Zerbe TownshipPA
A town of 1,769.
Is Zerbe Township a good place to live?
The best of Zerbe Township’s subject grades are an A for cost of living and the outdoors; the weakest is a D for health. 36% of the land in Zerbe Township is conserved, above both the Pennsylvania town median (8.2%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest place to walk is State Game Lands Number 165, 539 acres with 3.4 miles of trail. Zerbe Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Zerbe Township stand out
Where Zerbe Township beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Zerbe Township for work
Where Zerbe Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Zerbe Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Zerbe Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Zerbe Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Zerbe 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 Zerbe Township.
A larger share of adults in Zerbe Township have been diagnosed with depression than in the typical Pennsylvania or U.S. town
13% of Zerbe Township adults have diabetes, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 12%. For adults here, the share who have high blood pressure is 39%. In Zerbe Township, 18% of adults report frequent physical distress, and 26% say their health is fair or poor.
| Zerbe Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 19% | 19% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Zerbe Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 10.1% | 5.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.3% | 7.7% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.7% | 14.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On state tests, Zerbe Township’s schools beat 66% of Pennsylvania districts
Line Mountain SD runs its public schools. Its one school is below. 355 students attend Zerbe Township’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Line Mountain El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 355 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Zerbe Township stands out in Pennsylvania and nationally: trail density there is higher
There are 71 miles of trail across 2 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in Zerbe Township: 2, covering 549 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 165 | 3.4 mi | 539 |
| 2. Trevorton Foundry | 0.3 mi | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most of Zerbe Township’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.2 jobs for each of them
Only 3% of working residents stay in Zerbe Township for work; the rest commute out. In Zerbe Township, 17% of residents live below the poverty line. Jobs here fell by 21 from 2013 to 2023, to 139. The town’s income of the median household comes in at $58,000.
| Zerbe Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $58,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 7.9% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Zerbe Township’s year
For Zerbe Township, the peak summer temperature is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Crime reported in Zerbe Township
No violent crimes were reported in 2024. The rate of thefts and burglaries in Zerbe Township is 0.6 per 1,000 residents. Zerbe Township's reported crime rate is well below Pennsylvania's. Most reported incidents are property crimes.
| Zerbe Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 0.6 per 1,000 residents | 6.8 | 11.5 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.7 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
High risk in Zerbe Township, with inland flooding at the top
Zerbe Township’s natural-hazard score from FEMA is 60 of 100. Expected losses in Zerbe Township break down as 79% from inland flooding and 5% from hurricanes. Flood insurance has paid out on 4 claims here since 1996.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Hersheypark and 21 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Zerbe Township. Close and well known come first.
34 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year10 mi Theme parkKnoebels Amusement Resort
34 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Stadium
34 mi MuseumHershey's Chocolate World
34 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Arena
33 mi Park & preserveRoadside AmericaPhoto credits
Hersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Hersheypark Stadium: 45BearsFan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hershey's Chocolate World: Phillyfan0419, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hersheypark Arena: Hersheyarena4ever at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Roadside America: Mark Fleisher, President and CEO of Aim Advertising in Lewisburg, PA,, Public domain
Everything we know about Zerbe Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Zerbe Township
About 2 of every 100 Zerbe Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Zerbe Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Zerbe Township is a township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population at the 2010 Census was 1,872, down from 2,021 at the 2000 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 12 sq mi
Zerbe Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Zerbe Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zerbe Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | D |
| Trevorton | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shamokin Township | — | — | B− | — | C− | B− |
| West Cameron Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Coal Township | #740 | B− | A+ | B | C− | C |
| Little Mahanoy Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Zerbe Township and Shamokin Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Zerbe Township and Shamokin Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Trevorton, West Cameron Township and Little Mahanoy Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Zerbe Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Zerbe Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Zerbe 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.