Valley TownshipPA
Home to 2,107 people, this town lies in Pennsylvania. Public schools that outperform most of Pennsylvania.
Is Valley Township a good place to live?
The best of Valley Township’s subject grades is an A for schools. 45% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Valley Township, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 29% and U.S. towns at 29%. On history, just 76 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do worse. Valley Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Valley Township stand out
Where Valley Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Liberty-Valley El Sch | 3–5 | 491 |
| Widest gap | Valley Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults in fair or poor health | 16.3% | 18.7% |
98% of working residents leave Valley Township for work
Where Valley Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Valley Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Valley Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Valley Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Valley 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 Valley Township.
Valley Township’s public schools outperform 90% of Pennsylvania districts
The public schools here belong to Danville Area SD. Its one school is below. Enrollment at Valley Township’s public school: 491 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty-Valley El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades 3–5 | Grades 3–5 | 491 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Valley Township ranks healthier than 76% of the country’s towns
Valley Township: 15% of adults report frequent mental distress. Among adults in the town, 12% report frequent physical distress and 35% sleep under 7 hours.
| Valley Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 38% | 36% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Valley Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults in fair or poor health | 16.3% | 18.7% |
| Fewer smokers | 14% | 15.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.2% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Valley Township has 0.4 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Only 2% of working residents stay in Valley Township for work; the rest commute out. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Valley Township dropped by 55, to 387. The town’s middle household income stands at $115,000. Half commute less than 11 miles.
| Valley Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $115,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Valley Township brings four seasons and pleasant summers
A winter brings about 29 inches of snow, with January nights at 19° and July afternoons at 84°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Valley Township: inland flooding
Since 1996, 11 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Valley Township. FEMA expects more storm and flood damage in the town than in 54% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Valley Township break down as 76% from inland flooding and 5% from strong winds.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Compared with most of Pennsylvania and the rest of the country, less of Valley Township is conserved land
2.0 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The concentration of trails in Valley Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Valley Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.4% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hess Recreation Area | 0.6 mi | 15 |
| 2. Geisinger Stewardship Forest | 0.2 mi | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Valley Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Valley Township
About 4 of every 100 Valley Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Valley Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Valley Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Township | — | — | B | — | A | A− |
| West Hemlock Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mahoning Township | #366 | A− | D | B+ | A | A− |
| Derry Township | — | — | B | — | A | A− |
| Liberty Township | — | — | C | — | A | B+ |
Valley Township, Derry Township and Liberty Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Valley Township, Derry Township and Liberty Township report no FBI crime data of their own. West Hemlock Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Valley Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Valley Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Valley Township, PA a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Pennsylvania.
Is Valley 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 B.