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Stony Creek Mills is a small town of 1,081 people in Berks County, Pennsylvania. It's about 3 miles from Reading, PA and 45 miles from Philadelphia, PA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 39°F, with about 23 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $171k and rent runs about $4k a month.
1,081people
$171kTypical home
$3,501/moRent
86° / 39°Summer / winter
23"Snow
223Sunny days
139Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,081
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,694 people per sq mi
- 45 mi to Philadelphia, PA
- 3 mi to Reading, PA
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $171k (≈$1,081/mo)
- Median rent $3,501/mo
- Median household income $61k
- Property tax about 2.4% of value
- 11.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 39°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 63°F)
- 223 sunny days a year (73 totally clear)
- 142 cloudy days a year
- 42 of 90 winter days are gray
- 139 days a year with rain or snow
- 23" of snow a year
- 6 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 8 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (70 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (390 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 33
- 35% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 24% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 10% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 28 mi to LNS airport
- 47 mi to PHL (major hub)
- 25 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 89% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1959
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 446 ft
- 43 mi to the ocean
- 150 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 15 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 54 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 675 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 63 bars within 25 mi
- 154 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 45 museums within 25 mi
- 22 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 29% of Pennsylvania districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 4 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- Dog park in town
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 4 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Berks County: R+12 in 2024
- Pennsylvania: Purple — split almost evenly
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk