Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,670.
The best of Young Township’s subject grades is an A− for civic life; the weakest is a C for health. 32% of residents are 65 or older in Young Township, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (21%) and U.S. towns (18%). A typical home costs about $173K, 2.9 years of the county’s $59K median household income. Young Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Young Township beats most towns.
Where Young 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 Young Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,635 in 1850, a peak of 5,969 in 1900, 1,716 in 2020. The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 2008 and 3 maps from 1968 on.
Explore the history →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.
Ordered by what stands out in Young Township.
Most working residents leave Young Township for work: only 12% work in town. Young Township’s average trip to work is 20 minutes, below both the Pennsylvania town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Jobs based in Young Township fell to 1,316 in 2023, 255 fewer than in 2013.
| Young Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.9% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Young Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 20% of Young Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Young Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 19% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Young Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.6% | 7.7% |
| More uninsured adults | 7.8% | 5.8% |
| More smokers | 20.4% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Young Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Young Township is 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 66% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Young Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.5% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Gobbler's Knob | 0.1 mi | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Young Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Young Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Young Township is a township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,716 at the 2020 census. It was named for John Young, the pioneer judge of Westmoreland County. Young Township is the location of adjacent Punxsutawney's Groundhog Day celebration each February 2, during which thousands of attendees and international media outlets visit for an annual weather prediction by the groundhog Punxsutawney Phil. Although named for Punxsutawney, the actual prediction location, Gobbler's Knob, is in Young Township.
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4 towns share a border with Young Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C |
| Punxsutawney | #651 | B− | A− | B | B− | C+ |
| Bell Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C− |
| Perry Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C |
| McCalmont Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C− |
Young Township, Bell Township, Perry Township and McCalmont Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Young Township, Bell Township, Perry Township and McCalmont Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Young Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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 B+.