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A town of 18,477.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Concord Township grades A overall, 199th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. The median household earns $132K and its schools rank ahead of 95% of Pennsylvania towns. What holds it back is price: homes are expensive, about $584K for a typical one and 6.4 times the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income. Concord Township’s median rent is $2,335 a month, above both Pennsylvania’s towns ($1,114 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). Only 67 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score higher on health. Concord Township has 11 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Ivy Mills Historic District and Nicholas Newlin House.
Where Concord Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Garnet Valley El Sch | 3–5 | 700 |
| Concord El Sch | K–2 | 617 |
| Garnet Valley MS | 6–8 | 1,086 |
| Widest gap | Concord Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.4% | 14.5% |
Where Concord 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 Concord Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 98% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 2%), so the A overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Its 11 National Register listings are more than in 95% of Pennsylvania towns with a listing.
Census counts: 1,546 in 1930, 18,295 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1875 and 2 maps from 1901 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Concord Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw20 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw19 mi MuseumEastern State Penitentiary
Big draw24 mi MuseumLynnewood HallUSS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Lincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Xfinity Mobile Arena: Jen Smith, CC BY 3.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eastern State Penitentiary: Davidt8, Public domain · Lynnewood Hall: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Concord 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 Concord Township.
Concord Township draws workers from Philadelphia and beyond, has less tooth loss than most of Pennsylvania and pairs an A+ for schools with high home prices.
16 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. Concord Township’s trail density is 1.2 miles per square mile. The biggest place to walk is Clayton County Park, 160 acres with 1.5 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Newlin Grist Mill Park | 5.7 mi | 126 |
| 2. Clayton County Park | 1.5 mi | 160 |
| 3. Concord Township Park | 0.2 mi | 30 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its A+ for schools comes with a D− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $584K.
Its public schools are run by Garnet Valley SD. Three of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Garnet Valley HS, with 1,485 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garnet Valley MSLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,086 | B+ |
| Garnet Valley HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,485 | A+ |
| Garnet Valley El SchTop results in townGrades 3–5 | Grades 3–5 | 700 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
11,719 jobs are based in Concord Township, 1.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. 26.5% of workers work from home, against 15.6% across Pennsylvania.
Most working residents leave Concord Township for work: only 9% work in town. 27% of Concord Township workers work from home. Since 2013, Concord Township has added 887 jobs, to 11,719 in 2023.
| Concord Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 27% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $132,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.4% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.9% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its widest gap with Pennsylvania is tooth loss: 7.4% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 14.5% statewide.
27% of adults have obesity in Concord Township. Concord Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 11 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 20% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Concord Township.
| Concord Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Concord Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.4% | 14.5% |
| Fewer smokers | 10.5% | 15.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 93% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Concord Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 24° and about 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
22 within 15 miles of the center of Concord Township
About 3 of every 100 Concord Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
11 places in Concord Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Concord Township is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 18,295 at the 2020 census. It contains the unincorporated communities of Concordville and Glen Mills.
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5 towns share a border with Concord Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concord Township | #199 | A | D− | — | A+ | A |
| Chadds Ford Township | #269 | A | D | — | A+ | A+ |
| Bethel Township | #56 | A+ | C− | A | A+ | A |
| Chester Heights | #114 | A+ | D | — | A+ | A |
| Thornbury Township | #246 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Aston Township | #235 | A | C− | A− | A− | A− |
Concord Township, Chadds Ford Township, Chester Heights and Thornbury Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Concord Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Concord Township grades A overall, better than 89% of U.S. towns and #199 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades A for health and A+ for schools. Cost of living 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 D−.
2 notable people were born here, including John Hannum III and John Larkin, Jr..
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