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Dryville, PA, May 2026
Pennsylvania›Berks County

DryvillePA

A town of 256, settled in 1853.

3 bordering townsMap →
Photo of Dryville

Dryville, PA · Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗

Is Dryville a good place to live?

Dryville’s median age is 58.3 years, against 43.2 years in Pennsylvania’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. Dryville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.

Small town

256 people, and everyone knows the way

In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.

Nearby towns
New JerusalemRockland TownshipMaxatawny TownshipNew JerusalemRockland TownshipMaxatawny TownshipDryville
Nearby attractions

Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom and 58 more within 40 miles

Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Dryville. Close and well known come first.

All 240 attractions →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Roadside America: Mark Fleisher, President and CEO of Aim Advertising in Lewisburg, PA,, Public domain

Getting set up

Moving to Dryville: who provides what

Dryville is unincorporated, so Berks County and regional agencies provide most services.

PowerMet-EdEIAHIFLD · EIA
Internet5 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesBerks CountyBerks County provides services here
SchoolsBrandywine Heights Area School DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Pennsylvania you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person until 15 days before Election Day, or by mail (received 15 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereBerks County Board of ElectionsBerks County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jun 2025
ZIP codes19522, 1953919522 61% · 19539 39%Census 2020

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 Dryville.

Natural hazards

Very low risk in Dryville, with inland flooding at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 88% of U.S. communities.

12risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
12Very low riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingHurricanesCold waves

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Work & commute

Dryville has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Most working residents leave Dryville for work: only 0% work in town. At 20 minutes, Dryville’s average trip to work is below both Pennsylvania’s towns (26 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Jobs based in Dryville grew to 121 in 2023, 56 more than in 2013.

0%work in town

Where working residents work

In Dryville0%
Maxatawny Township10%
Reading8%
Upper Macungie Township5%
Muhlenberg Township3%
14 mi
median commute distance
121
jobs based in Dryville
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Climate

Mild winters and pleasant summers in Dryville

Dryville has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 21° and about 4 inches of snow falls in a winter.

4″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter23–41°
Spring39–62°
Summer61–84°
Fall43–65°
Oct 14
typical first frost
Apr 26
typical last frost
+1.7°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Health

How healthy Dryville is

Dryville beats the Pennsylvania average on 5 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 14% of Dryville adults report frequent mental distress.

DryvillePennsylvania townsU.S. towns
Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES)14%16%17%
Binge drink (CDC PLACES)20%18%16%
Depression (CDC PLACES)21%24%23%
Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES)40%38%36%
26 measures vs. Pennsylvania
5 better20 too close to call1 worse
What stands outDryvillePA
Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth8.1%14.5%
Fewer adults in frequent mental distress13.5%16.4%
More adults who have had cancer10.5%8.8%
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Macungie
10.8 mi away · emergency room
None
primary care, dental or mental-health shortage

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Dryville

15pages on Dryville
After high school

Colleges nearby

5 within 15 miles of the center of Dryville

A commuter town

100% of working residents leave Dryville for work

Where Dryville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

10% → Maxatawny Township Maxatawny Township 10% 8% → Reading Reading 8% 5% → Upper Macungie Township Upper Macungie Township 5% 3% → Muhlenberg Township Muhlenberg Township 3% 2% → West Reading West Reading 2% 2% → Kutztown Kutztown 2% Dryville · 0% stay
121jobs based in Dryville
0%of working residents work in town
14 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

About Dryville

Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US

Dryville is a census-designated place in Rockland Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located one mile south of Lyons, and is located in the South Mountains and is drained by Bieber Creek into Manatawny Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill River. It is split between the Fleetwood zip code of 19522 and the Mertztown Zip Code of 19539. As of the 2010 census, the population was 398 residents.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
1.4 sq mi

Questions about Dryville

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Dryville, PA a good place to live?

Dryville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.