A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Fermanagh Township$1,560/mo

Typical home $257K (Census) · tax rate 1.02% · or rent about $734/mo · Housing →

Walker Township$1,270/mo

Typical home $207K (Census) · tax rate 1.07% · or rent about $800/mo · Housing →

The difference: $290 a month, about $3,500 a year, between Fermanagh Township and Walker Township.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Where they are

Fermanagh Township and Walker Township share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Fermanagh TownshipWalker Township

Fermanagh Township ↔ Walker Township5.8 miles apart · They share a border · Same county

Who commutes between them

91 Fermanagh Township residents work in Walker Township (7.1% of its workers)

69 Walker Township residents work in Fermanagh Township (6.3% of its workers)

Work & commute in Fermanagh Township →

Report cards

Fermanagh Township places higher on 10 of 20 PA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Pennsylvania ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

C+Fermanagh TownshipBetter than 38% of districts in the state C+Walker TownshipBetter than 38% of districts in the state

Health

CFermanagh TownshipHealthier than 26% of U.S. towns C−Walker TownshipHealthier than 23% of U.S. towns

10Fermanagh Township

5Walker Township

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most trailsOutdoors · 787 towns #349#630 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1058 towns #777#504 Most educatedPeople · 1058 towns #721#963 Most affordableCost of living · 1058 towns #592#375 Highest incomeIncome · 1058 towns #880#667 Most conserved landOutdoors · 1055 towns #207#392 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1058 towns #719#868 Lowest property taxCost of living · 1058 towns #329#229

Left end = #1 in Pennsylvania. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Fermanagh Township’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

Fermanagh TownshipWalker Township

Snow a year26″26″

January low21°F 21°F

July high85°F 85°F

Growing season (days)185d 185d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)67th 58th

Outdoors & history

Fermanagh TownshipWalker Township

Trails21 mi 6 mi

Conserved land20.1%11.6%

Settled1754 —

Archive photos12 —

Community

Fermanagh TownshipWalker Township

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Pennsylvania average

Fermanagh TownshipWalker Township

People

Population 2,863Highest 2,788Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +2%Highest PA: +2.4% +1.9%Lowest PA: +2.4%

Median age 54.3±6.1Highest 33% above PA 39±3.8Lowest 5% below PA

Kids under 18 16.9%±4.9Lowest PA: 20.4% 25.6%±4.1Highest PA: 20.4%

Walker Township and Fermanagh Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 28.5%±5.5Highest PA: 19.5% 19.1%±3.3Lowest PA: 19.5%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 23%Highest PA: 35.2% 15.5%Lowest PA: 35.2%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.1%±1.3Highest PA: 6.1% 1.8%±1.1Lowest PA: 6.1%

Fermanagh Township and Walker Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $58,444±$10kLowest 25% below PA $72,813±$8kHighest 7% below PA

Walker Township and Fermanagh Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $256,800±$20kHighest about the PA average $206,900±$16kLowest 19% below PA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $734±$165Lowest 39% below PA $800±$348Highest 34% below PA

Walker Township and Fermanagh Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,607Highest 21% below PA $2,218Lowest 33% below PA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 41.8%±19.9Highest PA: 48.2% 38.5%±18.7Lowest PA: 48.2%

Fermanagh Township and Walker Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 12.4%Highest PA: 11.7% 8%Lowest PA: 11.7%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 65.9%Lowest PA: 69.3% 77.3%Highest PA: 69.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1975Lowest 10 yrs newer than PA 1978Highest 13 yrs newer than PA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minHighest 9% above PA 25 minLowest 4% below PA

Work from home 9.5%±5.1Highest PA: 15.6% 9.4%±4.4Lowest PA: 15.6%

Fermanagh Township and Walker Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 11.3%Lowest 12.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.8 miHighest 16.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.10Lowest 1.37Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Walker Township (7%)Delaware Township (8%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 7% work in Walker Township6% work in Fermanagh Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 20.1%Highest 11.6%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 21.4 miHighest 6.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 3Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 4.0Highest 3.5Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #686 of 765 in PA—

School district Juniata County SD—

High school in town Juniata SHS—

Students per teacherat that high school 13.5 —

Pennsylvania average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Fermanagh Township vs Walker Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $290 more a month in Fermanagh Township

Fermanagh Township and Walker Township share a border

Fermanagh Township places higher on 10 of 20 PA lists

What daily life feels like in each

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