Young TownshipPA
A town of 1,670.
Is Young Township a good place to live?
The best of Young Township’s subject grades is an A− for cost of living; the weakest is a D for walkability. On walkability, just 122 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do worse. Young Township’s average trip to work is 34 minutes, against 26 minutes in Pennsylvania’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is State Game Lands Number 332, at 1,662 acres. Young Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
98% of working residents leave Young Township for work
Where Young Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Young Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Young Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Young Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Young 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 Young Township.
Most of Young Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Young Township for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Young Township grew to 105 in 2023, 46 more than in 2013. The top destinations are White Township (10%), Indiana (8%) and Pittsburgh (5%).
| Young Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 9.9% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Young Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Young Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. At 83°F, Young Township’s July high is where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 85°F and U.S. towns at 85°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Young Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities. Since 1996, 22 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Young Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 332 | — | 1,662 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Health in Young Township trails 53% of U.S. towns
Young Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 18% of Young Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Young Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | Young Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.1% | 7.7% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.6% | 7.4% |
| More adults with arthritis | 35.3% | 30.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Young Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Young Township
About 7 of every 100 Young Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
About Young Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Young Township is a township that is located in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was named after John Young, the first president judge of Indiana county. The population was 1,709 at the time of the 2020 census. It includes the communities of Clarksburg, Coal Run (or Clune), Elders Ridge, Iselin, McIntyre, Scotland, Watson's Ridge, and West Lebanon, along with the "ghost towns" of Hart Town, Whiskey Run and Nesbitt Run.
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- Area
- 35 sq mi
Young Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Young Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | B− |
| Black Lick Township | — | — | B+ | — | B | C |
| Armstrong Township | #544 | B | B+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Jacksonville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Conemaugh Township | — | — | B | — | B | B− |
| South Bend Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Young Township, Black Lick Township and Conemaugh Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Young Township, Black Lick Township, Armstrong Township and Conemaugh Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Jacksonville and South Bend Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Young Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Young Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Young 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−.