Eden TownshipPA
A town of 2,266.
Is Eden Township a good place to live?
Eden Township’s best subject grade is an A− for incomes; its weakest is a C for cost of living. 38% of residents are under 18 in Eden Township, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 22%. 16% of the land in Eden Township is conserved, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (8.2%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Only 117 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score lower on history. Eden Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Eden Township stand out
Where Eden Township beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Eden Township for work
Where Eden Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Eden Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Eden Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Eden Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Eden 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Eden Township.
Eden Township’s schools rank behind 61% of Pennsylvania districts
Its public schools are run by Solanco SD. One of its 9 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith MSLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 367 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Most of Eden Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Eden Township for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in Eden Township grew to 300 in 2023, 142 more than in 2013. 3.4% of residents live below the poverty line in Eden Township.
| Eden Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.4% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.8% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Work from home | 9.1% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Low risk in Eden Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 73% of U.S. communities. Since 1996, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Eden Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Eden Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Eden Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 18 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conserved land covers 15.6% of Eden Township
1.1 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. The trail density in Eden Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Residents of Eden Township are less healthy than 65% of U.S. towns
Eden Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 19% of Eden Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Eden Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Eden Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 9.4% | 5.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.6% | 7.7% |
| More smokers | 19.3% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Hersheypark and 61 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Eden Township. Close and well known come first.
37 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
25 mi GardenLongwood Gardens
9 mi Theme parkDutch Wonderland
5 mi MuseumRailroad Museum of Pennsylvania
30 mi MuseumWinterthur Museum, Garden and Library
34 mi LandmarkFort ChristinaPhoto credits
Hersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Longwood Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania: Dough4872, Public domain · Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library: Photo by and (c)2007 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), CC BY-SA 2.5 · Fort Christina: Jerrye & Roy Klotz MD, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Eden Township
Colleges nearby
9 within 15 miles of the center of Eden Township
About 1 of every 100 Eden Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Eden Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Eden Township is a township in southeastern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 2,248. It is part of the Solanco School District.
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- Area
- 12 sq mi
Eden Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Eden Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Township | — | — | C | — | C+ | C+ |
| Quarryville | #585 | B | C+ | A− | C+ | C+ |
| Bart Township | #818 | C+ | C+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| Strasburg Township | #414 | B+ | C+ | — | A | B+ |
| Providence Township | #838 | C | B | — | C+ | C |
| Paradise Township | #855 | C | C | — | C+ | C+ |
| East Drumore Township | #934 | C− | C− | — | C+ | C+ |
| Colerain Township | #874 | C | C+ | — | C+ | C |
Eden Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Eden Township, Bart Township, Strasburg Township, Providence Township, Paradise Township, East Drumore Township and Colerain Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Eden Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Eden Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Eden Township, PA expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.