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A town of 8,520. Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Hamilton Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, 973rd among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: residents are healthier than 49% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $305K, 3.6 years of the East Stroudsburg area’s $84K median household income. Hamilton Township’s average trip to work is 38 minutes, above both the Pennsylvania town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). The biggest place to walk is Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge, 2,973 acres with 5 miles of trail. Hamilton Township has 3 places on the National Register.
Where Hamilton Township beats most 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.
Its best grade is an A− for history (3 places on the National Register), which describes the town but isn’t part of the overall grade; its C− comes from the livability subjects above.
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Census counts: 8,235 in 2000, 8,635 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2008 and 6 maps from 1914 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hamilton Township. Close and well known come first.
28 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
31 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
8 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a year
33 mi LakeLake Wallenpaupack
9 mi Ski areaCamelback Mountain Resort37 runs · 804 ft vertical
18 mi Park & preserveLehigh RiverDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Musconetcong: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Middle Delaware National Scenic River: Mike Serfas, Public domain · Lake Wallenpaupack: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Camelback Mountain Resort: Calzarette at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Lehigh River: The original uploader was Malepheasant at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0
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.
9.2 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge | 5 mi | 2,973 |
| 2. Pomeroy McMichaels Creek Nature Preserve | — | 58 |
| 3. Hickory Valley Park | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by Stroudsburg Area SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Twp El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 305 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
The average commute for its 3,398 working residents takes 38.1 minutes, against 26.3 across Pennsylvania.
Most working residents leave Hamilton Township for work: only 5% work in town. Since 2013, Hamilton Township has added 214 jobs, to 1,763 in 2023. 7.8% of Hamilton Township workers work from home.
| Hamilton Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 7.8% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $74,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.4% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Hamilton Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 42 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 63% of U.S. communities. Since 1996, 30 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Hamilton Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Hamilton Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 41% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Hamilton Township.
| Hamilton Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Hamilton Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7.9% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Hamilton Township
About 4 of every 100 Hamilton Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
3 places in Hamilton Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Hamilton Township is a township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,635 at the 2020 census.
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6 towns share a border with Hamilton Township.
All 6 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C−; Ross Township (C) is closest.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Township | #973 | C− | C− | — | B− | B− |
| Jackson Township | #854 | C | C− | — | B− | B− |
| Stroud Township | #800 | C+ | C− | — | B− | B− |
| Ross Township | #902 | C | C− | — | B− | B |
| Upper Mount Bethel Township | #712 | B− | B− | — | B+ | B− |
| Plainfield Township | #730 | B− | C− | — | B+ | B+ |
| Pocono Township | #794 | C+ | C | C+ | B− | B |
Hamilton Township, Jackson Township, Stroud Township, Ross Township, Upper Mount Bethel Township and Plainfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Hamilton Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Hamilton Township grades C− overall, better than 17% of U.S. towns and #973 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
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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