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.

Report cards

Pymatuning Township places higher on 13 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 C+Springhill TownshipBetter than 35% of districts in the state

Health

C+Pymatuning TownshipHealthier than 38% of U.S. towns CSpringhill TownshipHealthier than 26% of U.S. towns

13Pymatuning Township

6Springhill Township

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

Most conserved landOutdoors · 1055 towns #1049#535 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1058 towns #319#715 Highest graduation rateSchools · 1036 towns #476#792 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 1058 towns #381#662 Most activeHealth · 1058 towns #554#810 Most walkableOutdoors · 1058 towns #716#965 Lowest depressionHealth · 1058 towns #732#925 Most trailsOutdoors · 787 towns #579#437

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

Monthly cost

A typical home costs about the same each month

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 →

Springhill Township$710/mo

Typical home $116K (Census) · tax rate 1.08% · or rent about $846/mo · Housing →

The difference: $50 a month, about $600 a year, between Pymatuning Township and Springhill 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

113 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Pymatuning TownshipMercer County Springhill TownshipFayette County

Pymatuning Township ↔ Springhill Township113 miles apart

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Only big differences vs Pennsylvania average

Pymatuning TownshipSpringhill Township

People

Population 3,066Highest 2,664Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -5%Highest PA: +2.4% -6.4%Lowest PA: +2.4%

Median age 52.2±3.7Highest 28% above PA 48.1±5.5Lowest 18% above PA

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

Kids under 18 15.4%±4Lowest PA: 20.4% 28%±8.3Highest PA: 20.4%

Age 65+ 22.1%±5Highest PA: 19.5% 15.8%±3.9Lowest PA: 19.5%

Pymatuning Township and Springhill 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% 12%Highest PA: 35.2%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.2%±0.6Lowest PA: 6.1% 3.7%±2.8Highest PA: 6.1%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $54,574±$9kHighest 30% below PA $44,700±$13kLowest 43% below PA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $119,300±$11kHighest 53% below PA $115,700±$52kLowest 55% below PA

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $698±$489Lowest 42% below PA $846±$307Highest 30% below PA

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,639Highest 50% below PA $1,246Lowest 62% below PA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 58.9%±23.8Highest PA: 48.2% 31.5%±16.4Lowest PA: 48.2%

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

Below poverty line 16.8%Lowest PA: 11.7% 23.2%Highest PA: 11.7%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80%Lowest PA: 69.3% 80.6%Highest PA: 69.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1970Lowest 5 yrs newer than PA 1977Highest 12 yrs newer than PA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest 12% below PA 28 minHighest 5% above PA

Work from home 9.8%±4.6Highest PA: 15.6% 8.1%±5.3Lowest PA: 15.6%

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

Work in townworking residents 9%Highest 2.4%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.3 miLowest 14.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.96Highest 0.18Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Hermitage (18%)Morgantown (16%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.1%Lowest 8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 4.7 miLowest 16.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miLowest 0.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 10.4Highest 4.5Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #554 of 765 in PA #542 of 765 in PA

School district Reynolds SDAlbert Gallatin Area 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 Springhill Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Pymatuning Township gets 53 more inches of snow a year

Pymatuning Township places higher on 13 of 20 PA lists

A typical home costs about the same each month

113 miles apart

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