Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Earl Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, 792nd among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $84K. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its public schools trail 64% of Pennsylvania towns on state tests and graduation. A typical home there costs about $286K, 3.3 years of the Lancaster metro’s $87K median household income. 32% of residents are under 18 in Earl Township, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 22%. David Davis Farm is on the National Register of Historic Places. Earl Township is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns.
Where Earl Township beats most towns.
David Davis FarmWhere Earl 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 Earl Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 6,183 in 2000, 7,144 in 2020. The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 6 maps from 1906 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Earl Township. Close and well known come first.
32 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
9 mi Theme parkDutch Wonderland
28 mi GardenLongwood Gardens
7 mi MuseumEphrata Cloister
9 mi MuseumRailroad Museum of Pennsylvania
34 mi MuseumWinterthur Museum, Garden and LibraryHersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Longwood Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ephrata Cloister: 1549bcp at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania: Dough4872, Public domain · Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library: Photo by and (c)2007 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), CC BY-SA 2.5
Who provides power, water and the rest in Earl 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 Earl Township.
5,574 jobs are based in Earl Township, 2.2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 18.8 minutes, against 26.3 across Pennsylvania.
Most working residents leave Earl Township for work: only 19% work in town. Jobs based in Earl Township grew to 5,574 in 2023, 1,846 more than in 2013. The top destinations are New Holland (7%), East Earl Township (6%) and Upper Leacock Township (4%).
| Earl Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 19% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by Eastern Lancaster County SD. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Holland ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 484 | B− |
| Hinkletown Mennonite School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 268 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. New Holland Community Memorial Park | — | 3 |
| 2. Nolt's Park | — | 3 |
| 3. New Holland Community Butterfly Garden | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 73% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Earl Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Earl Township has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 34 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Earl Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 18% of Earl Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Earl Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Earl Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 9.1% | 5.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.8% | 7.7% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.3% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
7 within 15 miles of the center of Earl Township
About 1 of every 100 Earl Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Earl Township is a township in northeastern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,149 at the 2020 census.
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9 towns share a border with Earl Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Township | #792 | C+ | C+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| Ephrata Township | #784 | C+ | C− | — | B− | B |
| Leacock Township | #793 | C+ | C | — | C+ | C |
| East Earl Township | #418 | B+ | B− | A− | C+ | C |
| Hinkletown | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Upper Leacock Township | #595 | B | C− | — | B+ | B |
| Brecknock Township | #770 | C+ | C | — | C+ | B− |
| West Earl Township | #220 | A | C+ | A+ | B+ | B |
Earl Township, Ephrata Township, Leacock Township, Upper Leacock Township and Brecknock Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Hinkletown isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Earl Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Earl Township grades C+ overall, better than 40% of U.S. towns and #792 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C+ for health and C+ for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
