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Home to 4,287 people, this town lies in Pennsylvania.
The picture is mixed. Its strongest is schools — its schools outperform 79% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $238K, 3.8 years of the Sunbury area’s $62K median household income. What holds it back is hazard risk (C−): FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 72% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Put together, the subjects come to a B+ overall, ranking 508th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. That leaves it better than nearly two thirds of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings include Warrior Run Presbyterian Church and Allenwood River Bridge. Delaware Township’s median rent is $593 a month, below both Pennsylvania’s towns ($1,116 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month).
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Delaware Township beats most towns.
Where Delaware 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 Delaware Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1855 and 5 maps from 1924 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Delaware 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 Delaware Township.
Delaware Township has added a third more jobs in ten years, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding).
Jobs based here grew from 471 in 2013 to 626.
Half commute less than 13 miles. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Delaware Township rose by 155, to 626. Commuting out is the norm here: 4% of working residents work locally. The town’s mean commuting time is 22 minutes.
| Delaware Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.2% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $75,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 92% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $655 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
85% of Delaware Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding. Since 1979, Delaware Township has seen 47 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A winter brings about 36 inches of snow, with January nights at 20° and July afternoons at 85°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Walkers can cover 2.2 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The concentration of trails in Delaware Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Delaware Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.5% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Watsontown Memorial Park | — | 2 |
| 2. William (Jack) Marshall Recreation Area | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
14% of adults report frequent physical distress in Delaware Township. Two figures for adults here: 37% have high blood pressure, 25% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Delaware Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | Delaware Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.2% | 7.7% |
| More adults with arthritis | 35.3% | 30.4% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.5% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
3 within 15 miles of the center of Delaware Township
About 3 of every 100 Delaware Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
4 places in Delaware Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Delaware Township is a township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population at the 2020 Census was 4,303, a decrease from the figure of 4,489 tabulated in 2010.
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9 towns share a border with Delaware Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Township | #508 | B+ | B | — | A− | B− |
| Lewis Township | — | — | C | — | A− | C+ |
| Gregg Township | #477 | B+ | A | — | A− | B− |
| Watsontown | — | — | B+ | B+ | A− | C+ |
| Muncy Creek Township | #610 | B | B | — | A− | C+ |
| White Deer Township | #435 | B+ | A | — | B+ | C− |
| Clinton Township | #935 | C− | C+ | — | B+ | C |
| Allenwood | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Lewis Township and Watsontown have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Delaware Township, Lewis Township, Gregg Township, Muncy Creek Township, White Deer Township and Clinton Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Allenwood isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Delaware Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Delaware Township grades B+ overall, better than 66% of U.S. towns and #508 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health and A− for schools. Hazard risk 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 B.
