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+Springhill TownshipBetter than 35% of districts in the state C+Pymatuning TownshipBetter than 40% of districts in the state

Health

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

6Springhill Township

13Pymatuning Township

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

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

Left end = #1 in Pennsylvania. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Springhill 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%

Springhill Township$710/mo

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

Pymatuning Township$760/mo

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

Springhill TownshipFayette County Pymatuning TownshipMercer County

Springhill Township ↔ Pymatuning Township113 miles apart

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Only big differences vs Pennsylvania average

Springhill TownshipPymatuning Township

People

Population 2,664Lowest 3,066Highest

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

Median age 48.1±5.5Lowest 18% above PA 52.2±3.7Highest 28% 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 28%±8.3Highest PA: 20.4% 15.4%±4Lowest PA: 20.4%

Age 65+ 15.8%±3.9Lowest PA: 19.5% 22.1%±5Highest 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+ 12%Highest PA: 35.2% 10.2%Lowest PA: 35.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $44,700±$13kLowest 43% below PA $54,574±$9kHighest 30% 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 $115,700±$52kLowest 55% below PA $119,300±$11kHighest 53% 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 $846±$307Highest 30% below PA $698±$489Lowest 42% 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 $1,246Lowest 62% below PA $1,639Highest 50% below PA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 31.5%±16.4Lowest PA: 48.2% 58.9%±23.8Highest 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 23.2%Highest PA: 11.7% 16.8%Lowest PA: 11.7%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 8.1%±5.3Lowest PA: 15.6% 9.8%±4.6Highest 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 2.4%Lowest 9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 14.3 miHighest 11.3 miLowest

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

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

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 8%Highest 0.1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 16.6 miHighest 4.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 4Highest

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

Schools

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

School district Albert Gallatin Area SDReynolds SD

High school in town None in townReynolds JSHS

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.

Springhill Township vs Pymatuning 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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