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Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Lower Chanceford Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, 822nd of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $106K. It also does better than most on health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 61% of the country. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its schools rank behind 66% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $255K, 3 years of the York metro’s $85K median household income. Lower Chanceford Township’s average trip to work is 42 minutes, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (26 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 168 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score lower on walkability. Its National Register listings include Indian Steps Cabin and Muddy Creek Forks Historic District.
Where Lower Chanceford Township beats most towns.
Where Lower Chanceford 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 Lower Chanceford Township is from typical.
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Census counts: 1,637 in 1850, 3,032 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and 6 maps from 1912 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lower Chanceford 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 Lower Chanceford Township.
Lower Chanceford Township sends many workers across the state line to Baltimore, keeps more of its land conserved than most of Pennsylvania and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
Its 8,753 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 93% of Pennsylvania towns.
23 miles of trail in 7 parks and preserves. State Game Lands Number 83, at 695 acres with 2.6 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Otter Creek Nature Preserve | 3.4 mi | 216 |
| 2. State Game Lands Number 83 | 2.6 mi | 695 |
| 3. State Game Lands Number 181 | 1.3 mi | 514 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singing Meadow School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 29 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
33% of working residents cross a state line to work, Baltimore among the top destinations. Lower Chanceford Township has 188 jobs for its 1,331 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Lower Chanceford Township for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, Lower Chanceford Township has added 68 jobs, to 188 in 2023. The top destinations are York (5%), Baltimore (4%) and York Township (4%).
| Lower Chanceford Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $106,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.2% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.5% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 11% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Lower Chanceford Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 7,755 U.S. towns with household incomes like Lower Chanceford Township’s, it is less healthy than 65%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
19% of adults binge drink in Lower Chanceford Township. Lower Chanceford Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 18% of adults smoke cigarettes in Lower Chanceford Township.
| Lower Chanceford Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 78% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Lower Chanceford Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.7% | 14.5% |
| More uninsured adults | 7.4% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 61% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 23 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lower Chanceford Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lower Chanceford Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaM&T Bank Stadium
39 mi Stadium & arenaOriole Park at Camden Yards
36 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
39 mi MuseumNS Savannah
39 mi National MonumentFort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine283K visitors a year
38 mi GardenLongwood GardensM&T Bank Stadium: United States Department of Defense Cherie Cullen, Public domain · Oriole Park at Camden Yards: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Hersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · NS Savannah: Elton Lord/Atomic Energy Commission, Public domain · Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine: ScottyBoy900Q at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Longwood Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Lower Chanceford Township
About 1 of every 100 Lower Chanceford Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
3 places in Lower Chanceford Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Lower Chanceford Township is a township in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,032 at the 2020 census.
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8 towns share a border with Lower Chanceford Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Chanceford Township | #822 | C+ | C+ | — | C | B |
| Peach Bottom Township | #877 | C | B− | — | B | B− |
| Martic Township | #455 | B+ | B− | — | A− | B− |
| Fawn Township | #718 | B− | C+ | — | B | B |
| Susquehanna Trails | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| East Hopewell Township | #707 | B− | C+ | — | B | B |
| Conestoga Township | #193 | A | B+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Chanceford Township | #728 | B− | B− | — | C | B+ |
Lower Chanceford Township, Peach Bottom Township, Martic Township, Fawn Township, East Hopewell Township, Conestoga Township and Chanceford Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Susquehanna Trails isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Lower Chanceford Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Lower Chanceford Township grades C+ overall, better than 37% of U.S. towns and #822 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health and C 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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