Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,778.
Hamilton Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, 528th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $107K. It also does better than most on schools: its schools outperform 71% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $291K, 3.5 years of the Gettysburg metro’s $84K median household income. 15% of the land in Hamilton Township is conserved, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (8.2%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Hamilton Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 82% of U.S. towns.
Where Hamilton 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 Hamilton Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,044 in 2000, 2,712 in 2020. The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 2015 and 6 maps from 1908 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hamilton Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw24 mi LandmarkRaven Rock Mountain Complex
23 mi National MonumentCarlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
33 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
12 mi Ancient siteGettysburg Battlefield
9 mi National Military ParkGettysburg National Military Park730K visitors a year
12 mi LandmarkGettysburg National CemeteryRaven Rock Mountain Complex: US Government, Public domain · Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Hersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gettysburg Battlefield: Veggies, Public domain · Gettysburg National Military Park: David Dugan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gettysburg National Cemetery: Photo: Henryhartley at en.wikipedia Statue: Randolph Rogers (1825-1892), Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hamilton 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 Hamilton Township.
Most working residents leave Hamilton Township for work: only 4% work in town. 6.2% of Hamilton Township residents live below the poverty line, near the Pennsylvania town median (7.6%) and below the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). The top destinations are Hanover (11%), New Oxford (6%) and Penn Township (5%).
| Hamilton Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $107,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.2% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.4% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Hamilton Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
1.0 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. Hamilton Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 63% of U.S. communities. Since 1993, 53 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Hamilton Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Children under 18 are 26% of residents (21% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (22% statewide). Hamilton Township has grown 2.5% since 2020, to 2,778 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 29% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Hamilton Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 26% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 40.4 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 21% | 18% |
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.2 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Hamilton Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.3% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.2% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.2% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.9% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.2% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.5% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.4% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.3% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.7% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 37% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 14% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.2% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.3% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.7% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,800, single groups can be off by several points
Against the 7,583 U.S. towns with household incomes like Hamilton Township’s, it is less healthy than 81%, so it trails even them.
17% of adults smoke cigarettes in Hamilton Township.
| Hamilton Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 35% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Hamilton Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7.7% | 5.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.8% | 7.7% |
| More adults with arthritis | 34.6% | 30.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Hamilton Township
About 5 of every 100 Hamilton Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Hamilton Township is a township in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,712 at the 2020 census.
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8 towns share a border with Hamilton Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Township | #528 | B | B− | — | B+ | B− |
| Paradise Township | #663 | B− | C | — | A− | B |
| Reading Township | #171 | A | B+ | A+ | B+ | B |
| Hampton | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mount Pleasant Township | #668 | B− | B− | — | B | B |
| Oxford Township | #698 | B− | C | — | B+ | B− |
| Berwick Township | — | — | B | — | B+ | B− |
| East Berlin | — | — | B | — | B+ | B− |
Berwick Township and East Berlin have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Hamilton Township, Paradise Township, Mount Pleasant Township, Oxford Township, Berwick Township and East Berlin report no FBI crime data of their own. Hampton isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Hamilton Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Hamilton Township grades B overall, better than 64% of U.S. towns and #528 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health and B+ for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
