Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Lancaster Township's standout: crime is low: it reports less per resident than 99% of U.S. towns. Overall it grades A, 206th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. Its schools outperform 89% of the state's and the median household earns $99K. On walkability, just 81 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do worse.
Where Lancaster Township beats most towns.
Where Lancaster 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 Lancaster Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for safety (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for walkability (better than 8%), so the A overall blends very different results.
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The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 4 maps from 1908 on.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Lancaster 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 Lancaster Township.
Lancaster Township owes part of its health edge to its incomes and sees little violent crime.
Violent crime is rare: 0 reported in 2025, 0 per 1,000 residents.
No violent crime was reported in Lancaster Township.
| Lancaster Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.3 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Most people who work leave Lancaster Township to do it: just 2% work in town. Among workers here, 23% work remotely from home, against 12% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 11% across U.S. towns. The share of residents in Lancaster Township who live below the poverty line: 4.1%. The town had 657 jobs in 2023, up 34 from 2013.
| Lancaster Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 23% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.1% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $99,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Pennsylvania has 35% of adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 43%. People 65 and older are 32% of residents (20% statewide); children under 18 are 15% of residents (21% statewide). In Lancaster Township, the age of the median resident is 53.4 years, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (43.2 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years). Population is up 36% here since 2020, to 3,734 by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Lancaster Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53.4 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 15% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 43% | 29% | 29% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.2 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Lancaster Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.9% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.1% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.8% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 19.3% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 12.9% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.4% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.4% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.1% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.9% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 30.3% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,700, single groups can be off by several points
A winter brings about 35 inches of snow, with January nights at 19° and July afternoons at 83°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
4.7 miles of trail. For Lancaster Township, the density of trails is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Lancaster Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.3% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 64% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 89% of Lancaster Township’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Against the 8,686 U.S. towns with household incomes like Lancaster Township’s, it is less healthy than 59%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
For adults in Lancaster Township, the share who sleep under 7 hours is 38%. On the CDC’s 26 measures, Lancaster Township is ahead of Pennsylvania on 2 and behind on 2.
| Lancaster Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 4.9% | 7% | 8.1% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 38% | 36% |
| What stands out | Lancaster Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 74.1% | 67.5% |
| More adults getting cholesterol checked | 88.7% | 85.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.6% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lancaster Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
28 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
28 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
34 mi Theme parkKennywood
28 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
28 mi LandmarkFort PittAcrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · PPG Paints Arena: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Pitt: Downtown_Pittsburgh_May_2008.jpg: Allie Caufield derivative work: GrapedApe (tal, CC BY 2.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Lancaster Township
About 4 of every 100 Lancaster Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Lancaster Township is a township in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 2,747.
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4 towns share a border with Lancaster Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster Township | #206 | A | C+ | A+ | A | B |
| Connoquenessing Township | #674 | B− | C+ | — | B− | B+ |
| Franklin Township | #118 | A | A− | A | A− | B+ |
| Jackson Township | #157 | A | C | A− | A | A− |
| Muddy Creek Township | — | — | B+ | — | A | B |
Muddy Creek Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Connoquenessing Township and Muddy Creek Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lancaster Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Lancaster Township grades A overall, better than 89% of U.S. towns and #206 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health, A+ for safety and A for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
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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