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A town of 3,289. Public schools that outperform most of Pennsylvania.
Trash & recyclingConoy Township grades B+ overall, 486th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Its public schools beat 83% of Pennsylvania towns on state tests and graduation and the median household earns $74K. It also does better than most on health: it is healthier than 65% of U.S. towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: homes are expensive, about $246K for a typical one and 2.8 times the Lancaster metro’s $87K median household income. 30% of the land in Conoy 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 82% of U.S. towns. Locust Grove is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Conoy Township beats most towns.
Where Conoy 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 Conoy Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,309 in 1980, 3,373 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and 6 maps from 1908 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Conoy Township. Close and well known come first.
13 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
28 mi National MonumentCarlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
13 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Stadium
13 mi MuseumHershey's Chocolate World
13 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Arena
24 mi Theme parkDutch WonderlandHersheypark: 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
Who provides power, water and the rest in Conoy 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 Conoy Township.
Its public schools are run by Elizabethtown Area SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bainbridge El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–2 | Grades K–2 | 219 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
1.2 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. At 0.1 miles per square mile, Conoy Township’s trail density is where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 0.5 and U.S. towns at 0.4. The biggest park or preserve is Kreider Tract Park, at 43 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Governor Stable | 0.5 mi | 38 |
| 2. Kreider Tract Park | — | 43 |
| 3. Koser Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Conoy Township has 448 jobs for its 1,730 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Conoy Township for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, Conoy Township has added 36 jobs, to 448 in 2023. The average trip to work in Conoy Township is 28 minutes.
| Conoy Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.1% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.5% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $74,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Conoy 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.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
20% of adults binge drink in Conoy Township. Conoy Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 3 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 9.8% of adults have diabetes in Conoy Township.
| Conoy Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.8% | 11% | 12% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 77% | 79% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Conoy Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3.1% | 3.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 60% of U.S. communities. Since 1996, 13 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Conoy Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
4 within 15 miles of the center of Conoy Township
About 2 of every 100 Conoy Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Conoy Township is a township in northwestern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 3,373.
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8 towns share a border with Conoy Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conoy Township | #486 | B+ | C | — | A− | B+ |
| Londonderry Township | #191 | A | B | — | B+ | B+ |
| East Manchester Township | #524 | B | C+ | — | B | B+ |
| Hellam Township | #260 | A | B | A | B | B |
| Saginaw | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| West Donegal Township | #582 | B | D | — | A− | A− |
| East Donegal Township | #616 | B | C | — | B | B+ |
| Falmouth | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Conoy Township, Londonderry Township, East Manchester Township, West Donegal Township and East Donegal Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Saginaw and Falmouth aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Conoy Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Conoy Township grades B+ overall, better than 67% of U.S. towns and #486 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B+ for health and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
