Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Little Britain Township grades C− overall, 971st of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. On the other side, the typical home is worth about $376K, 4.3 years of the Lancaster metro’s $87K median household income. It also does better than most on incomes: the median household earns $87K. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: residents are less healthy than 69% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. 25% of the land in Little Britain Township is conserved, above both the Pennsylvania town median (8.2%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). Little Britain Township has 1 place on the National Register. The biggest park or preserve is Octoraro Lake Watershed, at 603 acres.
Where Little Britain Township beats most towns.
Where Little Britain 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 Little Britain Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 maps from 1912 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Little Britain 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 Little Britain Township.
Little Britain Township sends most of its workers to East Drumore Township and beyond, but it is a long drive from an emergency room.
There are 0.1 miles of trail across 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Octoraro Lake Watershed | — | 603 |
| 2. Glenroy Preserve | — | 147 |
| 3. Octoraro Creek Nature Preserve | — | 77 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Two of the 3 schools are below, and why each made the list.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windy Knoll Amish School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 25 | – |
| Oak Shade School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 1–9 | Grades 1–9 | 52 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Little Britain Township has 374 jobs for its 1,566 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Half of commuters travel less than 19 miles. The mean commuting time for Little Britain Township comes to 30 minutes, against 26 minutes in Pennsylvania’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Most people who work leave Little Britain Township to do it: just 7% work in town. Since 2013, Little Britain Township has added 133 jobs, to 374 in 2023.
| Little Britain Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.4% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $87,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The nearest emergency room, Christiana Hospital, is 20 miles away in a straight line. Against the 10,216 U.S. towns with household incomes like Little Britain Township’s, it is less healthy than 84%, so it trails even them.
The share of adults in Little Britain Township who have obesity: 37%. Among adults in the town, 19% report frequent mental distress and 15% report frequent physical distress.
| Little Britain Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Little Britain Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 9.9% | 5.8% |
| More smokers | 19.8% | 15.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.6% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 23° and about 18 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Of the losses FEMA expects in Little Britain Township, 53% come from inland flooding and 25% from hurricanes. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 55% of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims here since 1984: one.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Little Britain Township, nine in ten households own their home. Its median rent comes in at $1,281 a month.
| Little Britain Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,281 a month | $1,114 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Little Britain Township. Close and well known come first.
24 mi GardenLongwood Gardens
18 mi Theme parkDutch Wonderland
27 mi MuseumWinterthur Museum, Garden and Library
39 mi Stadium & arenaSubaru Park
30 mi LandmarkFort Christina
14 mi MuseumRailroad Museum of PennsylvaniaLongwood Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library: Photo by and (c)2007 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), CC BY-SA 2.5 · Subaru Park: Something Original (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Christina: Jerrye & Roy Klotz MD, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania: Dough4872, Public domain
2 within 15 miles of the center of Little Britain Township
About 3 of every 100 Little Britain Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Little Britain is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. At the 2010 census, the population was 372.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
4 towns share a border with Little Britain Township.
All 4 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C−; Fulton Township (C−) is closest.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Britain Township | #971 | C− | C− | — | C+ | C |
| Colerain Township | #874 | C | C+ | — | C+ | C |
| West Nottingham Township | #564 | B | C+ | A+ | B | C |
| Lower Oxford Township | #594 | B | C | — | B | B |
| Fulton Township | #938 | C− | B− | — | C+ | C− |
Little Britain Township, Colerain Township, Lower Oxford Township and Fulton Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Little Britain Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Little Britain Township grades C− overall, better than 17% of U.S. towns and #971 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C for health and C+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $376,000, 31% above the Pennsylvania typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
.jpg){kind=link}
