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%

Upper Yoder Township$1,000/mo

Typical home $153K (Census) · tax rate 1.58% · or rent about $869/mo · Housing →

Baden$2,010/mo

Typical home $298K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.81% · or rent about $646/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,000 a month, about $12,100 a year, between Baden and Upper Yoder 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

Upper Yoder Township places higher on 12 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

A−Upper Yoder TownshipBetter than 75% of districts in the state CBadenBetter than 33% of districts in the state

Health

BUpper Yoder TownshipHealthier than 59% of U.S. towns BBadenHealthier than 57% of U.S. towns

12Upper Yoder Township

6Baden

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

Highest graduation rateSchools · 1036 towns #28#750 Most conserved landOutdoors · 1055 towns #292#974 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1058 towns #983#484 Best schoolsSchools · 765 towns #313#581 Most walkableOutdoors · 1058 towns #579#356 Lowest depressionHealth · 1058 towns #251#466 Cheapest rentCost of living · 1032 towns #205#24 Lowest obesityHealth · 1058 towns #485#635

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

Life in each

Upper Yoder Township gets 45 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

Upper Yoder TownshipBaden

Snow a year65″20″

January low—21°F

July high—84°F

Growing season (days)—212d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)5th 15th

Outdoors & history

Upper Yoder TownshipBaden

Trails14 mi —

Conserved land15.4%—

Settled1820 1838

Community

Upper Yoder TownshipBaden

Library hours a week—43 hrs

Colleges in town1 —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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

69 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Upper Yoder TownshipCambria County BadenPA

Upper Yoder Township ↔ Baden69 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

Upper Yoder TownshipBaden

People

Population 5,081Highest 3,843Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -5.5%Highest PA: +2.4% -5.6%Lowest PA: +2.4%

Median age 45.1±5.5Lowest 10% above PA 46.6±3.1Highest 14% above PA

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

Kids under 18 21.4%±6.7Highest PA: 20.4% 13.6%±3.9Lowest PA: 20.4%

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

Age 65+ 30%±6.6Lowest PA: 19.5% 30.3%±5.6Highest PA: 19.5%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 23.9%Lowest PA: 35.2% 25%Highest PA: 35.2%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.4%±3.4Highest PA: 6.1% 4.2%±1.8Lowest PA: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $66,974±$14kHighest 14% below PA $63,400±$7kLowest 19% below PA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $152,800±$36kHighest 40% below PA $150,400±$13kLowest 41% below PA

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $869±$123Highest 28% below PA $646±$86Lowest 47% below PA

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,418Lowest 27% below PA $2,716Highest 18% below PA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 32.1%±18.5Highest PA: 48.2% 16.3%±7.9Lowest PA: 48.2%

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

Below poverty line 5.2%Lowest PA: 11.7% 8.4%Highest PA: 11.7%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 71%Lowest PA: 69.3% 74.3%Highest PA: 69.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1961Highest 4 yrs older than PA 1952Lowest 13 yrs older than PA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest 14% below PA 24 minHighest 8% below PA

Work from home 15.3%±7.8Highest PA: 15.6% 14.8%±5Lowest PA: 15.6%

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

Work in townworking residents 4.5%Lowest 4.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 6.8 miLowest 10.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.74Highest 0.66Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Johnstown (24%)Pittsburgh (8%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BadenFew work in Upper Yoder Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 15.4%Highest 1.1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 14.4 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 18.5Lowest 62.0Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #313 of 765 in PA #581 of 765 in PA

School district Westmont Hilltop SDBaden Academy CS · Ambridge Area SD

High school in town Westmont Hilltop JSHSNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 14.7 —

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.

Upper Yoder Township vs Baden

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $1,000 more a month in Baden

Upper Yoder Township places higher on 12 of 20 PA lists

Upper Yoder Township gets 45 more inches of snow a year

69 miles apart

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