Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Tyrone Township’s best subject grade is a B+ for history. 29% of residents are under 18 in Tyrone Township, above both the Pennsylvania town median (20%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). Among 1,036 Pennsylvania towns, just 1 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Tyrone Township. 27% of the land in Tyrone Township is conserved, against 8.2% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is State Game Lands Number 166, 3,138 acres with 3.2 miles of trail. Only 97 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns score lower on civic life. Tyrone Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Tyrone Township beats most towns.
Where Tyrone 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 Tyrone Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 741 in 1860, a peak of 9,084 in 1920, 5,480 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1895 and 3 maps from 1920 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Tyrone 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 Tyrone Township.
5.9 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Tyrone Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 166 | 3.2 mi | 3,138 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
One of its 4 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shady Pond School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 27 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Tyrone Township for work: only 0% work in town. Since 2013, Tyrone Township has lost 78 jobs, to 202 in 2023. 13% of residents live below the poverty line in Tyrone Township.
| Tyrone Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 9.8% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 75% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Tyrone Township since 2017.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Tyrone Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Tyrone Township is 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Tyrone Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 19% of Tyrone Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Tyrone Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Tyrone Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7.4% | 5.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.8% | 7.7% |
| More smokers | 18.7% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tyrone Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaBeaver Stadium
17 mi LakeRaystown Lake
32 mi DamSouth Fork Dam
11 mi Theme parkLakemont Park
16 mi National Historic SiteAllegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site163K visitors a year
26 mi Stadium & arenaBryce Jordan CenterBeaver Stadium: Sbvr6 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Raystown Lake: Tex Jobe, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain · South Fork Dam: Ernest Walter Histed, Public domain · Lakemont Park: Bhakta Dano. Original uploader was Oldano at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site: Matthew A. Lynn; Original uploader was Mosamiazaz at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Bryce Jordan Center: Robert J. La Verghetta, CC BY-SA 3.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Tyrone Township
About 2 of every 100 Tyrone Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
3 places in Tyrone Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Tyrone is a borough in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States, located 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Altoona, on the Little Juniata River. Tyrone was of considerable commercial importance in the twentieth century. It was an outlet for the Clearfield coal fields and was noted for manufacturing paper products. There were planing mills and chemical and candy factories. In 1900, 5,847 people lived here; in 1910, 7,176; and in 1940, 8,845 people resided here. As of the 2020 census, Tyrone had a population of 5,480. It is part of the Altoona, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was named after County Tyrone in Ireland. Located along the main lines of the Norfolk Southern and Nittany and Bald …
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9 towns share a border with Tyrone Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrone Township | — | — | B− | — | C | C+ |
| Antis Township | #672 | B− | B+ | — | B | C+ |
| Warriors Mark Township | — | — | B− | — | A− | B |
| Logan Township | #680 | B− | B+ | B | C | C+ |
| Catharine Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Frankstown Township | #481 | B+ | C | — | A− | A− |
| Spruce Creek Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Snyder Township | #626 | B | B+ | — | A− | B− |
Tyrone Township and Warriors Mark Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Tyrone Township, Antis Township, Warriors Mark Township, Frankstown Township and Snyder Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Catharine Township and Spruce Creek Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Tyrone Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
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