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A town of 11,124, established in 1838.
East Cocalico Township grades A overall, 208th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. It reports less crime per resident than 92% of U.S. towns and the median household earns $97K. It also does better than most on schools: its schools rank ahead of 78% of Pennsylvania towns. A typical home there costs about $307K, 3.5 years of the Lancaster metro’s $87K median household income. East Cocalico Township has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Butcher's Mill Covered Bridge and Bucher Thal Historic District. East Cocalico Township’s mean commuting time is 21 minutes, below both Pennsylvania’s towns (26 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes).
Where East Cocalico Township beats most towns.
Butcher's Mill Covered Bridge| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Reamstown El Sch | K–5 | 375 |
Where East Cocalico 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 East Cocalico Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,921 in 1900, 10,808 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and 7 maps from 1906 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around East Cocalico Township. Close and well known come first.
29 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
33 mi GardenLongwood Gardens
5 mi MuseumEphrata Cloister
39 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
15 mi Theme parkDutch Wonderland
39 mi MuseumWinterthur Museum, Garden and LibraryHersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Longwood Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ephrata Cloister: 1549bcp at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 East Cocalico 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 East Cocalico Township.
East Cocalico Township draws workers from Ephrata and beyond, owes part of its health edge to its incomes and has seen reported crime fall by a third or more.
7,619 jobs are based in East Cocalico Township, 1.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 5,514 in 2013 to 7,619.
Most working residents leave East Cocalico Township for work: only 14% work in town. East Cocalico Township: 4.4% of residents live below the poverty line. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs locally rose by 2,105, to 7,619. The top destinations are Ephrata (4%), Denver (3%) and Ephrata Township (3%).
| East Cocalico Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.4% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $97,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Cocalico SD runs its public schools. Its one school is below. Enrollment at East Cocalico Township’s public school: 375 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reamstown El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 375 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Reported crimes fell from 71 to 44 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025, 0.1 per 1,000 residents.
Its rate of reported violence is 0.1 per 1,000 residents. East Cocalico Township’s property crime rate is 2.9 per 1,000 residents.
| East Cocalico Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.9 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.1 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Trails run 11 miles in 6 parks and preserves. In East Cocalico Township, the density of trails is 0.6 miles per square mile.
| East Cocalico Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 9.4% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Reamstown Memorial Park | — | 19 |
| 2. Fishing Creek Park | 0.1 mi | 12 |
| 3. State Game Lands Number 274 | — | 11 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A winter brings about 27 inches of snow, with January nights at 22° and July afternoons at 85°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with 62% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in East Cocalico Township is lower. Paid flood insurance claims in the town since 1978: 27. Just over two thirds of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hurricanes at 14%.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Children under 18 are a quarter of residents (21% statewide). Four-year graduates: just over a quarter of adults 25 and older here, 35% across Pennsylvania. East Cocalico Township’s midpoint age comes in at 39 years.
| East Cocalico Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 25% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 39 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 21% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 26% | 29% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.1 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| East Cocalico Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.7% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.2% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.5% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.4% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.3% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.3% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.4% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.7% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.3% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 18% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 41.2% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 8.1% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.1% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.3% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.3% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Against the 9,041 U.S. towns with household incomes like East Cocalico Township’s, it is less healthy than 58%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
17% of adults in East Cocalico Township smoke cigarettes; 32% have high blood pressure. The share of adults in East Cocalico Township who binge drink: 19%.
| East Cocalico Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 77% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | East Cocalico Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7.8% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
6 within 15 miles of the center of East Cocalico Township
About 2 of every 100 East Cocalico Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
2 places in East Cocalico Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
East Cocalico Township is a second class township in northeastern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 10,808.
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10 towns share a border with East Cocalico Township.
It grades higher overall than all 5 graded towns on its borders; Denver (A−) comes closest.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Cocalico Township | #208 | A | C+ | A | A− | B |
| Brecknock Township | #770 | C+ | C | — | C+ | B− |
| Ephrata Township | #784 | C+ | C− | — | B− | B |
| Denver | #291 | A− | B+ | — | A− | C+ |
| West Cocalico Township | #500 | B+ | C+ | — | A− | B |
| Swartzville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Adamstown | — | — | B | — | A− | B+ |
| Spring Township | #310 | A− | C− | B+ | B | A− |
Adamstown has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Brecknock Township, Ephrata Township, Denver, West Cocalico Township and Adamstown report no FBI crime data of their own. Swartzville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare East Cocalico Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. East Cocalico Township grades A overall, better than 89% of U.S. towns and #208 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health, A for safety and A− for schools.
Yes, by national standards. East Cocalico Township reports less crime per resident than 92% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade: 1 violent and 43 property crimes in 2025.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
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