Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,009.
The best of Wayne Township’s subject grades are an A for cost of living and history; the weakest is a D for walkability. On the outdoors, just 3 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do worse. Wayne Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 95% of U.S. towns. Ernest Thralls House is on the National Register of Historic Places. Wayne Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Wayne Township beats most towns.
1,197 counted in 2010 and 1,025 in 2020; an estimated 1,009 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Wayne Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1875.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Wayne 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 Wayne Township.
Wayne Township: 19% of adults binge drink. The share of adults in Wayne Township who smoke cigarettes is 22%, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 17% and U.S. towns at 14%. Two figures for adults in the town: 16% report frequent physical distress, 19% report frequent mental distress.
| Wayne Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Wayne Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 22% | 15.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.5% | 7.7% |
| More uninsured adults | 7.9% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Wayne Township’s mean commuting time stands at 35 minutes. Employers in Wayne Township shed 232 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 36. The top destinations are Morgantown (11%), Franklin Township (9%) and Pittsburgh (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.
| Wayne Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.2% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.2% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Of the losses FEMA expects here, 90% come from inland flooding. Wayne Township’s natural-hazard score from FEMA stands at 76 of 100, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (30 of 100) and U.S. towns (44 of 100). 12 flood insurance claims have been paid in the town since 1978.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A winter brings about 30 inches of snow, with January nights at 21° and July afternoons at 83°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wayne Township. Close and well known come first.
17 mi Stadium & arenaMountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium
32 mi National BattlefieldFort Necessity National Battlefield226K visitors a year
38 mi MuseumMeadowcroft Rockshelter
29 mi Ancient siteGrave Creek Mound
33 mi Stadium & arenaWesBanco Arena
32 mi City parkOglebay ParkMountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Fort Necessity National Battlefield: Wilson44691, CC0 · Meadowcroft Rockshelter: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Grave Creek Mound: Shonebrooks, CC0 · WesBanco Arena: Jgera5 at English Wikipedia, CC0 · Oglebay Park: Morganismysheltie (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Wayne Township
About 2 of every 100 Wayne Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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 A.
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