Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Falls Township grades A− overall, 371st among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. Its schools outperform 86% of the state's. Residents are healthier than 84% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and the median household earns $93K. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about $362K, 4 years of the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income. Its National Register listings include Pennsbury Manor and Sotcher Farmhouse. Falls Township’s median rent is $1,465 a month, above both the Pennsylvania town median ($1,114 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). The biggest place to walk is Falls Township Community Park, 220 acres with 1.9 miles of trail.
Where Falls Township beats most towns.
Census counts: 2,463 in 1890, 34,716 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1802 and 3 maps from 1947 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Falls Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Falls Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw19 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great Adventure2.2M visitors a year
Big draw20 mi MuseumLynnewood Hall
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw30 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
Big draw25 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a yearUSS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Six Flags Great Adventure: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Lynnewood Hall: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Falls 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 Falls Township.
Falls Township sends many workers across the state line to Trenton and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s; it also has a long record of flood insurance claims.
Its public schools are run by Pennsbury SD. Three of its 13 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eleanor Roosevelt El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 583 | B+ |
| Pennsbury HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,847 | A |
| Bucks County Montessori CSTop results in townGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 180 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Pennsylvania is tooth loss: 9.2% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 14.5% statewide.
30% of Falls Township adults have obesity. Falls Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 8 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 15% of Falls Township adults report frequent mental distress.
| Falls Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Falls Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.2% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3% | 3.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
117 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 16 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 73% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 117 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Falls Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Falls Township has chilly winters and warm summers. Falls Township’s July high is 87°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Falls Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Falls Township Community Park | 1.9 mi | 220 |
| 2. Pennsbury Manor State Park | 0.8 mi | 48 |
| 3. Elderberry Park | 0.5 mi | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
24% of working residents cross a state line to work, Trenton among the top destinations. Falls Township has about as many jobs (14,304) as working residents, but only 1,611 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Falls Township for work: only 10% work in town. Jobs based in Falls Township grew to 14,304 in 2023, 1,244 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Philadelphia (12%), Middletown Township (6%) and Bristol Township (6%).
| Falls Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $93,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 9.6% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
People 65 and older are 15% of residents (20% statewide). The median age in Falls Township is 38.9 years. 28% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Falls Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 21% | 18% |
| Median age | 38.9 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 22% | 20% | 22% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.2 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women. Median age: women 41.7, men 36.4.
| Falls Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.2% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.7% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.8% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.1% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.7% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.1% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.6% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.8% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.4% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 39% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.5% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.8% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.9% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.4% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
At 20.8 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 76% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 631 to 515 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
12 within 15 miles of the center of Falls Township
About 5 of every 100 Falls Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
3 places in Falls Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Falls Township is a suburban Philadelphia township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 34,300 at the 2010 census. Portions of Fairless Hills and Levittown, Pennsylvania, are located in the township. Portions of Falls Township are called Morrisville and Yardley, due to the location of the Morrisville Post Office outside the Borough of Morrisville in Falls Township. As originally chartered in 1692, the villages of Morrisville and Tullytown were part of Falls Township. Morrisville was granted borough status in 1804. Tullytown was established as a borough in 1891.
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10 towns share a border with Falls Township.
Morrisville next door grades lower for schools (C− to Falls Township’s A) and higher for cost of living (B to C−).
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falls Township | #371 | A− | C− | B− | A | A− |
| Morrisville | #664 | B− | B | C | C− | B+ |
| Tullytown | — | — | C | — | A | C+ |
| Levittown | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lower Makefield Township | #155 | A | D | A | A | A |
| Middletown Township | #395 | B+ | D | — | B+ | A− |
| Bristol Township | #925 | C− | C | C+ | C− | C+ |
Tullytown has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Tullytown and Middletown Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Levittown isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Falls Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Falls Township grades A− overall, better than 77% of U.S. towns and #371 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades A− for health, B− for safety and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Pennsylvania has less crime than most states, so among its own towns Falls Township sits nearer the middle.
Yes. 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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