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A town of 3,898.
Lower Milford Township's standout: its schools outperform 96% of the state's. Overall it grades A, ranked 239th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. The median household earns $123K and residents are healthier than 86% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Dillingersville Union School and Church is on the National Register of Historic Places. The typical home is worth about $430K, 5.1 years of the Allentown metro’s $85K median household income.
Where Lower Milford Township beats most towns.
Where Lower Milford 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 Milford Township is from typical.
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The archive holds 7 maps from 1888 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lower Milford Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw32 mi MuseumLynnewood Hall
8 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
Big draw40 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw38 mi MuseumEastern State Penitentiary
39 mi MuseumAcademy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
38 mi MuseumPhiladelphia Museum of Art437K visitors a yearLynnewood Hall: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eastern State Penitentiary: Davidt8, Public domain · Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University: See below, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Philadelphia Museum of Art: Unknown, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lower Milford 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 Milford Township.
Lower Milford Township sends most of its workers to Allentown and beyond, owes part of its health edge to its incomes and has household incomes well above the Pennsylvania norm.
Against the 5,284 U.S. towns with household incomes like Lower Milford Township’s, it is healthier than 65%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
14% of Lower Milford Township adults report frequent mental distress, below both Pennsylvania’s towns (16%) and U.S. towns (17%). 19% of adults get no exercise outside work in Lower Milford Township. Lower Milford Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 11 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Lower Milford Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 24% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lower Milford Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults in fair or poor health | 14.7% | 18.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lower Milford Township has 491 jobs for its 1,665 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. 26.9% of workers work from home, against 15.6% across Pennsylvania.
Most working residents leave Lower Milford Township for work: only 3% work in town. At $123,000, Lower Milford Township’s median household income is above both the Pennsylvania town median ($81,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). 3.4% of Lower Milford Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Lower Milford Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $123,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.4% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.1% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 76% of U.S. communities. Since 2018, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lower Milford Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median household earns $123,186, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania, one input to its A+ for jobs and income.
People 65 and older are 28% of residents (20% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 14% of residents (22% statewide). The median age in Lower Milford Township is 49 years. 41% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Lower Milford Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 41% | 29% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 20% | 22% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.8 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Lower Milford Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.2% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.9% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.1% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.7% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.4% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.9% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.9% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.8% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.9% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.3% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.6% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.4% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,900, single groups can be off by several points
Lower Milford Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 20° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
6 within 15 miles of the center of Lower Milford Township
About 4 of every 100 Lower Milford Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Lower Milford Township is a township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Lower Milford Township was 3,775 at the 2010 census. It is a suburb of Allentown in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.
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4 towns share a border with Lower Milford Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Milford Township | #239 | A | C | — | A+ | A |
| Milford Township | #570 | B | C− | — | B | B+ |
| Upper Milford Township | #217 | A | C | — | A− | A− |
| Upper Hanover Township | #600 | B | C− | — | B | A− |
| Upper Saucon Township | #108 | A+ | C− | A | A+ | A |
Lower Milford Township, Milford Township, Upper Milford Township and Upper Hanover Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lower Milford Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Lower Milford Township grades A overall, better than 87% of U.S. towns and #239 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades A for health 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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