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A town of 2,555. Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Trash day: ThursdayEast Hopewell Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B− overall, 707th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $109K. It also does better than most on health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 65% of the country. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $330K, 3.9 years of the York metro’s $85K median household income. East Hopewell Township’s average trip to work is 38 minutes, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Only 106 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score lower on walkability. Its National Register listings include Wallace-Cross Mill and Hyson Schools Historic District.
Where East Hopewell Township beats most towns.
Where East Hopewell 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 Hopewell Township is from typical.
Its best grade is an A− for history (2 places on the National Register), which describes the town but isn’t part of the overall grade; its B− comes from the livability subjects above.
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Census counts: 1,234 in 1890, a low of 763 in 1930, 2,418 in 2020. The archive holds 6 maps from 1908 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in East Hopewell 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 Hopewell Township.
East Hopewell Township sends many workers across the state line to Cockeysville and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
28% of working residents cross a state line to work, Cockeysville among the top destinations. East Hopewell Township has 89 jobs for its 1,133 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave East Hopewell Township for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in East Hopewell Township grew to 89 in 2023, 43 more than in 2013. 4.1% of residents live below the poverty line in East Hopewell Township.
| East Hopewell Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $109,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.1% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Work from home | 14% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
East Hopewell Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 7,305 U.S. towns with household incomes like East Hopewell Township’s, it is less healthy than 62%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
19% of East Hopewell Township adults binge drink. East Hopewell Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 36% of East Hopewell Township adults have high blood pressure.
| East Hopewell Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 34% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | East Hopewell Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.2% | 14.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 65% of U.S. communities. Since 2004, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in East Hopewell Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 24% of residents (20% statewide). East Hopewell Township’s median age is 47.7 years. East Hopewell Township has grown 5.3% since 2020, to 2,555 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| East Hopewell Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47.7 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 24% | 21% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 29% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 20% | 20% | 22% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| East Hopewell Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.6% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.3% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.2% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.5% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.4% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.7% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.9% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.8% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.6% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 40.3% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.2% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.1% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.9% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.6% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,600, single groups can be off by several points
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around East Hopewell Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaM&T Bank Stadium
36 mi Stadium & arenaOriole Park at Camden Yards
34 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
38 mi MuseumNS Savannah
37 mi National MonumentFort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine283K visitors a year
35 mi MuseumWalters Art MuseumM&T Bank Stadium: United States Department of Defense Cherie Cullen, Public domain · Oriole Park at Camden Yards: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Hersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · NS Savannah: Elton Lord/Atomic Energy Commission, Public domain · Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine: ScottyBoy900Q at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Walters Art Museum: Dylan k, CC BY-SA 3.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of East Hopewell Township
About 3 of every 100 East Hopewell Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
East Hopewell Township is a township in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,418 at the 2020 census. It is served by the South Eastern School District which provides a public education.
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6 towns share a border with East Hopewell Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Hopewell Township | #707 | B− | C+ | — | B | B |
| Fawn Township | #718 | B− | C+ | — | B | B |
| Chanceford Township | #728 | B− | B− | — | C | B+ |
| Cross Roads | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hopewell Township | #408 | B+ | B | — | B | B+ |
| North Hopewell Township | #472 | B+ | B− | A | C | B+ |
| Lower Chanceford Township | #822 | C+ | C+ | — | C | B |
East Hopewell Township, Fawn Township, Chanceford Township, Hopewell Township and Lower Chanceford Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Cross Roads isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare East Hopewell Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
East Hopewell Township grades B− overall, better than 49% of U.S. towns and #707 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
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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