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A town of 4,600.
Caernarvon Township grades C+ overall, 795th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $119K. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $335K, 3.9 years of the Lancaster metro’s $87K median household income. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 91% of U.S. towns, with 8 places on the National Register. 31% of residents are under 18 in Caernarvon Township, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 22%. Only 66 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns score lower on civic life. Its National Register listings include Weaver's Mill Covered Bridge and Bangor Episcopal Church.
Where Caernarvon 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 Caernarvon Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,392 in 1980, 4,605 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1814 and 6 maps from 1905 on.
8 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Caernarvon Township. Close and well known come first.
39 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
24 mi GardenLongwood Gardens
38 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
16 mi Theme parkDutch Wonderland
37 mi Stadium & arenaSubaru Park
30 mi MuseumWinterthur Museum, Garden and LibraryHersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Longwood Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Subaru Park: Something Original (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library: Photo by and (c)2007 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), CC BY-SA 2.5
Who provides power, water and the rest in Caernarvon 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 Caernarvon Township.
Caernarvon Township has household incomes well above the Pennsylvania norm, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
Trails total 13 miles in 3 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is State Game Lands Number 52, at 225 acres. Parks and preserves in Caernarvon Township: 3, covering 272 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Historic Poole Forge | 0.6 mi | 25 |
| 2. State Game Lands Number 52 | 0.4 mi | 225 |
| 3. Money Rocks County Park | 0.4 mi | 22 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conestoga Christian School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 393 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
For most workers, Caernarvon Township is a place to come home to: only 9% work in town. The town had 868 jobs in 2023, up 169 from 2013. Half commute less than 13 miles. The average commute for Caernarvon Township comes to 28 minutes.
| Caernarvon Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $119,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.5% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.7% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A winter brings about 26 inches of snow, with January nights at 22° and July afternoons at 85°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 5,951 U.S. towns with household incomes like Caernarvon Township’s, it is less healthy than 91%, so it trails even them.
Caernarvon Township: 14% of adults report frequent physical distress. In Caernarvon Township, just over three quarters of adults had a checkup this year, and 26% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Caernarvon Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 79% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| What stands out | Caernarvon Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 8.9% | 5.8% |
| More smokers | 19.7% | 15.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.9% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Caernarvon Township’s natural-hazard score from FEMA stands at 48 of 100. FEMA puts nearly two thirds of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 17% to hurricanes. Since 1987, Caernarvon Township has seen 7 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Caernarvon Township
About 3 of every 100 Caernarvon Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
8 places in Caernarvon Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Caernarvon Township is a township in northeastern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. For the 2020 census, the population was 4,605.
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5 towns share a border with Caernarvon Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caernarvon Township · Caernarvon Township | #795 | C+ | C | — | C+ | C+ |
| Brecknock Township | #770 | C+ | C | — | C+ | B− |
| East Earl Township | #418 | B+ | B− | A− | C+ | C |
| Salisbury Township | #856 | C | C− | — | C+ | C+ |
| Honey Brook Township | #702 | B− | C− | — | A− | B− |
Caernarvon Township, Brecknock Township, Salisbury Township and Honey Brook Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Caernarvon Township and Caernarvon Township are one community, graded once. Compare Caernarvon Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Caernarvon Township grades C+ overall, better than 40% of U.S. towns and #795 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C+ for health and C+ for schools.
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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