District TownshipPA
A town of 1,407.
Is District Township a good place to live?
District Township’s best subject grade is an A− for health; its weakest is a C for walkability. District Township’s median age is 52.1 years, against 43.2 years in Pennsylvania’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. Only 9 of the 1,036 Pennsylvania towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than District Township. 24% of the land in District Township is conserved, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (8.2%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest park or preserve is State Game Lands Number 315, at 118 acres. District Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes District Township stand out
Where District Township beats most towns.
1,407 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How District Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far District Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Lynnewood Hall and 86 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around District Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi MuseumLynnewood Hall
12 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
39 mi GardenLongwood Gardens
15 mi Stadium & arenaPPL Center
24 mi National Historical ParkValley Forge National Historical Park1.8M visitors a year16 mi Stadium & arenaSovereign CenterPhoto credits
Lynnewood Hall: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Longwood Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Valley Forge National Historical Park: The original uploader was JGHowes at English Wikipedia. (Original text: en:User, Attribution
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Moving to District Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in District 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 District Township.
District Township is healthier than 78% of U.S. towns
District Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 4 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 19% of District Township adults binge drink.
| District Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 24% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | District Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.8% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults in fair or poor health | 15.8% | 18.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Very low risk in District Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 81% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of District Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.1 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave District Township for work: only 1% work in town. Jobs based in District Township grew to 104 in 2023, 44 more than in 2013. District Township’s median household income is $101,000.
| District Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $101,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 315 | — | 118 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
In District Township, expect mild winters and pleasant summers
District Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 4 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Older than Pennsylvania overall
People 65 and older are 26% of residents (20% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (22% statewide). District Township has grown 2.2% since 2020, to 1,407 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 30% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| District Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 26% | 21% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 16% | 20% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| District Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.5% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.4% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.1% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.9% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.4% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19.8% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 17.2% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.6% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.1% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 40.6% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.9% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.1% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.3% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,400, single groups can be off by several points
Everything we know about District Township
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of District Township
About 4 of every 100 District Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
99% of working residents leave District Township for work
Where District Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About District Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
District Township is a township in eastern Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,381 at the 2020 census. District Township was founded in 1759.
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- Area
- 12 sq mi
- Elevation
- 938 ft
Questions about District Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is District Township, PA expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.