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A town of 4,363, settled in 1894. Public schools that outperform most of Pennsylvania.
White Deer Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $191K, 2.5 years of the Lewisburg area’s $76K median household income. It grades B+ overall, 435th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 77% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top, and CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 76% of the country. On the plus side, the median household earns $84K. 38% of the land in White Deer Township is conserved, against 8.2% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Bald Eagle State Forest, 10,726 acres with 10.4 miles of trail. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 69% of U.S. towns.
Where White Deer Township beats most towns.
Where White Deer 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 White Deer Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 4,273 in 2000, 4,331 in 2020. The archive holds 4 maps from 1924 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in White Deer 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 White Deer Township.
White Deer Township keeps more of its land conserved than most of Pennsylvania, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding) and has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
Its 11,239 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 96% of Pennsylvania towns.
12 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bald Eagle State Forest | 10.4 mi | 10,726 |
| 2. Tiadaghton State Forest | — | 193 |
| 3. White Deer Community Park | — | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by Milton Area SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Deer El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades 4–5 | Grades 4–5 | 287 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
20% of White Deer Township adults smoke cigarettes, above both the Pennsylvania town median (16%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). 23% of adults say their health is fair or poor in White Deer Township. White Deer Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 10.
| White Deer Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 19% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | White Deer Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.5% | 79.2% |
| More uninsured adults | 8.2% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Jobs based here fell from 2,405 in 2013 to 1,220. The average commute for its 1,950 working residents takes 18 minutes, against 26.3 across Pennsylvania.
Most working residents leave White Deer Township for work: only 5% work in town. White Deer Township’s average trip to work is 18 minutes. Since 2013, White Deer Township has lost 1,185 jobs, to 1,220 in 2023.
| White Deer Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.6% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.9% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $488 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1979, 64 flood insurance claims have been paid out in White Deer Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
White Deer Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
3 within 15 miles of the center of White Deer Township
About 2 of every 100 White Deer Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
White Deer Township is a township in Union County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,331 at the 2020 census.
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9 towns share a border with White Deer Township.
Kelly Township next door grades higher for schools (A+ to White Deer Township’s B+) and lower for cost of living (B− to A).
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Deer Township | #435 | B+ | A | — | B+ | C− |
| Buffalo Township | #618 | B | B− | — | B+ | B+ |
| West Buffalo Township | #599 | B | B− | — | B+ | C+ |
| Watsontown | — | — | B+ | B+ | A− | C+ |
| Milton | #823 | C+ | C+ | B | B+ | C |
| Delaware Township | #508 | B+ | B | — | A− | B− |
| Turbot Township | — | — | C | — | B+ | C |
| Kelly Township | #303 | A− | B− | — | A+ | A− |
Watsontown and Turbot Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. White Deer Township, Buffalo Township, West Buffalo Township, Delaware Township, Turbot Township and Kelly Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare White Deer Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. White Deer Township grades B+ overall, better than 71% of U.S. towns and #435 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C− for health and B+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
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.