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%

Pymatuning Township$760/mo

Typical home $119K (Census) · tax rate 1.37% · or rent about $698/mo · Housing →

Forward Township$1,110/mo

Typical home $166K (Census) · tax rate 1.70% · or rent about $1,120/mo · Housing →

The difference: $340 a month, about $4,100 a year, between Forward Township and Pymatuning 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.

Report cards

Forward Township places higher on 11 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+Pymatuning TownshipBetter than 40% of districts in the state A−Forward TownshipBetter than 79% of districts in the state

Health

C+Pymatuning TownshipHealthier than 38% of U.S. towns B−Forward TownshipHealthier than 51% of U.S. towns

8Pymatuning Township

11Forward Township

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

Most conserved landOutdoors · 1055 towns #1049#226 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1058 towns #319#893 Cheapest rentCost of living · 1032 towns #45#525 Lowest depressionHealth · 1058 towns #732#251 Highest graduation rateSchools · 1036 towns #476#28 Best schoolsSchools · 765 towns #554#229 Lowest property taxCost of living · 1058 towns #92#390 Fewest smokersHealth · 1058 towns #777#518

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

Life in each

Pymatuning Township gets 46 more inches of snow a year

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

Pymatuning TownshipForward Township

Snow a year68″21″

January low19°F 21°F

July high83°F 84°F

Growing season (days)167d 177d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)31st 62nd

Outdoors & history

Pymatuning TownshipForward Township

Trails5 mi 0 mi

Conserved land0.1%19.2%

Settled—1869

National Register places1 —

Archive photos—5

Famous people born here—1

Community

Pymatuning TownshipForward 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.

Where they are

80 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Pymatuning TownshipMercer County Forward TownshipAllegheny County

Pymatuning Township ↔ Forward Township80 miles apart

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

Pymatuning TownshipForward Township

People

Population 3,066Highest 3,009Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -5%Highest PA: +2.4% -9.1%Lowest PA: +2.4%

Median age 52.2±3.7Highest 28% above PA 51.9±3.7Lowest 27% above PA

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

Kids under 18 15.4%±4Highest PA: 20.4% 10.9%±3.8Lowest PA: 20.4%

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

Age 65+ 22.1%±5Lowest PA: 19.5% 27.2%±6.2Highest PA: 19.5%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 10.2%Lowest PA: 35.2% 14.4%Highest PA: 35.2%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.2%±0.6Lowest PA: 6.1% 1.6%±1.3Highest PA: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $54,574±$9kLowest 30% below PA $67,171±$17kHighest 14% below PA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $119,300±$11kLowest 53% below PA $166,000±$16kHighest 35% below PA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $698±$489Lowest 42% below PA $1,120±$57Highest 7% below PA

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,639Lowest 50% below PA $2,825Highest 15% below PA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 58.9%±23.8Highest PA: 48.2% 19.4%±16.6Lowest PA: 48.2%

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

Below poverty line 16.8%Highest PA: 11.7% 8.7%Lowest PA: 11.7%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80%Lowest PA: 69.3% 84.8%Highest PA: 69.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1970Highest 5 yrs newer than PA 1949Lowest 16 yrs older than PA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest 12% below PA 31 minHighest 17% above PA

Work from home 9.8%±4.6Highest PA: 15.6% 6.7%±4.2Lowest PA: 15.6%

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

Work in townworking residents 9%Highest 3.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.3 miLowest 13.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.96Highest 0.47Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Hermitage (18%)Pittsburgh (18%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Forward TownshipFew work in Pymatuning Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.1%Lowest 19.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 4.7 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 10.4Lowest 12.4Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #554 of 765 in PA #229 of 765 in PA

School district Reynolds SDElizabeth Forward SD

High school in town Reynolds JSHSNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 11.8 —

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

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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.

Pymatuning Township vs Forward Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $340 more a month in Forward Township

Forward Township places higher on 11 of 20 PA lists

Pymatuning Township gets 46 more inches of snow a year

80 miles apart

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