Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Maxatawny Township grades B overall, better than 56% of U.S. towns. Natural-hazard risk is low. Its schools outperform 77% of the state's. What holds it back is price: homes are expensive, about $290K for a typical one and 3.6 times the Reading metro’s $80K median household income. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 91% of U.S. towns, with 4 places on the National Register. Maxatawny Township is a college campus (most residents are students), so it isn’t ranked among Pennsylvania’s towns. 24% of the land in Maxatawny Township is conserved, against 8.2% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Maxatawny Township is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 88% of U.S. towns. Of the 1,035 Pennsylvania towns we compare, none has a lower median age than Maxatawny Township.
Where Maxatawny Township beats most towns.
Hottenstein MansionWhere Maxatawny 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 Maxatawny Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 3 maps from 1965 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Maxatawny Township. Close and well known come first.
12 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
15 mi Stadium & arenaPPL Center
32 mi National Historical ParkValley Forge National Historical Park1.8M visitors a year
20 mi Park & preserveRoadside America16 mi Stadium & arenaSovereign Center
31 mi Park & preserveLehigh RiverDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Valley Forge National Historical Park: The original uploader was JGHowes at English Wikipedia. (Original text: en:User, Attribution · Roadside America: Mark Fleisher, President and CEO of Aim Advertising in Lewisburg, PA,, Public domain · Lehigh River: The original uploader was Malepheasant at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Maxatawny 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 Maxatawny Township.
Maxatawny Township is shaped by its college students, draws workers from Reading and beyond and is healthier than towns with similar incomes.
57.5% of residents are enrolled in college, against 6.1% statewide, which pulls the median age down.
11% of residents are under 18 in Maxatawny Township, below both the Pennsylvania town median (20%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). 9.1% of Maxatawny Township residents are 65 or older. Maxatawny Township has grown 17% since 2020, to 8,396 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Maxatawny Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 11% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 9.1% | 21% | 18% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.9 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women. Median age: women 20.5, men 20.8.
| Maxatawny Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 5.7% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.1% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 60.4% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 5.2% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 3.9% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 6% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 4.6% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.2% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 14.8% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.2% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.3% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.9% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.8% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
10,354 jobs are based in Maxatawny Township, 5.1 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 17.6 minutes, against 26.3 across Pennsylvania.
Most working residents leave Maxatawny Township for work: only 13% work in town. The average trip to work in Maxatawny Township is 18 minutes. Since 2013, Maxatawny Township has added 7,849 jobs, to 10,354 in 2023.
| Maxatawny Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 13% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $69,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 85% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 12 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Maxatawny Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
4.3 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. Maxatawny Township’s trail density is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. William DeLong Memorial Park | 0.9 mi | 17 |
| 2. Kutztown North Park Est. 2013 | 0.6 mi | 7 |
| 3. Kutztown Borough Park | — | 11 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Maxatawny Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 21° and about 4 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 10,464 U.S. towns with household incomes like Maxatawny Township’s, it is healthier than 79%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income.
Maxatawny Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 6 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 21% of adults report frequent mental distress in Maxatawny Township.
| Maxatawny Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 16% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 34% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Maxatawny Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 9% | 11.6% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3.1% | 3.7% |
| More uninsured adults | 7.6% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
5 within 15 miles of the center of Maxatawny Township
College town 58 of every 100 Maxatawny Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
4 places in Maxatawny Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Maxatawny is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located on U.S. Route 222 in Maxatawny Township, Pennsylvania, United States, five miles east of Kutztown. It is in the Lehigh watershed and Schaefer Run flows through it to the Little Lehigh Creek. Maxatawny has a post office, with the ZIP code of 19538. Traffic speed on US 222 is reduced to 35 miles-per-hour passing through the village, which borders Lehigh County.
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8 towns share a border with Maxatawny Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxatawny Township | – | B | C− | — | A− | B |
| Longswamp Township | #385 | A− | B− | — | B | B+ |
| Rockland Township | #662 | B− | C− | — | B | B+ |
| Lyons | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dryville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Richmond Township | #688 | B− | C− | — | B | B+ |
| Bowers | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Weisenberg Township | #352 | A− | C− | — | A− | A− |
Maxatawny Township, Longswamp Township, Rockland Township, Richmond Township and Weisenberg Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Lyons, Dryville and Bowers aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Maxatawny Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Maxatawny Township grades B overall, better than 56% of U.S. towns. Maxatawny Township is a college campus (most residents are students), so it isn’t ranked among Pennsylvania’s towns. It grades B for health and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. 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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