Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Monaghan Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades A overall, 231st among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $111K. It also does better than most on health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 77% of the country. A typical home there costs about $316K, 3.7 years of the York metro’s $85K median household income. Only 91 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns score lower on the outdoors. Monaghan Township’s median household income is $111,000, above both the Pennsylvania town median ($81,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Gilbert Bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Monaghan Township beats most towns.
Where Monaghan 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 Monaghan Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,132 in 2000, 2,676 in 2020. The archive holds 7 maps from 1906 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Monaghan Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi LandmarkRaven Rock Mountain Complex
13 mi National MonumentCarlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
19 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
19 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Stadium
19 mi MuseumHershey's Chocolate World
27 mi Ancient siteGettysburg BattlefieldRaven Rock Mountain Complex: US Government, Public domain · Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Hersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Hersheypark Stadium: 45BearsFan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hershey's Chocolate World: Phillyfan0419, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gettysburg Battlefield: Veggies, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Monaghan 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 Monaghan Township.
Monaghan Township has less tooth loss than most of Pennsylvania and sends most of its workers to Harrisburg and beyond.
Its widest gap with Pennsylvania is tooth loss: 8.9% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 14.5% statewide. Against the 6,963 U.S. towns with household incomes like Monaghan Township’s, it is healthier than 57%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
19% of adults binge drink in Monaghan Township. Monaghan Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 4 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 15% of adults report frequent mental distress in Monaghan Township.
| Monaghan Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Monaghan Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.9% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults in fair or poor health | 15.8% | 18.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Monaghan Township has 271 jobs for its 1,343 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Monaghan Township for work: only 4% work in town. 2.7% of Monaghan Township residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Harrisburg (8%), Lower Allen Township (6%) and Upper Allen Township (6%).
| Monaghan Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.7% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 16% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.8% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 73% of U.S. communities. Since 2009, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Monaghan Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Monaghan Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 30 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Monaghan Township’s trail density is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Monaghan Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.2% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 24% of residents (20% statewide). The median age in Monaghan Township is 46.9 years. Monaghan Township has grown 5.3% since 2020, to 2,817 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Monaghan Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46.9 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 24% | 21% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 29% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 20% | 22% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.4 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Monaghan Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.7% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.5% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.9% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.2% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.9% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.8% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.2% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.5% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.3% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.3% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.8% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.3% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.7% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,800, single groups can be off by several points
6 within 15 miles of the center of Monaghan Township
About 5 of every 100 Monaghan Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Monaghan Township is a township in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,676 at the 2020 census. The township was named after the town and county of Monaghan in Ireland.
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5 towns share a border with Monaghan Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monaghan Township | #231 | A | B | — | B+ | A− |
| Fairview Township | #351 | A− | B− | A− | B | B |
| Upper Allen Township | #66 | A+ | C− | A | A− | A |
| Messiah College | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Carroll Township | #160 | A | C | A+ | B+ | A− |
| Warrington Township | #344 | A− | B+ | — | B+ | B |
Monaghan Township and Warrington Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Messiah College isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Monaghan Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Monaghan Township grades A overall, better than 88% of U.S. towns and #231 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades A− for health and B+ for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
