Winslow TownshipPA
A town of 2,487.
Is Winslow Township a good place to live?
Winslow Township’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a D− for walkability. Only 39 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score lower on walkability. The biggest park or preserve is State Game Lands Number 244, at 1,958 acres. Winslow Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
97% of working residents leave Winslow Township for work
Where Winslow Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Winslow Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Winslow Township is from typical.
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Moving to Winslow Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Winslow 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 Winslow Township.
Health in Winslow Township trails 81% of U.S. towns
Winslow Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 13. 22% of adults smoke cigarettes in Winslow Township, above both the Pennsylvania town median (17%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). 24% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Winslow Township.
| Winslow Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 19% | 19% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Winslow Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 8.5% | 5.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.1% | 7.7% |
| More smokers | 21.9% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On state tests, Winslow Township’s schools beat 63% of Pennsylvania districts
Its one school is below. The largest public high school is Jefferson County-DuBois Area Vocational-Technical School, with 587 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County-DuBois Area Vocational-Technical SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 587 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Most of Winslow Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Winslow Township for work: only 3% work in town. 18% of residents live below the poverty line in Winslow Township, against 7.6% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Jobs based in Winslow Township grew to 334 in 2023, 72 more than in 2013.
| Winslow Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.1% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Winslow Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Winslow Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Winslow Township is 80°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Winslow Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities. Since 1980, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Winslow Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
8.7% of Winslow Township is conserved land
4.7 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Winslow Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Winslow Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 8.7% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 244 | 0.9 mi | 1,958 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Winslow Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Winslow Township
About 3 of every 100 Winslow Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Winslow Township
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, U.S.
Winslow is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
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Winslow Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Winslow Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winslow Township | — | — | A | — | B | C− |
| Pine Creek Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Sykesville | — | — | A+ | — | B | C |
| Washington Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | C |
| McCalmont Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C− |
| Henderson Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | C− |
| Sandy Township | #620 | B | B− | B | B | B |
| Falls Creek | — | — | A− | — | B | C |
Winslow Township, Pine Creek Township, Sykesville, Washington Township, McCalmont Township, Henderson Township and Falls Creek have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Winslow Township, Pine Creek Township, Sykesville, Washington Township, McCalmont Township, Henderson Township and Falls Creek report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Winslow Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Winslow Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Winslow 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.