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2.9 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Pennsylvania town.
Trash & recyclingMarysville gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $293K for a typical one, or 3.6 years of the Harrisburg metro’s $81K median household income. It grades A overall, ranked 224th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 70% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. On the plus side, crime is low: it reports less per resident than 81% of U.S. towns. Marysville’s trail network density is 6.4 miles per square mile, above both the Pennsylvania town median (0.4) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). On civic life, just 11 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns do better. Hamer Woodlands at Cove Mountain Preserve, at 188 acres with 3.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Marysville beats most towns.
Census counts: 863 in 1870, 2,652 in 2020. The archive holds 15 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 8 maps from 1892 on.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Marysville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Marysville. Close and well known come first.
15 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
15 mi National MonumentCarlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
15 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Stadium
15 mi MuseumHershey's Chocolate World
15 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Arena
40 mi Ancient siteGettysburg BattlefieldHersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Hersheypark Stadium: 45BearsFan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hershey's Chocolate World: Phillyfan0419, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hersheypark Arena: Hersheyarena4ever at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Gettysburg Battlefield: Veggies, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Marysville, 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 Marysville.
Marysville has more trail for its size than nearly any town in Pennsylvania and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s; it also carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding).
At 6.3 miles of trail per square mile, it ranks #2 of 770 Pennsylvania towns.
Trails total 15 miles in 2 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in Marysville: 2, covering 220 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hamer Woodlands at Cove Mountain Preserve | 3.3 mi | 188 |
| 2. Lions Park | 0.3 mi | 32 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 8.1 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 63% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025, 0.4 per 1,000 residents.
Marysville’s level of violent crime comes in at 0.4 per 1,000 residents. Its rate of thefts and burglaries is 6.6 per 1,000 residents, against 5.7 in Pennsylvania’s towns and 9.9 across U.S. towns.
| Marysville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.4 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 6.6 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Jobs based here fell from 506 in 2013 to 401.
Marysville’s average trip to work is 23 minutes. Just 2% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Jobs in the town fell by 105 from 2013 to 2023, to 401. For workers in the town, the share who work from home is 18%.
| Marysville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 18% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $69,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 10,444 U.S. towns with household incomes like Marysville’s, it is healthier than 87%, so its B+ isn’t only a matter of income.
Among adults in Marysville, 9.7% have diabetes and 31% have high blood pressure. In Marysville, a fifth of adults binge drink.
| Marysville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.7% | 11% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Marysville | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 9.7% | 11.6% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3.1% | 3.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 91% of Pennsylvania towns; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on. 78 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 12 properties have flooded more than once.
The national flood insurance program has paid 78 claims in Marysville since 1979. FEMA puts 74% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 7% to heat waves. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Marysville after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2011.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The seasons in Marysville: chilly winters, warm summers. Summer afternoons peak near 86° in July, and January nights bottom out around 22°; snowfall runs to about 24 inches a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Among residents in Marysville, 16% are 65 or older. Adults 35 to 64 are 43% of residents (38% statewide). Also worth knowing: the town is growing: up 2.3% since 2020, to 2,717 residents (2025 estimate). 30% of adults 25 and older hold at least a bachelor’s degree, against 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Marysville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 21% | 18% |
| Median age | 41.3 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 21% | 20% | 22% |
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.5 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Marysville | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.6% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.1% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.9% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.7% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.7% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.3% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.4% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.3% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.3% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 36.1% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.6% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.3% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.5% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.3% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,700, single groups can be off by several points
Homes sold in Marysville spent a median 49 days on the market. Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 3.9% in value. The share of households in Marysville who are owner-occupiers: 83%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
5 within 15 miles of the center of Marysville
About 3 of every 100 Marysville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Where Marysville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Marysville is a borough in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,652 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. The borough was settled in 1755, incorporated as the Borough of Haley in 1866, and re-incorporated as the Borough of Marysville in 1867.
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4 towns share a border with Marysville.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Middle Paxton Township (B+) comes closest.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marysville | #224 | A | A− | A− | B | B+ |
| Middle Paxton Township | #502 | B+ | B+ | — | C+ | A |
| Susquehanna Township | #760 | C+ | C | B− | C− | B− |
| Penn Township | #679 | B− | B | — | B | C+ |
| Rye Township | — | — | B | — | B | B+ |
Rye Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Middle Paxton Township, Penn Township and Rye Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Marysville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Marysville grades A overall, better than 88% of U.S. towns and #224 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B+ for health, A− for safety and B for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
