Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 11,702.
Homes are expensive, about $426K for a typical one and 5 times the Allentown metro’s $85K median household income. Overall it grades C, 876th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania. Natural-hazard risk is low and 5% of its land is conserved. 31% of residents are 65 or older in Hanover Township, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (21%) and U.S. towns (18%). Only 5 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score lower on history. Hanover Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 97% of U.S. towns.
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.
Its grades run from A for hazard risk (better than 88% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 4%), so the C overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 9,563 in 2000, 11,785 in 2020. The archive holds 6 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.
10 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
6 mi Stadium & arenaPPL Center
10 mi Park & preserveLehigh River
38 mi National Historical ParkValley Forge National Historical Park1.8M visitors a year
24 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a year12 mi Ski areaBlue Mountain Resort44 runs · 1,077 ft verticalDorney 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.
Hanover Township draws workers from Allentown and beyond and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
13,429 jobs are based in Hanover Township, 2.5 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Hanover Township for work: only 8% work in town. Hanover Township’s median household income is $107,000. Since 2013, Hanover Township has added 1,877 jobs, to 13,429 in 2023.
| Hanover Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $107,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 15% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by Bethlehem Area SD. Its three schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asa Packer El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 314 | A |
| St. John Chrysostom Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–10 | Grades K–10 | 50 | – |
| Hanover El SchTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 205 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 85% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 90 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Hanover Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
3.2 miles of trail in 13 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Hanover Township Municipal Park, at 57 acres.
| Hanover Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 4.9% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hanover Township Municipal Park | 0.5 mi | 57 |
| 2. First Responders Park | 0.3 mi | 21 |
| 3. Monocacy Park | 0.3 mi | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
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
Against the 7,547 U.S. towns with household incomes like Hanover Township’s, it is less healthy than 64%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Hanover Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 15% of adults report frequent mental distress in Hanover Township.
| Hanover Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 38% | 36% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 9.4% | 6.9% | 8.1% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Hanover Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.3% | 14.5% |
| More uninsured adults | 9.4% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
9 within 15 miles of the center of Hanover Township
About 3 of every 100 Hanover Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Hanover Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Hanover Township was 11,785 at the 2020 census. Hanover Township is 7.7 miles (12.4 km) northeast of Allentown, 67.4 miles (108.5 km) north of Philadelphia, and 86.4 miles (139.0 km) west of New York City. Hanover Township is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which has a population of 861,899 and is the 68th-most populated metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
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3 towns share a border with Hanover Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover Township | #876 | C | D− | — | C | B |
| Bethlehem | #942 | C− | C− | C+ | C | C+ |
| Hanover Township | — | — | C | — | C+ | C− |
| East Allen Township | #581 | B | C+ | — | B+ | B |
Hanover Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Hanover Township, Hanover Township and East Allen Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Hanover Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Hanover Township grades C overall, better than 30% of U.S. towns and #876 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health and C for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
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