Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 3,180 residents, it is a town in Pennsylvania.
A well-rated place to live, with prices to match. Its best grade is for health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 91% of the country. London Britain Township’s overall A− puts it 322nd of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It comes out better than 81% of U.S. towns. The drawback is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $555K, 6.1 years of the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income. Walkability is weaker too (C+). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than just over three fifths of U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is White Clay Creek Preserve, 1,372 acres with 12.3 miles of trail.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · OpenStreetMap.
Where London Britain Township beats most towns.
| Widest gap | London Britain Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.2% | 14.5% |
Where London 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 London Britain Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 455 in 1930, 3,179 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and a map from 1984 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around London Britain Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw37 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw36 mi MuseumEastern State Penitentiary
10 mi GardenLongwood GardensUSS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Lincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Xfinity Mobile Arena: Jen Smith, CC BY 3.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eastern State Penitentiary: Davidt8, Public domain · Longwood Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in London 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 London Britain Township.
London Britain Township sends many workers across the state line to Newark and keeps more of its land conserved than most of Pennsylvania, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding).
Its 2,409 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 96% of Pennsylvania towns. Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #8 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania.
14 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. London Britain Township’s density of trails is 1.5 miles per square mile, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (0.4) and U.S. towns (0.4).
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. White Clay Creek Preserve | 12.3 mi | 1,372 |
| 2. Nichols Park | — | 14 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its widest gap with Pennsylvania is tooth loss: 6.2% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 14.5% statewide. Against the 1,041 U.S. towns with household incomes like London Britain Township’s, it is less healthy than 76%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Among adults in London Britain Township, 29% have high blood pressure. In London Britain Township, 12% of adults smoke cigarettes, below both the Pennsylvania town median (17%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%).
| London Britain Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | London Britain Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.2% | 14.5% |
| Fewer smokers | 11.5% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
35% of working residents cross a state line to work, Newark among the top destinations. London Britain Township has 183 jobs for its 1,500 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Employers in London Britain Township added 34 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 183. London Britain Township: 2.3% of residents live below the poverty line. Most people who work leave London Britain Township to do it: just 3% work in town. The typical journey to work for London Britain Township comes to 28 minutes.
| London Britain Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 32% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $195,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.3% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect July afternoons of 86° and January nights of 23°, with about 20 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 85% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $618 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
London Britain Township’s FEMA risk score stands at 60 of 100. 79% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding. The national flood insurance program has paid one claim in the town since 2010.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
6 within 15 miles of the center of London Britain Township
About 4 of every 100 London Britain Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
2 places in London Britain Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
London Britain Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,139 at the 2010 census. White Clay Creek Preserve is a Pennsylvania state park in London Britain Township, along White Clay Creek.
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3 towns share a border with London Britain Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London Britain Township | #322 | A− | C | — | A | A |
| Franklin Township | #515 | B+ | D | — | A | A |
| New Garden Township | #537 | B | D | — | B | A |
London Britain Township, Franklin Township and New Garden Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare London Britain Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. London Britain Township grades A− overall, better than 81% of U.S. towns and #322 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades A for health and A for schools.
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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