Conewago TownshipYork County, PA
A town of 9,140, settled in 1854.
Is Conewago Township a good place to live?
Conewago Township grades C overall, ranked 873rd of 1032 in Pennsylvania, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. On the other side, the typical home is worth about $300K, 3.5 years of the York metro’s $85K median household income. It also does better than most on incomes: the median household earns $97K. Only 111 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score lower on walkability. Conewago Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 87% of U.S. towns. Only 103 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns score lower on the outdoors.
Conewago Township has grown 22% since 2010
7,510 counted in 2010 and 8,528 in 2020; an estimated 9,140 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 7.1% since 2020, after 13.6% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
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 40 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Conewago Township. Close and well known come first.
17 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
22 mi National MonumentCarlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
17 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Stadium
17 mi MuseumHershey's Chocolate World
29 mi Ancient siteGettysburg Battlefield
17 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark ArenaPhoto 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 · Gettysburg Battlefield: Veggies, Public domain · Hersheypark Arena: Hersheyarena4ever at English Wikipedia, Public domain
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.
Conewago Township trades workers with York and other neighbors, but it has little public open land and has a long record of flood insurance claims.
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Conewago Township
Conewago Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, 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
On state tests, Conewago Township’s schools beat 57% of Pennsylvania districts
Its public schools are run by Northeastern York SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conewago El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–3 | Grades K–3 | 343 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Most working residents commute out of Conewago Township
Conewago Township has about as many jobs (3,891) as working residents, but only 165 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Conewago Township for work: only 4% work in town. At 28 minutes, Conewago Township’s average trip to work is above both the Pennsylvania town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Since 2013, Conewago Township has added 349 jobs, to 3,891 in 2023.
| Conewago Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $97,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.3% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Conewago Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
70 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 11 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 61% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 70 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Conewago Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
An age mix much like Pennsylvania’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Pennsylvania average. 16% of residents are 65 or older in Conewago Township, below both Pennsylvania’s towns (21%) and U.S. towns (18%). Conewago Township has grown 7.1% since 2020, to 9,140 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Conewago Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 21% | 18% |
| Median age | 41.2 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 20% | 20% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.6 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women. Among residents 65 to 74, 63% are men (PA 48%).
| Conewago Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.2% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.3% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.7% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.9% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.2% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.6% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.4% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.9% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.9% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 39.9% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.4% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.8% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.9% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Conewago Township ranks healthier than 57% of the country’s towns
Against the 8,973 U.S. towns with household incomes like Conewago Township’s, it is less healthy than 61%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Conewago Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 17% of adults smoke cigarettes in Conewago Township.
| Conewago Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| What stands out | Conewago Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7.7% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0.6% of Conewago Township is conserved land
Just 98 of its 15,668 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Conewago Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.2 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Zion View Athletic Park & Community Center | — | 10 |
| 2. Hykes Mill Park | — | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Conewago Township
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Conewago Township
About 4 of every 100 Conewago Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across 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.
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- Elevation
- 420 ft
Conewago Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Conewago Township.
All 5 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C; Dover Township (C+) is closest.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conewago Township | #873 | C | C− | — | B | B |
| Manchester Township | #571 | B | C+ | — | B | B− |
| Newberry Township | #430 | B+ | B+ | B | B | B |
| East Manchester Township | #524 | B | C+ | — | B | B+ |
| Dover Township | #765 | C+ | C+ | — | B− | B |
| Weigelstown | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Warrington Township | #344 | A− | B+ | — | B+ | B |
Conewago Township, Manchester Township, East Manchester Township, Dover Township and Warrington Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Weigelstown isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). 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?
Conewago Township grades C overall, better than 30% of U.S. towns and #873 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Conewago Township, PA expensive?
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−.