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Delmar Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B− overall, 701st among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools rank ahead of 67% of Pennsylvania towns. It also does better than most on health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 62% of the country. A typical home there costs about $248K, 3.8 years of the county’s $65K median household income. 32% of residents are 65 or older in Delmar Township, against 21% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. On hazard risk, just 88 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do worse. The biggest place to walk is Tioga State Forest, 6,485 acres with 16.9 miles of trail.
Where Delmar Township beats most towns.
Where Delmar 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 Delmar Township is from typical.
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Census counts: 2,893 in 2000, 2,795 in 2020. The archive holds 9 old photos and papers going back to 2006 and 3 maps from 1946 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Delmar 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 Delmar Township.
Delmar Township has fewer 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding).
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 97% of Pennsylvania towns; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
The FEMA risk score in Delmar Township is 80 of 100. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Delmar Township since 1996.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Fork Mennonite School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 1–9 | Grades 1–9 | 21 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Delmar Township has 243 jobs for its 921 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 566 in 2013 to 243.
Most working residents leave Delmar Township for work: only 4% work in town. Jobs based in Delmar Township fell to 243 in 2023, 323 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Wellsboro (30%), Charleston Township (5%) and Mansfield (3%).
| Delmar Township | 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 | 4.3% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.5% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tioga State Forest | 16.9 mi | 6,485 |
| 2. State Game Lands Number 268 | 0.3 mi | 748 |
| 3. Pine Creek Gorge Natural Area | — | 1,120 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The Wellsboro 4 Sw weather station records that about 2 days a year reach 90°, fewer than in 95% of U.S. towns.
Delmar Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Delmar Township’s July high is 80°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 9,744 U.S. towns with household incomes like Delmar Township’s, it is healthier than 84%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income.
15% of Delmar Township adults report frequent mental distress. Delmar Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 2 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 81% of Delmar Township adults had a checkup this year.
| Delmar Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 79% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | Delmar Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.9% | 79.2% |
| More adults getting cholesterol checked | 87.6% | 85.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.3% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
None within 15 miles of Delmar Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Delmar Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Delmar Township is a township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,795 at the 2020 census.
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8 towns share a border with Delmar Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delmar Township | #701 | B− | B− | — | B+ | B |
| Elk Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wellsboro | #411 | B+ | C+ | A− | B+ | A− |
| Charleston Township | #602 | B | B− | — | B+ | B |
| Duncan Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shippen Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Morris Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chatham Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Delmar Township and Charleston Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Elk Township, Duncan Township, Shippen Township, Morris Township and Chatham Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Delmar Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Delmar Township grades B− overall, better than 49% of U.S. towns and #701 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health and B+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.