DryvillePA
A town settled in 1853, now home to 256 people.
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.
256 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
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.
14 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
18 mi Stadium & arenaPPL Center
28 mi National Historical ParkValley Forge National Historical Park1.8M visitors a year13 mi Stadium & arenaSovereign Center
39 mi Theme parkDutch Wonderland
20 mi Park & preserveRoadside AmericaPhoto 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
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Moving to Dryville: who provides what
Dryville is unincorporated, so Berks County and regional agencies provide most services.
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.
Very low risk in Dryville, with inland flooding at the top
Expected losses in Dryville break down as 51% from inland flooding and 11% from hurricanes. The FEMA hazard score for Dryville comes to 12 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Dryville has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs in Dryville grew by 56 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 121. Its typical journey to work stands at 20 minutes. The top destinations are Maxatawny Township (10%), Reading (8%) and Upper Macungie Township (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Dryville: mild winters and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 86°; in January, nights fall to 21°, and about 4 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Dryville is
Among adults in Dryville, 36% have high blood pressure. The town does better than the Pennsylvania average on 5 of 26 CDC measures and worse on 1. A fifth of adults in Dryville binge drink; 21% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Dryville | Pennsylvania towns | U.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% |
| What stands out | Dryville | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.1% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults in frequent mental distress | 13.5% | 16.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.5% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median home in Dryville sells for about $365K
In Dryville, 90% of households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Dryville
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Dryville
About 4 of every 100 Dryville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
100% of working residents leave Dryville for work
Where Dryville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
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.
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- 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.