Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Hanover Township’s subject grades is an A for walkability; the weakest is a C− for health. Hanover Township’s average trip to work is 20 minutes, against 26 minutes in Pennsylvania’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. No town in Pennsylvania scores lower than Hanover Township on civic life. Hanover Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Hanover Township beats most towns.
Where Hanover 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 Hanover Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1863 and 7 maps from 1894 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hanover Township. Close and well known come first.
7 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
4 mi Stadium & arenaPPL Center
13 mi Park & preserveLehigh River
37 mi National Historical ParkValley Forge National Historical Park1.8M visitors a year12 mi Ski areaBlue Mountain Resort44 runs · 1,077 ft vertical
27 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a yearDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lehigh River: The original uploader was Malepheasant at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Valley Forge National Historical Park: The original uploader was JGHowes at English Wikipedia. (Original text: en:User, Attribution · Middle Delaware National Scenic River: Mike Serfas, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hanover 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 Hanover Township.
Most working residents leave Hanover Township for work: only 6% work in town. Hanover Township’s median household income is $56,000, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at $81,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. Since 2013, Hanover Township has added 1,852 jobs, to 9,352 in 2023.
| Hanover Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $56,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 9.1% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 88% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Hanover Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
16% of Hanover Township adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. Hanover Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 25% of Hanover Township adults say their health is fair or poor.
| Hanover Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 6.9% | 8.1% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 19% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 24% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Hanover Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.9% | 8.8% |
| More uninsured adults | 16.3% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Hanover Township has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 20° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
1.5 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Hanover Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.3% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hanover Canal Park | 0.6 mi | 17 |
| 2. Sherwood Park | — | 5 |
| 3. Chestnut Grove Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
9 within 15 miles of the center of Hanover Township
About 7 of every 100 Hanover Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Hanover Township is a township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the township had a population of 1,571. It is a suburb of Allentown and Bethlehem and part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census. Hanover Township is home of Lehigh Valley International Airport, the fourth-largest airport in Pennsylvania, with 851,000 passengers annually as of 2020.
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6 towns share a border with Hanover Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover Township | — | — | C | — | C+ | C− |
| Catasauqua | #634 | B | B− | B− | C+ | B |
| Bethlehem | #942 | C− | C− | C+ | C | C+ |
| Fullerton | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whitehall Township | #900 | C | C− | C | B− | B |
| Hanover Township | #876 | C | D− | — | C | B |
| Allentown | #1021 | D | C | C | D | D |
Hanover Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Hanover Township and Hanover Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Fullerton isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Hanover Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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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