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%

Rye Township$1,780/mo

Typical home $284K (Census) · tax rate 1.22% · or rent about $1,058/mo · Housing →

Silver Spring Township$2,340/mo

Typical home $389K (Census) · tax rate 0.94% · or rent about $1,611/mo · Housing →

The difference: $560 a month, about $6,700 a year, between Silver Spring Township and Rye 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

Grades and rankings, side by side

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.

Safety

–Rye TownshipNot graded B+Silver Spring TownshipSafer than 71% of U.S. towns

Schools

–Rye TownshipNot graded ASilver Spring TownshipBetter than 92% of districts in the state

Health

B+Rye TownshipHealthier than 67% of U.S. towns ASilver Spring TownshipHealthier than 88% of U.S. towns

Where they are

Rye Township and Silver Spring Township share a border

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

Rye TownshipSilver Spring Township

Rye Township ↔ Silver Spring Township5.2 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

28 Rye Township residents work in Silver Spring Township (2.6% of its workers)

Work & commute in Rye Township →

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

Rye TownshipSilver Spring Township

Snow a year24″28″

January low22°F 21°F

July high85°F 86°F

Growing season (days)189d 177d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)70th 46th

Outdoors & history

Rye TownshipSilver Spring Township

Trails63 mi 12 mi

Conserved land46.8%9%

National Register places—1

Famous people born here—1

Community

Rye TownshipSilver Spring 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

Rye TownshipSilver Spring Township

People

Population 2,288Lowest 20,661Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -4.3%Lowest PA: +2.4% +43.2%Highest PA: +2.4%

Median age 52.7±1.9Highest 29% above PA 44.8±2.8Lowest 10% above PA

Kids under 18 9.3%±2.6Lowest PA: 20.4% 22.2%±2.5Highest PA: 20.4%

Age 65+ 24%±3.2Highest PA: 19.5% 20.3%±2.1Lowest PA: 19.5%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 25.2%Lowest PA: 35.2% 49.4%Highest PA: 35.2%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.1%±2.1Highest PA: 6.1% 2.7%±1.1Lowest PA: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $102,159±$18kLowest 31% above PA $125,102±$5kHighest 60% above PA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $284,400±$16kLowest 12% above PA $388,500±$21kHighest 53% above PA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,058±$270Lowest 12% below PA $1,611±$340Highest 33% above PA

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,471Lowest 5% above PA $3,669Highest 11% above PA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 14%±51.7Lowest PA: 48.2% 26.1%±11.9Highest PA: 48.2%

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

Below poverty line 4.5%Lowest PA: 11.7% 4.6%Highest PA: 11.7%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 95.4%Highest PA: 69.3% 85.5%Lowest PA: 69.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1983Lowest 18 yrs newer than PA 2000Highest 35 yrs newer than PA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 30 minHighest 13% above PA 21 minLowest 20% below PA

Work from home 18.2%±5.7Lowest PA: 15.6% 27.8%±4.7Highest PA: 15.6%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.8%Lowest 12%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 10.8 miHighest 9.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.08Lowest 1.52Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Harrisburg (13%)Harrisburg (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 3% work in Silver Spring TownshipFew work in Rye Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 46.8%Highest 9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 63.1 miHighest 12.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 2.5 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 10Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 3.3Lowest 22.3Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#238 of 765 in PA

School district —Cumberland Valley SD · Cumberland Perry Area Career & Technical Center

High school in town —Cumberland Valley HS

Students per teacherat that high school — 17.8

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.

Rye Township vs Silver Spring Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $560 more a month in Silver Spring Township

Grades and rankings, side by side

Rye Township and Silver Spring Township share a border

What daily life feels like in each

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