Wetmore TownshipPA
A town of 1,567, settled in 1820.
Is Wetmore Township a good place to live?
The best of Wetmore Township’s subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for schools; the weakest is a D for walkability. Only 52 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns score higher on hazard risk. 55% of the land in Wetmore Township is conserved, against 8.2% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Tionesta Scenic and Research Natural Areas, at 2,996 acres with 5.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Wetmore Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Wetmore Township stand out
Where Wetmore Township beats most towns.
94% of working residents leave Wetmore Township for work
Where Wetmore Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Wetmore Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Wetmore Township is from typical.
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Moving to Wetmore Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wetmore 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 Wetmore Township.
Conserved land covers nearly a third of Wetmore Township
150 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Wetmore Township’s trail density is 1.9 miles per square mile, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 0.4 and U.S. towns at 0.4.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tionesta Scenic and Research Natural Areas | 5.3 mi | 2,996 |
| 2. Glenwood Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Wetmore Township’s schools rank ahead of 80% of Pennsylvania districts
Its public schools are run by Kane Area SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kane Area HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 282 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Compared with most of Pennsylvania and the rest of the country, the FEMA risk score in Wetmore Township is lower
The FEMA risk score in Wetmore Township is 2 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Wetmore Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Wetmore Township for work: only 6% work in town. Wetmore Township’s average trip to work is 22 minutes. Since 2013, Wetmore Township has lost 29 jobs, to 324 in 2023.
| Wetmore Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.3% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Wetmore Township, a typical July afternoon runs cooler than in the typical Pennsylvania or U.S. town
Wetmore Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 79°, January nights drop to 15° and about 93 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer young adults than Pennsylvania overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (22% statewide). 23% of Wetmore Township residents are 65 or older. Wetmore Township has lost 2.2% of its people since 2020, down to 1,567 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Wetmore Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47.9 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 21% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 20% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.9 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Wetmore Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.3% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.9% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.4% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.7% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 16.7% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.5% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.6% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.1% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.1% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 41.2% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 12.5% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.8% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.1% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.4% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
Residents of Wetmore Township are less healthy than 62% of U.S. towns
Wetmore Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 19% of adults smoke cigarettes in Wetmore Township.
| Wetmore Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 34% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Wetmore Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.8% | 7.7% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.2% | 7.4% |
| More uninsured adults | 7.2% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Kinzua Dam and 5 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wetmore Township. Close and well known come first.
15 mi DamKinzua Dam
10 mi National forestAllegheny National Forest
14 mi State parkKinzua Bridge State Park
31 mi State parkAllegany State Park
36 mi MuseumLucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center
36 mi MuseumRobert H. Jackson CenterPhoto credits
Kinzua Dam: Niagara, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Allegheny National Forest: IvoShandor, CC BY 2.5 · Kinzua Bridge State Park: Nicholas from Pennsylvania, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Allegany State Park: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center: G. Edward Johnson, CC BY 4.0 · Robert H. Jackson Center: G. Edward Johnson, CC BY 4.0
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Everything we know about Wetmore Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Wetmore Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Wetmore Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Wetmore Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Wetmore Township is a township in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,620 at the 2020 census.
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- Established
- 1820
- Area
- 79 sq mi
Wetmore Township’s neighbors
8 towns share a border with Wetmore Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wetmore Township | — | — | A | — | A− | C+ |
| Hamilton Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sheffield Township | — | — | A+ | — | C+ | C |
| Hamlin Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jones Township | — | — | A+ | — | A | C |
| Highland Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lafayette Township | — | — | A+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Sergeant Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wetmore Township, Sheffield Township, Jones Township and Lafayette Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Wetmore Township, Sheffield Township, Jones Township and Lafayette Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Hamilton Township, Hamlin Township, Highland Township and Sergeant Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Wetmore Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Wetmore Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wetmore 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 A.