The public schools Saville’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 60% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

BSchool Grade

School	Grades	Students
Liberty Valley Amish School Private	1–8	22
Honeysuckle Ridge School Private	1–8	20
Creekwood Amish School Private	1–8	17

NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduationAll 3 schools →

Outdoors

8.6% of Saville is conserved land

4.4 miles of trails across 3 parks and preserves.

8.6%conserved

Map of Saville: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk — Green: conserved land · dashed: trails · numbers: the places below

8.6%

conserved · 2,503 of 29,263 acres

4.4 mi

of trails · 0.1 per sq mi

#498

most conserved land in PA

Biggest places to walk	Trails	Acres
1. State Game Lands Number 88	3.6 mi	1,675
2. Tuscarora State Forest	—	652
3. James C. Nelson Wild Area	—	652

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-USParks & trails →

Work & commute

Most working residents commute out of Saville

Most working residents leave Saville for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Harrisburg (6%), Tyrone (5%) and Silver Spring (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

6%work in town

Where working residents work

In Saville6%

Harrisburg6%

Tyrone5%

Silver Spring4%

Hampden3%

24 mi

median commute distance

299

jobs based in Saville

A commuter town

jobs vs. working residents

Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →

Climate

Four seasons, pleasant summers

Saville has chilly winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 85°, a January night drops to 22°, and about 26 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

26″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter24–39°

Spring40–61°

Summer61–83°

Fall44–64°

Oct 26

typical first frost

Apr 18

typical last frost

+1.2°

vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →

Health

How healthy Saville is

Saville tracks Pennsylvania closely on all 5 CDC measures.

5 measures vs. Pennsylvania

0 better5 too close to call0 worse

Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital

16.2 mi away · emergency room

1 of 3

care shortages: dental

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →

Natural hazards

Moderate risk, with inland flooding at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 55% of U.S. communities.

55risk score of 100

FEMA risk score

Inland floodingHurricanesHeat waves

paid flood claims since 1996

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →

Kochendefer Covered Bridge · National Register of Historic Places

Saville’s story

Saville in pictures

1 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 2 places on the National Register.

Explore the history →

Landmarks

2 places in Saville on the National Register of Historic Places.

All landmarks →

Kochendefer Covered Bridge

Saville Covered Bridge

About Saville

Township in Pennsylvania, US

Saville Township is a second-class township in a mountainous part of Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the township had a total population of 2,598. It was founded in 1817, dividing from Tyrone Township while the area was still part of Cumberland County. It is served by two major roads, PA 74, locally called Veterans Way, and PA 17, called the Tuscorara Path. The county office is at 3954 Veterans Way, in Elliottsburg, in the far southern part of the township. The area is overwhelmingly agricultural, with small population centers in Ickesburg and the hamlet of Saville.

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