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The everyday basics are strong; the price of a home is the catch. With an A+ overall, Easttown Township is better than almost every U.S. town and ranks 43rd of 1032 in Pennsylvania. Its strongest is schools (A+): its schools outperform 98% of the state's. Health is a strength too (A+): it is healthier than 97% of U.S. towns. What counts against it is cost of living — the typical home is worth about $853K, 9.3 years of the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income. 80% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in the town, against 29% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. On hazard risk, just 71 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do better. This Pennsylvania town is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 92% of U.S. towns.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index.
Where Easttown Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Beaumont El Sch | K–4 | 459 |
| Devon El Sch | K–4 | 401 |
| St. Norbert Elementary School | PK–8 | 230 |
| Widest gap | Easttown Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.5% | 14.5% |
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Easttown Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for hazard risk (better than 98% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 6%), so the A+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Waynesborough is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 2,570 in 1930, 10,984 in 2020. The archive holds 7 maps from 1894 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Easttown Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw15 mi MuseumEastern State Penitentiary
Big draw17 mi MuseumLynnewood Hall
Big draw17 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a yearUSS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Lincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Xfinity Mobile Arena: Jen Smith, CC BY 3.0 · Eastern State Penitentiary: Davidt8, Public domain · Lynnewood Hall: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Easttown 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 Easttown Township.
Easttown Township has schools in the top 5% of Pennsylvania, has less tooth loss than most of Pennsylvania and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s.
That grade ranks #12 of the 1,037 Pennsylvania towns we grade for schools. It comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $853K.
Tredyffrin-Easttown SD runs its public schools. Three of its 5 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. The 2 public schools in Easttown Township teach 860 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 459 | A+ |
| Regina Luminis Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 167 | – |
| Devon El SchTop results in townGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 401 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Pennsylvania is tooth loss: 4.5% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 14.5% statewide. Against the 786 U.S. towns with household incomes like Easttown Township’s, it is less healthy than 51%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Easttown Township: nearly a fifth of adults have been diagnosed with depression. Among 1,035 Pennsylvania towns, just one has a lower share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Easttown Township. Two figures for adults here: 9.3% report frequent physical distress, 8.5% smoke cigarettes.
| Easttown Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.3% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.5% | 17% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 38% | 36% |
| What stands out | Easttown Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.5% | 14.5% |
| Fewer smokers | 8.5% | 15.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Flood insurance has paid out on 6 claims in Easttown Township since 1999. Compared with 96% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage here is lower. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 57% come from inland flooding and 9% from heat waves.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
At 7.3 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 66% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 9 reported in 2025, 0.8 per 1,000 residents.
Easttown Township’s level of property crime comes in at 3.9 per 1,000 residents. Its rate of reported violence comes in at 0.8 per 1,000 residents.
| Easttown Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.9 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.8 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Trails total 3.5 miles in 3 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Hilltop Park, at 24 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hilltop Park | 0.6 mi | 24 |
| 2. Easttown Township Library Practice Field | — | 5 |
| 3. Berwyn Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A winter brings about 8 inches of snow, with January nights at 23° and July afternoons at 86°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Easttown Township has about as many jobs (3,919) as working residents, but only 172 people both live and work here. 35.4% of workers work from home, against 15.6% across Pennsylvania.
Only 4% of working residents stay in Easttown Township for work; the rest commute out. Easttown Township’s mean commuting time stands at 28 minutes. The top destinations are Philadelphia (16%), Tredyffrin Township (10%) and Upper Merion Township (6%). Since 2013, Easttown Township has lost 235 jobs, to 3,919 in 2023.
| Easttown Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $215,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.2% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
30 within 15 miles of the center of Easttown Township
About 7 of every 100 Easttown Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
3 places in Easttown Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Easttown Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 10,984 at the 2020 census. The township, which lies in the western half of Philadelphia's Main Line suburbs, comprises predominantly parts of two unincorporated areas: Devon and Berwyn. A small portion of the township has a Paoli address.
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6 towns share a border with Easttown Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easttown Township | #43 | A+ | D | A− | A+ | A+ |
| Tredyffrin Township | #62 | A+ | D | — | A+ | A+ |
| Berwyn | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Newtown Township | #36 | A+ | D | A | A | A |
| Willistown Township | #14 | A+ | D | A | A | A+ |
| Wayne | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Devon | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Tredyffrin Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Berwyn, Wayne and Devon aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Easttown Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Easttown Township grades A+ overall, better than 98% of U.S. towns and #43 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades A+ for health, A− for safety and A+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
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