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%

Silver Spring Township$2,340/mo

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

Rye Township$1,780/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

Where they are

Silver Spring Township and Rye Township share a border

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

Silver Spring TownshipRye Township

Silver Spring Township ↔ Rye 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

Silver Spring TownshipRye Township

Snow a year28″24″

January low21°F 22°F

July high86°F 85°F

Growing season (days)177d 189d

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

Outdoors & history

Silver Spring TownshipRye Township

Trails12 mi 63 mi

Conserved land9%46.8%

National Register places1 —

Famous people born here1 —

Community

Silver Spring TownshipRye 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

Silver Spring TownshipRye Township

People

Population 20,661Highest 2,288Lowest

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

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

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

Age 65+ 20.3%±2.1Lowest PA: 19.5% 24%±3.2Highest 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+ 49.4%Highest PA: 35.2% 25.2%Lowest PA: 35.2%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.7%±1.1Lowest PA: 6.1% 4.1%±2.1Highest 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 $125,102±$5kHighest 60% above PA $102,159±$18kLowest 31% 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 $388,500±$21kHighest 53% above PA $284,400±$16kLowest 12% above PA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,611±$340Highest 33% above PA $1,058±$270Lowest 12% below 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 $3,669Highest 11% above PA $3,471Lowest 5% above PA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 26.1%±11.9Highest PA: 48.2% 14%±51.7Lowest 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 4.6%Highest PA: 11.7% 4.5%Lowest PA: 11.7%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 27.8%±4.7Highest PA: 15.6% 18.2%±5.7Lowest 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 12%Highest 0.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.3 miLowest 10.8 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Rye Township3% work in Silver Spring Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 9%Lowest 46.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 12.3 miLowest 63.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miLowest 2.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 10Highest 3Lowest

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

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.

Silver Spring Township vs Rye 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

Silver Spring Township and Rye Township share a border

What daily life feels like in each

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