Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town was settled in 1796 and has 1,606 residents today.
The best of Milford Township’s subject grades are an A− for schools and the outdoors; the weakest is a D for hazard risk. On hazard risk, just 65 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do worse. The typical home is worth about $355K, 4.4 years of the Hemlock Farms area’s $81K median household income. 62% of the land in Milford Township is conserved, against 8.2% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Delaware State Forest, at 2,780 acres. Milford Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Milford Township beats most towns.
Where 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 Milford Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 746 in 1870, 1,103 in 2020. The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 1886 and 6 maps from 1913 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Milford Township. Close and well known come first.
10 mi MountainHigh Point
4 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a year
21 mi LakeLake Wallenpaupack
32 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
27 mi Theme parkLegoland New York
21 mi Ski areaMountain Creek44 runs · 1,001 ft verticalHigh Point: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Middle Delaware National Scenic River: Mike Serfas, Public domain · Lake Wallenpaupack: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Lake Musconetcong: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Legoland New York: MattCC716, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Mountain Creek: NHRHS2010, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in 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 Milford Township.
Walkers can cover 2.9 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. Milford Township’s trail density is 0.2 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves here: 5, covering 4,172 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cornelia and Florence Bridge Preserve | 2.3 mi | 243 |
| 2. Grey Towers National Historic Site | 0.5 mi | 92 |
| 3. Delaware State Forest | — | 2,780 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascend Acton Academy PrivateLargest school before high school | 48 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Commuting out is the norm in Milford Township: 8% of working residents work locally. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs here rose by 634, to 1,140. The top destinations are Milford (15%), Wallkill (4%) and Port Jervis (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.
| Milford Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $85,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.8% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
88% of Milford Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding. 3 flood insurance claims have been paid here since 2006. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 81% of U.S. communities.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1,606 people lived in Milford Township by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate, 5.4% more than in 2020. People 65 and older are 28% of residents (20% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (22% statewide). The median age for Milford Township comes to 45.9 years. Four-year graduates: 36% of adults 25 and older here, 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Milford Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 28% | 21% | 18% |
| Median age | 45.9 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 18% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 29% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.2 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Milford Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 5.3% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.5% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.3% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.7% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.1% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.5% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.4% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 17.7% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.5% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.1% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.4% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.5% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 15.4% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 20.6% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
Among adults in Milford Township, 15% report frequent mental distress. CDC measures, 26 in all: Milford Township beats Pennsylvania on 1 and trails on 1. 18% of adults in Milford Township binge drink; 33% have obesity.
| Milford Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 35% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Milford Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults getting cholesterol checked | 88% | 85.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Summer afternoons peak near 81° in July, and January nights bottom out around 16°; snowfall runs to about 41 inches a winter. Summers in Milford Township are pleasant, and winters chilly, snowy, with plenty of rain.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
None within 15 miles of Milford Township; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Milford Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
62.3% of the town is conserved land, across 5 parks and preserves.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Milford is a borough that is located in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat. Its population was 1,103 at the time of the 2020 census. Situated near the upper Delaware River, Milford is part of the New York metropolitan area.
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5 towns share a border with Milford Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milford Township | — | — | C | — | A− | B+ |
| Dingman Township | #736 | B− | C | — | A− | B+ |
| Milford | — | — | D | A− | A− | C− |
| Westfall Township | #799 | C+ | C | — | A− | B |
| Shohola Township | #601 | B | C+ | — | A− | A− |
Milford Township and Milford have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Milford Township, Dingman Township, Westfall Township and Shohola Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Milford Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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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