria Township | #378 | A− | B | B+ | A− | B− |
| Munster Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Summerhill Township and Croyle Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Summerhill Township, Portage Township and Croyle Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Pavia Township, Beaverdale and Munster Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Summerhill Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $117,000, 59% below the Pennsylvania typical home. That is 2 years of the area's median household income ($58,418 across the Johnstown, PA metro 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.
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