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With a B overall, East Manchester Township is better than nearly two thirds of U.S. towns. The ranking puts it 524th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. Its standout strength is incomes: the median household earns $102K. Homes run about $255K for a typical one, 3 times the York metro’s $85K median household income. Add health to its strengths (B+): residents are healthier than nearly two thirds of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. John Rudy Park, at 142 acres with 1.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. 96% of households live in a home they own here, against 78% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools and C+ for walkability.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · schools, state test and graduation results · OpenStreetMap.
Where East Manchester Township beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,438 in 1930, 8,331 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and 6 maps from 1908 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far East Manchester Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around East Manchester Township. Close and well known come first.
17 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
27 mi National MonumentCarlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
17 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Stadium
17 mi MuseumHershey's Chocolate World
17 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Arena
32 mi Ancient siteGettysburg BattlefieldHersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Hersheypark Stadium: 45BearsFan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hershey's Chocolate World: Phillyfan0419, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hersheypark Arena: Hersheyarena4ever at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Gettysburg Battlefield: Veggies, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in East Manchester 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 Manchester Township.
East Manchester Township trades workers with York and other neighbors and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
In East Manchester Township, the FEMA risk score is 17 of 100. Since 1978, East Manchester Township has seen 20 flood insurance claims paid out. 63% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hurricanes at 17%.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by Northeastern York SD. East Manchester Township’s only public school teaches 595 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeastern MSLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 595 | B |
| Soaring Heights School York PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 1–11 | Grades 1–11 | 30 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Against the 8,348 U.S. towns with household incomes like East Manchester Township’s, it is less healthy than 52%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
The share of adults in East Manchester Township who binge drink: 19%. In East Manchester Township, nearly two in five adults sleep under 7 hours, and 10% have diabetes.
| East Manchester Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 11% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | East Manchester Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3.1% | 3.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In July, afternoons reach 86°; in January, nights fall to 22°, and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 35 to 64 are 46% of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (22% statewide). 15% of residents are 65 or older in East Manchester Township. The Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate puts East Manchester Township at 8,703 residents, up 4.4% since 2020. In East Manchester Township, the age of the median resident is 44.3 years.
| East Manchester Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 21% | 18% |
| Median age | 44.3 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 23% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 31% | 29% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.6 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| East Manchester Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.1% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.4% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.1% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.2% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.3% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.3% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.3% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.3% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.3% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 40.6% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.4% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.7% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.3% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.7% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
East Manchester Township has about as many jobs (4,608) as working residents, but only 239 people both live and work here.
East Manchester Township: 3.4% of residents live below the poverty line. Just 6% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Jobs in East Manchester Township grew by 919 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 4,608. Half commute less than 10 miles.
| East Manchester Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.4% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $102,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Count the trails in 7 parks and preserves and they come to 2.1 miles. East Manchester Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. John Rudy Park | 1.3 mi | 142 |
| 2. Susquehanna Riverlands State Park | — | 71 |
| 3. Dauberton Park | — | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
4 within 15 miles of the center of East Manchester Township
About 4 of every 100 East Manchester Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
7,264 counted in 2010 and 8,337 in 2020; an estimated 8,703 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
2 places in East Manchester Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
East Manchester Township is a township in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 8,331.
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8 towns share a border with East Manchester Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Manchester Township | #524 | B | C+ | — | B | B+ |
| Conewago Township | #873 | C | C− | — | B | B |
| Conoy Township | #486 | B+ | C | — | A− | B+ |
| Hellam Township | #260 | A | B | A | B | B |
| Springettsbury Township | #555 | B | C+ | C+ | B | B+ |
| Newberry Township | #430 | B+ | B+ | B | B | B |
| Manchester Township | #571 | B | C+ | — | B | B− |
| Saginaw | — | — | — | — | — | — |
East Manchester Township, Conewago Township, Conoy Township and Manchester Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Saginaw isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare East Manchester Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. East Manchester Township grades B overall, better than 65% of U.S. towns and #524 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B+ for health and B 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+.
