Leacock TownshipPA
A town of 5,672.
Is Leacock Township a good place to live?
Leacock Township grades C+ overall, ranked 793rd of 1032 in Pennsylvania, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $83K and it is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $408K, 4.7 years of the Lancaster metro’s $87K median household income. 14% of the land in Leacock Township is conserved, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (8.2%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Only 141 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns score lower on civic life.
What makes Leacock Township stand out
Where Leacock Township beats most towns.
Jobs vs. working residents
Every workday, about 2,672 people come to Leacock Township for work
Where Leacock Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Leacock Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Leacock Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Leacock Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Leacock 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Leacock Township.
More of Leacock Township’s working residents work locally than in the typical Pennsylvania or U.S. town
3,094 jobs are based in Leacock Township, 1.7 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 2,254 in 2013 to 3,094.
24% of Leacock Township working residents work locally, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 6.3% and U.S. towns at 8%. Jobs based in Leacock Township grew to 3,094 in 2023, 840 more than in 2013. 2.4% of residents live below the poverty line in Leacock Township.
| Leacock Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 24% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 2.4% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Leacock Township’s public schools trail 62% of Pennsylvania districts
Its public schools are run by Pequea Valley SD. Two of its 11 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pequea Valley Intrmd SchLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 212 | C |
| Pequea Valley HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 451 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Leacock Township is less healthy than 67% of U.S. towns
Leacock Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 20% of Leacock Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Leacock Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 79% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| What stands out | Leacock Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 11.2% | 5.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.2% | 7.7% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.2% | 14.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Leacock Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Leacock Township has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 34 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Intercourse Community Park | — | 11 |
| 2. Paradise Community Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Leacock Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 51% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 26 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Leacock Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Hersheypark and 64 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Leacock Township. Close and well known come first.
33 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
5 mi Theme parkDutch Wonderland
26 mi GardenLongwood Gardens
5 mi MuseumRailroad Museum of Pennsylvania
10 mi MuseumEphrata Cloister
32 mi MuseumWinterthur Museum, Garden and LibraryPhoto credits
Hersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Longwood Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania: Dough4872, Public domain · Ephrata Cloister: 1549bcp at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library: Photo by and (c)2007 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), CC BY-SA 2.5
Everything we know about Leacock Township
Colleges nearby
8 within 15 miles of the center of Leacock Township
About 2 of every 100 Leacock Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Leacock Township
Leacock-Leola-Bareville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 6,625. The area is heavily populated by the Amish and Mennonites. Bareville is often named in lists of "delightfully-named towns" in Pennsylvania Dutchland, along with Intercourse, Blue Ball, Lititz, Mount Joy, Bird-in-Hand and Paradise.
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Leacock Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Leacock Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leacock Township | #793 | C+ | C | — | C+ | C |
| Paradise Township | #855 | C | C | — | C+ | C+ |
| Upper Leacock Township | #595 | B | C− | — | B+ | B |
| Earl Township | #792 | C+ | C+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| Soudersburg | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Salisbury Township | #856 | C | C− | — | C+ | C+ |
| East Lampeter Township | #681 | B− | C | C+ | B+ | B− |
Leacock Township, Paradise Township, Upper Leacock Township, Earl Township and Salisbury Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Soudersburg isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Leacock Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Leacock Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Leacock Township, PA a good place to live?
Leacock Township grades C+ overall, better than 40% of U.S. towns and #793 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C for health and C+ for schools.
Is Leacock Township, PA expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.