Towamensing TownshipPA
A town of 4,610.
Is Towamensing Township a good place to live?
Towamensing Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 891st of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its public schools beat 57% of Pennsylvania towns on state tests and graduation. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $249K, 2.9 years of the Allentown metro’s $85K median household income. 33% of the land in Towamensing Township is conserved, against 8.2% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. On walkability, just 98 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do worse. The biggest place to walk is Bethlehem Authority Wild Creek, 2,842 acres with 4.1 miles of trail.
What makes Towamensing Township stand out
Where Towamensing Township beats most towns.
96% of working residents leave Towamensing Township for work
Where Towamensing Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Towamensing Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Towamensing Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom and 45 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Towamensing Township. Close and well known come first.
20 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
19 mi Stadium & arenaPPL Center6 mi Ski areaBlue Mountain Resort44 runs · 1,077 ft vertical
7 mi MuseumAsa Packer Mansion
13 mi State parkHickory Run State Park
24 mi Park & preserveLehigh RiverPhoto credits
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Asa Packer Mansion: Chris18240 (talk), Public domain · Hickory Run State Park: Mtruch, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lehigh River: The original uploader was Malepheasant at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0
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Moving to Towamensing Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Towamensing 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 Towamensing Township.
Towamensing Township keeps more of its land conserved than most of Pennsylvania and sends most of its workers to Allentown and beyond.
Nearly a third of Towamensing Township is conserved land
Its 6,138 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 93% of Pennsylvania towns.
17 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Beltzville State Park | 11 mi | 2,557 |
| 2. Bethlehem Authority Wild Creek | 4.1 mi | 2,842 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
For schools, Towamensing Township earns a B
Its public schools are run by Palmerton Area SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Towamensing El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 328 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Most working residents commute out of Towamensing Township
Towamensing Township has 224 jobs for its 2,187 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 436 in 2013 to 224.
Most working residents leave Towamensing Township for work: only 4% work in town. Jobs based in Towamensing Township fell to 224 in 2023, 212 fewer than in 2013. At $69,000, Towamensing Township’s median household income is where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at $81,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000.
| Towamensing Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $69,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.5% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.5% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Towamensing Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 78% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Towamensing Township
Towamensing Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 27 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Towamensing Township are less healthy than 58% of U.S. towns
Towamensing Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 19% of Towamensing Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Towamensing Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 38% | 36% |
| What stands out | Towamensing Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7.7% | 5.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.5% | 7.7% |
| More smokers | 18.7% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Towamensing Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Towamensing Township
About 1 of every 100 Towamensing Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Towamensing Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Towamensing Township is a lightly populated rural township in eastern Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The Lenape Indian tribe's name is eponymous and was once applied by the natives to the whole region of Carbon County and bits of the Poconos to the north (Luzerne County) and to Schuylkill County (southwest). The population was 4,477 at the 2010 census, up from 3,475 at the 2000 census. A portion of Beltzville State Park is in the township. The film franchise Hell House, LLC was filmed in Towamensing Township at the fictitious Abaddon Hotel, which in reality is the Waldorf Estate of Fear haunted house attraction located on Route 209.
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- Area
- 29 sq mi
- Elevation
- 715 ft
Towamensing Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Towamensing Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towamensing Township | #891 | C | C+ | — | B | C+ |
| Franklin Township | #649 | B− | A− | B | B− | B− |
| Lower Towamensing Township | #715 | B− | B | — | B | C+ |
| Penn Forest Township | #969 | C− | C | — | C+ | B− |
| Eldred Township | #904 | C | C− | — | B− | B− |
Towamensing Township, Lower Towamensing Township, Penn Forest Township and Eldred Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Towamensing Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Towamensing Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Towamensing Township, PA a good place to live?
Towamensing Township grades C overall, better than 29% of U.S. towns and #891 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C+ for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Towamensing 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+.