Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 5,385.
Wayne Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, 611th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $98K. It also does better than most on schools: its public schools beat 68% of Pennsylvania towns on state tests and graduation. A typical home there costs about $233K, 3.4 years of the Pottsville area’s $68K median household income. 24% of the land in Wayne Township is conserved, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 8.2% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest place to walk is State Game Lands Number 110, 2,056 acres with 4.2 miles of trail. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 81% of U.S. towns.
Where Wayne Township beats most towns.
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 →
The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 2008 and 6 maps from 1889 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.
Wayne Township has added a third more jobs in ten years, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 80% of U.S. communities. Since 1996, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Wayne Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by Blue Mountain SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain El West SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 451 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Jobs based here grew from 724 in 2013 to 1,052.
Most working residents leave Wayne Township for work: only 9% work in town. Wayne Township’s average trip to work is 32 minutes, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (26 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Since 2013, Wayne Township has added 328 jobs, to 1,052 in 2023.
| Wayne Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $98,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.2% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 9.1% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 110 | 4.2 mi | 2,056 |
| 2. Second Mountain Tract - Weiser State Forest | 1.5 mi | 991 |
| 3. State Game Lands Number 80 | 0.3 mi | 252 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Adults 18 to 34 are 14% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 27% of residents (20% statewide). Wayne Township’s median age is 51.1 years. Wayne Township has grown 3.5% since 2020, to 5,385 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Wayne Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51.1 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 27% | 21% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 18% | 20% | 22% |
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3 points). Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Wayne Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.5% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.1% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.9% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.7% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.1% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.4% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.5% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 18.2% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.8% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.7% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 44.7% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.8% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 3.4% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.5% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Wayne Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 20° and about 30 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 8,817 U.S. towns with household incomes like Wayne Township’s, it is less healthy than 77%, so it trails even them.
Wayne Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 18% of Wayne Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Wayne Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| What stands out | Wayne Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7.2% | 5.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.1% | 7.7% |
| More adults with arthritis | 34.9% | 30.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wayne Township. Close and well known come first.
30 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year25 mi Theme parkKnoebels Amusement Resort
37 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
7 mi Park & preserveRoadside America
30 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Stadium
30 mi MuseumHershey's Chocolate WorldHersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Roadside America: Mark Fleisher, President and CEO of Aim Advertising in Lewisburg, PA,, Public domain · Hersheypark Stadium: 45BearsFan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hershey's Chocolate World: Phillyfan0419, CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Wayne Township
About 4 of every 100 Wayne Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Wayne Township is a township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,226 at the 2020 census. The township includes the village of Reedsville which contains a medium size state police barracks. Children from this township attend schools in the Blue Mountain School District. The township is divided by north-to-south PA Route 183 which serves as a highway connecting Schuylkill and Berks Counties. The Schuylkill County Fairgrounds are located in the township off east-to-west PA Route 895. 183 and 895 meet in the Census Designated Place of Summit Station.
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6 towns share a border with Wayne Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Township | #611 | B | B− | — | B+ | B− |
| Bethel Township | #329 | A− | C | A+ | B+ | B− |
| Upper Tulpehocken Township | — | — | C+ | — | C+ | B |
| Washington Township | #684 | B− | B− | — | B | B− |
| Branch Township | — | — | B− | A+ | C | C |
| North Manheim Township | #607 | B | B | — | B+ | C+ |
| Reilly Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Upper Tulpehocken Township and Branch Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Wayne Township, Upper Tulpehocken Township, Washington Township and North Manheim Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Reilly Township isn’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.
By most measures, yes. Wayne Township grades B overall, better than 57% of U.S. towns and #611 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
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