Kidder Township is a township in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 1,935 at the 2010 census, up from 1,185 at the 2000 census.

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Safety in Kidder

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Not graded

A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Kidder's police department reported only 2024 and 2025, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.

Violent crime per 1,000

Kidder 1.6

Pennsylvania 2.3

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Kidder 0.5

Pennsylvania 13.6

U.S. 15.5

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Health in Kidder

Compared with Pennsylvania

≈Just like Pennsylvania

No difference on any of 5 measures is outside the margin of error.

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What stands out

Nothing stands out: Kidder tracks Pennsylvania closely.

Care nearby

St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton · 16 mi · ER

Freeland Health CenterFreeland · 13.5 mi · sliding-scale fees

Primary careNo shortage

DentalNo shortage

Mental healthNo shortage

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · ZIP codes 18661, 18624, 18210 · CMS · HRSAHealth in Kidder →

Schools in Kidder

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School Grade C+

The public schools Kidder’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 64% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

DistrictJim Thorpe Area SDSchools1

Penn-Kidder Campus CElementary · Grades PK–8 · 541 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within PA. Ratings are from neighbors.

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Where Kidder is

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Locator map of Kidder — Wikimedia Commons · Map: (c)2006 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) (from U.S. Census Bureau source) · CC BY-SA 2.5

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SPenn Forest NETobyhanna ETunkhannock NBear Creek WFoster NBuck SWLehigh WEast Side WDennison WWhite Haven

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