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Dallastown is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades A− overall, ranked 390th of 1032 in Pennsylvania, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools rank ahead of 75% of Pennsylvania towns. A typical home there costs about $278K, 3.3 years of the York metro’s $85K median household income. Dallastown is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 94% of U.S. towns. Merchants Cigar Box Company is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Dallastown beats most towns.
Where Dallastown’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 Dallastown is from typical.
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Census counts: 287 in 1870, 4,195 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1907 and 6 maps from 1908 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Dallastown, 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 Dallastown.
Dallastown is healthier than towns with similar incomes, sends most of its workers to York Township and beyond and is mostly renters.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 92% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Dallastown since 1978.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Dallastown has 544 jobs for its 2,111 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Dallastown for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Dallastown fell to 544 in 2023, 94 fewer than in 2013. Dallastown’s median household income is $64,000, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at $81,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000.
| Dallastown | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $64,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.3% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Dallastown has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On this, Dallastown is below Pennsylvania’s towns (8.2%) and close to U.S. towns (4.3%). 0.4 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Dallastown | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.9% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dallastown Community Park | 0.4 mi | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
45% of households own their home in Dallastown. The typical Dallastown home is worth about $278,000, up 4% in a year, close to the Pennsylvania typical home.
| Dallastown | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 45% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,158 a month | $1,114 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Against the 9,653 U.S. towns with household incomes like Dallastown’s, it is healthier than 73%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income.
Dallastown beats the Pennsylvania average on 4 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 20% of Dallastown adults binge drink.
| Dallastown | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Dallastown | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 10% | 11.6% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3.2% | 3.7% |
| More uninsured adults | 8% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Dallastown. Close and well known come first.
27 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
35 mi National MonumentCarlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
24 mi Theme parkDutch Wonderland
32 mi Ancient siteGettysburg Battlefield
27 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Stadium
27 mi MuseumHershey's Chocolate WorldHersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gettysburg Battlefield: Veggies, Public domain · Hersheypark Stadium: 45BearsFan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hershey's Chocolate World: Phillyfan0419, CC BY-SA 3.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Dallastown
About 4 of every 100 Dallastown residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
3 notable people were born in Dallastown.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Dallastown is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,187 at the 2020 census. It is part of the York–Hanover metropolitan area.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Dallastown grades A− overall, better than 76% of U.S. towns and #390 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health and A− 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 B−.
3 notable people were born here, including Cameron Mitchell and Eugene Geesey.
