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Coolspring Township, Mercer Co., PA municipal building, June 2024
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CoolspringPA

A town of 1,940.

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Population
1,940
−7.5% since 2010
Median home value
$225K
Census ACS
Household income
$88K
median
Median age
46.9
years
Jobs based here
389
A commuter town
A commuter town

96% of working residents leave Coolspring for work

Where Coolspring’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

8% → Hermitage Hermitage 8% 5% → Pine Pine 5% 4% → Sharon Sharon 4% 4% → East Lackawannock East Lackawannock 4% 3% → Mercer Mercer 3% 3% → Grove City Grove City 3% Coolspring · 4% stay
389jobs based in Coolspring
4%of working residents work in town
16 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

Coolspring’s report card

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57°
Cloudy
H 67° · L 55°

Upcoming events

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The data

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Work & commute

Most working residents commute out of Coolspring

Most working residents leave Coolspring for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Hermitage (8%), Pine (5%) and Sharon (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

4%work in town

Where working residents work

In Coolspring4%
Hermitage8%
Pine5%
Sharon4%
East Lackawannock4%
16 mi
median commute distance
389
jobs based in Coolspring
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →
Natural hazards

Low risk, with inland flooding at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 32% of U.S. communities.

32risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
32Low riskLowerHigher
Inland flooding
2
paid flood claims since 2014
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Climate

Snowy winters, pleasant summers

Coolspring has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 82°, a January night drops to 18°, and about 54 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

54″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter20–37°
Spring36–59°
Summer57–81°
Fall41–62°
Oct 3
typical first frost
May 15
typical last frost
+1.7°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Health

How healthy Coolspring is

Coolspring beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 5 CDC measures and trails it on 1.

5 measures vs. Pennsylvania
0 better4 too close to call1 worse
What stands outCoolspringPA
Fewer adults seeing a dentist60.2%64.4%
Grove City Medical Center
10.6 mi away · emergency room
None
primary care, dental or mental-health shortage
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Schools

Coolspring’s public schools outperform 59% of Pennsylvania districts

The public schools Coolspring’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 59% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

BSchool Grade
SchoolGradesStudentsGrade
Mercer County Career Center9–128Not graded
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduationAll 1 schools →
Outdoors

6.9% of Coolspring is conserved land

0.0 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.

6.9%conserved
6.9%
conserved · 840 of 12,139 acres
0.0 mi
of trails · 0 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. State Game Lands Number 294—137
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-USParks & trails →
US Route 62 - Pennsylvania
2009 · US Route 62 - Pennsylvania · Wikimedia Commons
Coolspring’s story

Coolspring in pictures

6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives.

US Route 19 - PennsylvaniaCoolspring Township hay field with baleCoolspring Township, Mercer Co., PA municipal building, June 2024
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About Coolspring

Township in Pennsylvania, US

Official town website ↗

Coolspring Township is a township in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,112 at the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 2,278 in 2010.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Population
2,107
Area
20 sq mi

Coolspring’s neighbors

7 towns share a border with Coolspring.

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