Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,227.
Fulton Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, 938th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $79K. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: residents are less healthy than 79% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $262K, 3 years of the Lancaster metro’s $87K median household income. 34% of the land in Fulton Township is conserved, against 8.2% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Only 2 of the 1,035 Pennsylvania towns we compare have a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Fulton Township. Robert Fulton Birthplace is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Fulton Township beats most towns.
Where Fulton Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Fulton Township is from typical.
Its best grade is an A− for history (1 place on the National Register), which describes the town but isn’t part of the overall grade; its C− comes from the livability subjects above.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Robert Fulton Birthplace is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 2,826 in 2000, 3,227 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers and 6 maps from 1912 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Fulton 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 Fulton Township.
Its 6,408 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 94% of Pennsylvania towns.
0.9 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Rock Springs Preserve, at 171 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rock Springs Preserve | — | 171 |
| 2. Octoraro Creek Nature Preserve | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by Solanco SD. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clermont El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 398 | B− |
| Bethel Mennonite School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 1–10 | Grades 1–10 | 29 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
27% of Fulton Township adults have been diagnosed with depression, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 24% and U.S. towns at 23%. 38% of Fulton Township adults have obesity. Fulton Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 13.
| Fulton Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| What stands out | Fulton Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 10.9% | 5.8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.9% | 14.5% |
| More smokers | 22.1% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Fulton Township for work: only 6% work in town. Jobs based in Fulton Township grew to 433 in 2023, 65 more than in 2013. Fulton Township’s average trip to work is 29 minutes.
| Fulton Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.3% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fulton Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 23° and about 18 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 64% of U.S. communities. Since 2004, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Fulton Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fulton Township. Close and well known come first.
40 mi MuseumNS Savannah
40 mi National MonumentFort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine283K visitors a year
29 mi GardenLongwood Gardens
19 mi Theme parkDutch Wonderland
39 mi MuseumWalters Art Museum
32 mi MuseumWinterthur Museum, Garden and LibraryNS Savannah: Elton Lord/Atomic Energy Commission, Public domain · Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine: ScottyBoy900Q at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Longwood Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Walters Art Museum: Dylan k, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library: Photo by and (c)2007 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), CC BY-SA 2.5
3 within 15 miles of the center of Fulton Township
About 1 of every 100 Fulton Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Fulton Township is a township in southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, and it is the only municipality in the county to touch the Maryland border. At the 2020 census the population was 3,227. It is part of the Solanco School District.
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4 towns share a border with Fulton Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton Township | #938 | C− | B− | — | C+ | C− |
| West Nottingham Township | #564 | B | C+ | A+ | B | C |
| Peach Bottom Township | #877 | C | B− | — | B | B− |
| Little Britain Township | #971 | C− | C− | — | C+ | C |
| Drumore Township | #898 | C | B− | — | C+ | C |
Fulton Township, Peach Bottom Township, Little Britain Township and Drumore Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Fulton Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Fulton Township grades C− overall, better than 22% of U.S. towns and #938 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C− for health and C+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
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