Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Menallen Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, 781st of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its public schools beat 60% of Pennsylvania towns on state tests and graduation. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: residents are less healthy than 66% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $262K, 3.1 years of the Gettysburg metro’s $84K median household income. 32% of the land in Menallen Township is conserved, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (8.2%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). On walkability, just 126 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do worse. Michaux State Forest, at 5,739 acres with 15.6 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Menallen Township beats most towns.
Where Menallen 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 Menallen Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,974 in 2000, 3,696 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 1930 and 6 maps from 1909 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Menallen Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi LandmarkRaven Rock Mountain Complex
17 mi National MonumentCarlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
12 mi Ancient siteGettysburg Battlefield
4 mi State parkPine Grove Furnace State Park
12 mi LandmarkGettysburg National Cemetery
9 mi National Military ParkGettysburg National Military Park730K visitors a yearRaven Rock Mountain Complex: US Government, Public domain · Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Gettysburg Battlefield: Veggies, Public domain · Pine Grove Furnace State Park: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gettysburg National Cemetery: Photo: Henryhartley at en.wikipedia Statue: Randolph Rogers (1825-1892), Public domain · Gettysburg National Military Park: David Dugan, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Menallen 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 Menallen Township.
Its 8,774 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 92% of Pennsylvania towns.
22 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Michaux State Forest | 15.6 mi | 5,739 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents leave Menallen Township for work: only 11% work in town. At 28 minutes, Menallen Township’s average trip to work is above both the Pennsylvania town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Since 2013, Menallen Township has added 65 jobs, to 994 in 2023.
| Menallen Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.9% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
19% of Menallen Township adults smoke cigarettes. Menallen Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 39% of Menallen Township adults have obesity.
| Menallen Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Menallen Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 9.1% | 5.8% |
| More smokers | 18.8% | 15.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.1% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Menallen Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 21° and about 31 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 66% of U.S. communities. Since 1985, 8 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Menallen Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
3 within 15 miles of the center of Menallen Township
About 0 of every 100 Menallen Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Menallen Township is a township that is located in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,515 at the time of the 2010 census. This American township is named after an older variant spelling of Moyallen, County Down, now in Northern Ireland.
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4 towns share a border with Menallen Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menallen Township | #781 | C+ | B | — | B | C |
| Franklin Township | #545 | B | B | — | B+ | C+ |
| Tyrone Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Butler Township | #631 | B | B+ | — | B | C+ |
| Gardners | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Tyrone Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Menallen Township, Franklin Township, Tyrone Township and Butler Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Gardners isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Menallen Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Menallen Township grades C+ overall, better than 41% of U.S. towns and #781 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C for health and B 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 B.
