Conewago TownshipDauphin County, PA
A town of 3,067.
Is Conewago Township a good place to live?
Conewago Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades A− overall, 290th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $108K. It also does better than most on health: residents are healthier than 81% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $382K, 4.7 years of the Harrisburg metro’s $81K median household income. 46% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Conewago Township, above both the Pennsylvania town median (29%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). On civic life, just 164 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Danny Fisher Memorial Park, at 27 acres.
What makes Conewago Township stand out
Where Conewago Township beats most towns.
95% of working residents leave Conewago Township for work
Where Conewago Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Conewago Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Conewago Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Hersheypark and 36 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Conewago Township. Close and well known come first.
6 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
29 mi National MonumentCarlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
6 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Stadium
6 mi MuseumHershey's Chocolate World
6 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Arena
25 mi Theme parkDutch WonderlandPhoto credits
Hersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Hersheypark Stadium: 45BearsFan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hershey's Chocolate World: Phillyfan0419, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hersheypark Arena: Hersheyarena4ever at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Conewago Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Conewago 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Conewago Township.
For health, Conewago Township earns an A−
12% of Conewago Township adults report frequent physical distress. Conewago Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 8 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 31% of Conewago Township adults have high blood pressure.
| Conewago Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 24% | 25% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | Conewago Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.4% | 14.5% |
| Fewer smokers | 13.1% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conewago Township’s public schools outperform 71% of Pennsylvania districts
Its public schools are run by Lower Dauphin SD. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conewago El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 239 | A− |
| Hershey Christian Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 100 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Conewago Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 82% of U.S. communities. Since 1996, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Conewago Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conewago Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Conewago Township for work: only 5% work in town. Since 2013, Conewago Township has added 88 jobs, to 579 in 2023. 5.4% of residents live below the poverty line in Conewago Township.
| Conewago Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $108,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 16% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.4% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Conewago Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Conewago Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Danny Fisher Memorial Park | — | 27 |
| 2. High Family Nature Preserve | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Conewago Township
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Conewago Township
About 7 of every 100 Conewago Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
About Conewago Township
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Conewago is an unincorporated community in West Donegal Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. Conewago is located at the intersection of Zeager Road and Bossler Road, near Conewago Creek.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Elevation
- 420 ft
Conewago Township’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Conewago Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conewago Township | #290 | A− | B− | — | B+ | A− |
| Mount Joy Township | #300 | A− | C+ | — | B+ | A− |
| South Londonderry Township | #103 | A+ | C− | A+ | A | B+ |
| Derry Township | #265 | A | C− | B | A | A |
Conewago Township and Mount Joy Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Conewago Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Conewago Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Conewago Township, PA a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Conewago Township grades A− overall, better than 84% of U.S. towns and #290 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades A− for health and B+ for schools.
Is Conewago Township, PA expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.