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%

Wright Township$1,850/mo

Typical home $295K (Census) · tax rate 1.23% · Housing →

Rice Township$1,970/mo

Typical home $314K (Census) · tax rate 1.25% · or rent about $1,405/mo · Housing →

The difference: $120 a month, about $1,500 a year, between Rice Township and Wright 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

Wright Township places higher on 9 of 21 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.

Safety

AWright TownshipSafer than 90% of U.S. towns ARice TownshipSafer than 92% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+Wright TownshipBetter than 72% of districts in the state B+Rice TownshipBetter than 72% of districts in the state

Health

A−Wright TownshipHealthier than 81% of U.S. towns A−Rice TownshipHealthier than 81% of U.S. towns

9Wright Township

6Rice Township

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fastest growingGrowth · 1058 towns #524#153 Most trailsOutdoors · 787 towns #168#315 Most educatedPeople · 1058 towns #327#141 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1058 towns #724#601 Most remote workersWork · 1029 towns #124#221 Most new homesHousing · 990 towns #266#181 Most conserved landOutdoors · 1055 towns #126#209 Lowest property taxCost of living · 1058 towns #582#664

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

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

Wright TownshipRice Township

Snow a year46″36″

January low16°F —

July high80°F —

Growing season (days)159d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)11th 44th

Outdoors & history

Wright TownshipRice Township

Trails17 mi 8 mi

Conserved land27.4%20%

Community

Wright TownshipRice 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.

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Only big differences vs Pennsylvania average

Wright TownshipRice Township

People

Population 5,762Highest 3,701Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.3%Lowest PA: +2.4% +8.9%Highest PA: +2.4%

Median age 46.4±2.7Highest 13% above PA 46±1.9Lowest 12% above PA

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

Kids under 18 21.2%±4.4Lowest PA: 20.4% 24.9%±6.1Highest PA: 20.4%

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

Age 65+ 22.2%±4.3Highest PA: 19.5% 13.7%±3.1Lowest PA: 19.5%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 36.9%Lowest PA: 35.2% 51.8%Highest PA: 35.2%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.3%±2Highest PA: 6.1% 2.2%±1.8Lowest PA: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $124,000±$25kHighest 59% above PA $110,511±$17kLowest 42% above PA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $295,100±$19kLowest 16% above PA $314,000±$29kHighest 23% above PA

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $1,405±$139 16% above PA

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,619Lowest 9% above PA $3,920Highest 18% above PA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 25.5%±25.2Lowest PA: 48.2% 57.7%±100Highest PA: 48.2%

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

Below poverty line 7.3%Highest PA: 11.7% 6.1%Lowest PA: 11.7%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 93%Lowest PA: 69.3% 94.2%Highest PA: 69.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1982Lowest 17 yrs newer than PA 1997Highest 32 yrs newer than PA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minHighest about the PA average 26 minLowest about the PA average

Work from home 22.7%±7.6Highest PA: 15.6% 18.6%±6.2Lowest PA: 15.6%

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

Work in townworking residents 11.2%Highest 2.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.3 miHighest 10.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.77Highest 0.14Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Wilkes-Barre (13%)Wilkes-Barre (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Rice Township10% work in Wright Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 27.4%Highest 20%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 16.8 miHighest 8.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.3 miHighest 0.7 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 13.4Highest 10.2Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #265 of 765 in PA #316 of 765 in PA

School district Crestwood SDCrestwood SD

High school in town Crestwood Secondary CampusNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 20.8 —

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.

Wright Township vs Rice Township

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