Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 8,739. Public schools that outperform most of Pennsylvania.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Bushkill Township grades A− overall, 347th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania. The median household earns $121K. Its schools rank ahead of 87% of Pennsylvania towns and it reports less crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $268K for a typical one and 3.2 times the Allentown metro’s $85K median household income. 26% of the land in Bushkill Township is conserved, against 8.2% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. State Game Lands Number 168, at 1,167 acres with 2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Bushkill Township beats most towns.
Where Bushkill Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Bushkill Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 6,982 in 2000, 8,490 in 2020. The archive holds 6 maps from 1914 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bushkill Township. Close and well known come first.
19 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
10 mi Park & preserveLehigh River
34 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
16 mi Stadium & arenaPPL Center
15 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a year
17 mi Ski areaCamelback Mountain Resort37 runs · 804 ft verticalDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lehigh River: The original uploader was Malepheasant at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Lake Musconetcong: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Middle Delaware National Scenic River: Mike Serfas, Public domain · Camelback Mountain Resort: Calzarette at en.wikipedia, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bushkill Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Bushkill Township.
Bushkill Township pairs an A− overall with homes cheaper than the Pennsylvania norm, sends most of its workers to Bethlehem and beyond and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s.
28 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves. Bushkill Township’s trail density is 1.1 miles per square mile, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 0.4 and U.S. towns at 0.4.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center | 21.1 mi | 1,158 |
| 2. State Game Lands Number 168 | 2 mi | 1,167 |
| 3. Ballas Meadow Preserve | 0.3 mi | 90 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by Nazareth Area SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth N Butz Jr El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 576 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
At 9.1 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 59% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns.
The property crime rate in Bushkill Township is 2.2 per 1,000 residents.
| Bushkill Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.2 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.5 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Bushkill Township has 1,126 jobs for its 4,171 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 628 in 2013 to 1,126.
Most working residents leave Bushkill Township for work: only 6% work in town. Jobs based in Bushkill Township grew to 1,126 in 2023, 498 more than in 2013. Bushkill Township’s average trip to work is 29 minutes.
| Bushkill Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $121,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 17% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.1% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 75% of U.S. communities. Since 1996, 12 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Bushkill Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Against the 5,672 U.S. towns with household incomes like Bushkill Township’s, it is less healthy than 64%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Bushkill Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 20% of adults binge drink in Bushkill Township.
| Bushkill Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 38% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Bushkill Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults getting cholesterol checked | 87.5% | 85.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.2% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Bushkill Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 23 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Bushkill Township grades A− overall with a typical home of about $268K, below the Pennsylvania typical value; only 34 of the 112 Pennsylvania towns graded A− or better can say that. The median property tax bill is $5,757, against $3,311 across Pennsylvania, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
92% of Bushkill Township households own their home. The typical Bushkill Township home is worth about $268,000, up 3.6% in a year, 7% below the Pennsylvania typical home.
| Bushkill Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 92% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,510 a month | $1,114 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
4 within 15 miles of the center of Bushkill Township
About 5 of every 100 Bushkill Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Bushkill Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its population was 8,490 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
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4 towns share a border with Bushkill Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bushkill Township | #347 | A− | C− | A− | A | B+ |
| Moore Township | #389 | A− | B− | — | B+ | B |
| Upper Nazareth Township | #194 | A | C | A− | A | A− |
| Ross Township | #902 | C | C− | — | B− | B |
| Plainfield Township | #730 | B− | C− | — | B+ | B+ |
Moore Township, Ross Township and Plainfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bushkill Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Bushkill Township grades A− overall, better than 79% of U.S. towns and #347 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B+ for health, A− for safety and A for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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