Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 6,785, settled in 1890.
East Earl Township grades B+ overall, ranked 418th of 1032 in Pennsylvania, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $102K and it reports less crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: residents are less healthy than 65% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $343K, 3.9 years of the Lancaster metro’s $87K median household income. 14% of the land in East Earl Township is conserved, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 8.2% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Only 104 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns score lower on civic life. East Earl Township has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Henry Weaver Farmstead and Pool Forge Covered Bridge.
Where East Earl Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far East Earl Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 7 maps from 1906 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around East Earl Township. Close and well known come first.
35 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
26 mi GardenLongwood Gardens
12 mi Theme parkDutch Wonderland
9 mi MuseumEphrata Cloister
32 mi MuseumWinterthur Museum, Garden and Library
12 mi MuseumRailroad Museum of PennsylvaniaHersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Longwood Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ephrata Cloister: 1549bcp at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library: Photo by and (c)2007 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), CC BY-SA 2.5 · Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania: Dough4872, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in East 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 East Earl Township.
East Earl Township is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s; it also trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
At 7.3 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 67% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025, 0.1 per 1,000 residents.
The rate of reported violence in East Earl Township is 0.1 per 1,000 residents. The town’s level of property crime stands at 6.4 per 1,000 residents, above the Pennsylvania town median (5.7) but below the median of U.S. towns (9.9).
| East Earl Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.1 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 6.4 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Public schools: Eastern Lancaster County SD. Of its 4 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason. Enrollment at East Earl Township’s public school: 374 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ball El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 374 | C+ |
| Union Grove Mennonite School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 1–9 | Grades 1–9 | 121 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Welsh Mountain Nature Preserve, at 584 acres with 4.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Walkers can cover 11 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Welsh Mountain Nature Preserve | 4.5 mi | 584 |
| 2. Money Rocks County Park | 3.1 mi | 270 |
| 3. Terre Hill Park | 0.1 mi | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Households in East Earl Township have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2011. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage here than in 71% of U.S. communities. Flood insurance has paid one claim in the town since 1978.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The range runs from 22° on a January night to 85° on a July afternoon, with about 34 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 8,216 U.S. towns with household incomes like East Earl Township’s, it is less healthy than 89%, so it trails even them.
The share of adults in East Earl Township who smoke cigarettes: 19%. Among adults here, 19% report frequent mental distress and 15% report frequent physical distress.
| East Earl Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | East Earl Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 9.5% | 5.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.9% | 7.7% |
| More smokers | 19.1% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in East Earl Township rose by 492, to 3,980. Just 15% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. For residents in the town, the share who live below the poverty line is 3.6%. The median commute is under 10 miles.
| East Earl Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 3.6% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $102,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In East Earl Township, 74% of households live in a home they own. The town’s rent at the middle of the market comes in at $1,153 a month.
| East Earl Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 74% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,153 a month | $1,114 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
4 within 15 miles of the center of East Earl Township
About 2 of every 100 East Earl Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
3 places in East Earl Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
East Earl is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,144.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
6 towns share a border with East Earl Township.
It grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Brecknock Township (C+) comes closest.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Earl Township | #418 | B+ | B− | A− | C+ | C |
| Brecknock Township | #770 | C+ | C | — | C+ | B− |
| Salisbury Township | #856 | C | C− | — | C+ | C+ |
| Caernarvon Township | #795 | C+ | C | — | C+ | C+ |
| Fivepointville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earl Township | #792 | C+ | C+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| Blue Ball | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Brecknock Township, Salisbury Township, Caernarvon Township and Earl Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Fivepointville and Blue Ball aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare East Earl Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. East Earl Township grades B+ overall, better than 73% of U.S. towns and #418 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C for health, A− for safety and C+ for schools.
Yes, by national standards. East Earl Township reports less crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade: 1 violent and 44 property crimes in 2025.
The typical home is worth about $343,000, 20% above the Pennsylvania typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
