WalnuttownPA
A town of 426.
Is Walnuttown a good place to live?
Walnuttown’s average trip to work is 17 minutes, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Among 1,036 Pennsylvania towns, just 7 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Walnuttown. Walnuttown has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
426 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom and 55 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Walnuttown. Close and well known come first.
19 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom9 mi Stadium & arenaSovereign Center
22 mi Stadium & arenaPPL Center
30 mi National Historical ParkValley Forge National Historical Park1.8M visitors a year
35 mi Theme parkDutch Wonderland
15 mi Park & preserveRoadside AmericaPhoto credits
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Valley Forge National Historical Park: The original uploader was JGHowes at English Wikipedia. (Original text: en:User, Attribution · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Roadside America: Mark Fleisher, President and CEO of Aim Advertising in Lewisburg, PA,, Public domain
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Moving to Walnuttown: who provides what
Walnuttown is unincorporated, so Berks County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 Walnuttown.
Walnuttown faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 75% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Walnuttown
Walnuttown has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 21° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
With 0.8 jobs for every working resident, most of Walnuttown’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Walnuttown for work: only 1% work in town. 15% of residents live below the poverty line in Walnuttown, above both the Pennsylvania town median (7.6%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Since 2013, Walnuttown has added 56 jobs, to 165 in 2023.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
How healthy Walnuttown is
Walnuttown beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 18% of Walnuttown adults smoke cigarettes.
| Walnuttown | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Walnuttown | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 8.8% | 5.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.7% | 7.7% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.8% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A home in Walnuttown sells for about $180K at the median
65% of households own their home in Walnuttown.
| Walnuttown | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 65% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $982 a month | $1,115 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Walnuttown
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Walnuttown
About 0 of every 100 Walnuttown residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Questions about Walnuttown
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Walnuttown, PA a good place to live?
Walnuttown has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.