Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,404.
Wayne Township’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a C for walkability. Only 142 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score higher on cost of living. 27% of residents are 65 or older in Wayne Township, against 21% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is McConnells Mill State Park, at 237 acres. Wayne Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Wayne 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 Wayne Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,328 in 2000, 2,468 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 5 maps from 1902 on.
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.
Most working residents leave Wayne Township for work: only 2% work in town. 4.6% of residents live below the poverty line in Wayne Township, below both Pennsylvania’s towns (7.6%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). The top destinations are Ellwood City (12%), Cranberry Township (6%) and Pittsburgh (4%).
| Wayne Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.6% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $74,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Wayne Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 20° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 65% of U.S. communities. Since 2000, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Wayne Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Wayne Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 42% of Wayne Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Wayne Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Wayne Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.3% | 7.7% |
| More uninsured adults | 6.8% | 5.8% |
| More smokers | 18.4% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
5.0 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Wayne Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 6.5% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. McConnells Mill State Park | — | 237 |
| 2. State Game Lands Number 148 | — | 206 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
2 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.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Wayne Township is a township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,468 at the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 2,606 tabulated in 2010.
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9 towns share a border with Wayne Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Township | — | — | A | — | B | C+ |
| Ellwood City | #293 | A− | A | B+ | B | B− |
| Perry Township | — | — | A− | — | B | B+ |
| Ellport | — | — | A | — | B | B |
| New Beaver | — | — | A+ | — | A− | C− |
| Wampum | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wurtemburg | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chewton | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wayne Township, Perry Township, Ellport and New Beaver have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Wayne Township, Perry Township, Ellport and New Beaver report no FBI crime data of their own. Wampum, Wurtemburg and Chewton aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Wayne Township with a neighbor →
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.