Watts TownshipPA
A town of 1,266.
Is Watts Township a good place to live?
The best of Watts Township’s subject grades is an A− for incomes; the weakest is a D for walkability. On walkability, just 84 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do worse. A typical home costs about $247K, 3.1 years of the Harrisburg metro’s $81K median household income. On history, just 44 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is State Game Lands Number 254, at 220 acres. Watts Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,266 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Watts Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Watts Township is from typical.
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Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument and 25 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Watts Township. Close and well known come first.
20 mi National MonumentCarlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
21 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year39 mi Theme parkKnoebels Amusement Resort
21 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Stadium
21 mi MuseumHershey's Chocolate World
21 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark ArenaPhoto credits
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Hersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Hersheypark Stadium: 45BearsFan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hershey's Chocolate World: Phillyfan0419, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hersheypark Arena: Hersheyarena4ever at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Moving to Watts Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Watts 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 Watts Township.
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Watts Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Watts Township for work: only 1% work in town. At 31 minutes, Watts Township’s average trip to work is against 26 minutes in Pennsylvania’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Jobs based in Watts Township grew to 151 in 2023, 83 more than in 2013.
| Watts Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.9% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $94,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Watts Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Watts Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More middle-aged adults than Pennsylvania overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 44% of residents (38% statewide). 17% of Watts Township residents are under 18, below both the Pennsylvania town median (20%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). Watts Township has grown 2.5% since 2020, to 1,266 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Watts Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 21% | 18% |
| Median age | 40.7 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 37% and 65% women
The Census survey reached too few of Watts Township’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±13.7 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Watts Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.9% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.5% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.8% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 19.1% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.2% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 13.5% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 10.9% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 37.4% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.9% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.8% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,300, single groups can be off by several points
Residents of Watts Township are less healthy than 56% of U.S. towns
Watts Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 19% of Watts Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Watts Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| What stands out | Watts Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.5% | 7.7% |
| More smokers | 18.6% | 15.8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.6% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 254 | — | 220 |
| 2. State Game Lands Number 290 | — | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Watts Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 52% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 15 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Watts Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Watts Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Watts Township
About 5 of every 100 Watts Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
99% of working residents leave Watts Township for work
Where Watts Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Watts Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Watts Township is a township in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,233 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 12 sq mi
Questions about Watts Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Watts Township, PA expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.