Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,613, settled in 1863.
Upper Bern Township’s best subject grade is a B+ for the outdoors; its weakest is a C for walkability. 11% of residents are under 18 in Upper Bern Township, below both the Pennsylvania town median (20%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). 50% of the land in Upper Bern Township is conserved, against 8.2% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. State Game Lands Number 110, at 1,579 acres with 7.6 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Upper Bern Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Upper Bern Township beats most towns.
Where Upper Bern 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 Upper Bern Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,159 in 1980, 1,734 in 2010. The archive holds 6 maps from 1889 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Upper Bern 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 Upper Bern Township.
8.8 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 110 | 7.6 mi | 1,579 |
| 2. Jefferson Tract - Weiser State Forest | 0.4 mi | 422 |
| 3. Weiser State Forest | — | 422 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents leave Upper Bern Township for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2013, Upper Bern Township has added 355 jobs, to 1,205 in 2023. The top destinations are Tilden Township (6%), Maxatawny Township (5%) and Hamburg (5%).
| Upper Bern Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.5% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 80% of U.S. communities. Since 2004, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Upper Bern Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Upper Bern Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 21° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Upper Bern Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 40% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Upper Bern Township.
| Upper Bern Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Upper Bern Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7.3% | 5.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.8% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Upper Bern Township. Close and well known come first.
34 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
in town Park & preserveRoadside America
30 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom33 mi Theme parkKnoebels Amusement Resort
34 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Stadium
34 mi MuseumHershey's Chocolate WorldHersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Roadside America: Mark Fleisher, President and CEO of Aim Advertising in Lewisburg, PA,, Public domain · Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hersheypark Stadium: 45BearsFan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hershey's Chocolate World: Phillyfan0419, CC BY-SA 3.0
4 within 15 miles of the center of Upper Bern Township
About 11 of every 100 Upper Bern Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
50.1% of the town is conserved land, across 4 parks and preserves.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Upper Bern Township is a township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,734 at the 2010 census.
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5 towns share a border with Upper Bern Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Bern Township | — | — | B | — | C+ | B |
| Upper Tulpehocken Township | — | — | C+ | — | C+ | B |
| South Manheim Township | #773 | C+ | B | — | C | B |
| Shartlesville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tilden Township | #647 | B− | B | B− | C+ | B |
| Centre Township | #521 | B | C | — | A− | B+ |
Upper Bern Township and Upper Tulpehocken Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Upper Bern Township, Upper Tulpehocken Township, South Manheim Township and Centre Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Shartlesville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Upper Bern Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
The typical home is worth about $250,000. 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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