Edgmont TownshipPA
A town of 4,706.
Is Edgmont Township a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Edgmont Township grades A overall, ranked 195th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. The median household earns $137K. Its schools outperform 96% of the state's and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 94% of the country. What holds it back is price: the typical home is worth about $614K, 6.7 years of the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income. 68% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Edgmont Township, above both the Pennsylvania town median (29%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Only 9 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns score higher on the outdoors. The biggest place to walk is Ridley Creek State Park, 2,338 acres with 22.8 miles of trail.
What makes Edgmont Township stand out
Where Edgmont Township beats most towns.
How Edgmont Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Edgmont Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 2%), so the A overall blends very different results.
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USS New Jersey and 169 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Edgmont Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw15 mi MuseumEastern State Penitentiary
Big draw17 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw19 mi MuseumLynnewood HallPhoto credits
USS 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 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lynnewood Hall: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Edgmont Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Edgmont 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 Edgmont Township.
Edgmont Township keeps more of its land conserved than most of Pennsylvania, trades workers with Philadelphia and other neighbors and has less tooth loss than most of Pennsylvania.
Protected land: nearly a third of Edgmont Township
Its 2,734 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 98% of Pennsylvania towns. Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #6 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania.
Count the trails in 2 parks and preserves and they come to 24 miles. For Edgmont Township, the trail density is 2.5 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ridley Creek State Park | 22.8 mi | 2,338 |
| 2. Tyler Arboretum | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Fewer of Edgmont Township’s adults have obesity than in the typical Pennsylvania or U.S. town
Its widest gap with Pennsylvania is tooth loss: 6.4% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 14.5% statewide.
For adults in Edgmont Township, the share who say their health is fair or poor is 13%. Against the Pennsylvania average, Edgmont Township comes out ahead on 13 CDC measures out of 26, and behind on 1.
| Edgmont Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Edgmont Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.4% | 14.5% |
| Fewer smokers | 10.2% | 15.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.4% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Edgmont Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Edgmont Township, 62% come from inland flooding and 7% from tornadoes. Compared with 91% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in the town is lower. Since 1999, Edgmont Township has seen 11 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Edgmont Township’s year
Expect July afternoons of 87° and January nights of 24°, with about 8 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most of Edgmont Township’s workers leave town for work
Edgmont Township has about as many jobs (2,002) as working residents, but only 62 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 1,435 in 2013 to 2,002.
Only 3% of working residents stay in Edgmont Township for work; the rest commute out. Jobs based in Edgmont Township grew to 2,002 in 2023, 567 more than in 2013. In Edgmont Township, 2.4% of residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Philadelphia (16%), Newtown Township (5%) and Lower Merion Township (4%).
| Edgmont Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $137,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.4% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.3% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Everything we know about Edgmont Township
Colleges nearby
26 within 15 miles of the center of Edgmont Township
About 4 of every 100 Edgmont Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Edgmont Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Edgmont Township is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Edgmont contains the unincorporated community of Gradyville. The population was 3,987 at the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 9.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 469 ft
Edgmont Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Edgmont Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgmont Township | #195 | A | D− | — | A+ | A |
| Newtown Township | #36 | A+ | D | A | A | A |
| Upper Providence Township | #6 | A+ | C− | A+ | A+ | A |
| Middletown Township | #120 | A | D− | — | A+ | A |
| Thornbury Township | #246 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Willistown Township | #14 | A+ | D | A | A | A+ |
Edgmont Township, Middletown Township and Thornbury Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Edgmont Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Edgmont Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Edgmont Township, PA a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Edgmont Township grades A overall, better than 90% of U.S. towns and #195 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades A for health and A+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Edgmont Township, PA expensive?
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−.