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A town of 3,881. Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Mount Joy Township grades B− overall, 658th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. It also does better than most on incomes: the median household earns $94K. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $345K, 4.1 years of the Gettysburg metro’s $84K median household income. 17% of the land in Mount Joy Township is conserved, above both the Pennsylvania town median (8.2%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). Its National Register listings include Spangler-Benner Farm and Rock Creek-White Run Union Hospital Complex.
Where Mount Joy Township beats most towns.
Where Mount Joy 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 Mount Joy Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,232 in 2000, 3,782 in 2020. The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 2000 and 6 maps from 1908 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mount Joy Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw13 mi LandmarkRaven Rock Mountain Complex
30 mi National MonumentCarlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
4 mi Ancient siteGettysburg Battlefield
2 mi National Military ParkGettysburg National Military Park730K visitors a year
5 mi LandmarkGettysburg National Cemetery
4 mi National Historic SiteEisenhower National Historic Site75K 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 · Gettysburg National Military Park: David Dugan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gettysburg National Cemetery: Photo: Henryhartley at en.wikipedia Statue: Randolph Rogers (1825-1892), Public domain · Eisenhower National Historic Site: Jack E. Boucher, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mount Joy 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 Mount Joy Township.
Jobs based here fell from 909 in 2013 to 704.
In Mount Joy Township, the typical journey to work is 29 minutes, against 26 minutes in Pennsylvania’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. For most workers, Mount Joy Township is a place to come home to: only 5% work in town. Since 2013, Mount Joy Township has lost 205 jobs, to 704 in 2023. Half the trips to work are shorter than 17 miles.
| Mount Joy Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $94,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.5% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoffman Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 2–12 | Grades 2–12 | 71 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
6.4 miles of trail. Mount Joy Township’s density of trails comes in at 0.3 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Summer afternoons peak near 87° in July, and January nights bottom out around 22°; snowfall runs to about 28 inches a winter. Winters in Mount Joy Township are chilly and summers warm.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected losses in Mount Joy Township break down as 61% from inland flooding and 13% from hurricanes. On expected storm and flood damage, Mount Joy Township sits below 64% of U.S. communities. This Pennsylvania town has had 2 paid flood insurance claims since 2011.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four in five adults had a checkup this year in Mount Joy Township. In Mount Joy Township, 15% of adults smoke cigarettes, and 36% have obesity.
| Mount Joy Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 80% | 79% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 35% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 38% | 36% |
| What stands out | Mount Joy Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
3,881 people lived in Mount Joy Township by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate, 2.6% more than in 2020. People 65 and older are nearly a quarter of residents (20% statewide). The share of adults 25 and older in Mount Joy Township who hold a bachelor’s degree or more: 38%.
| Mount Joy Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 24% | 21% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 44.8 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 22% | 20% | 22% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.9 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Mount Joy Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.4% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.4% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.4% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.3% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.7% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.5% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.3% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.9% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.6% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 12% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.4% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.8% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.2% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,900, single groups can be off by several points
3 within 15 miles of the center of Mount Joy Township
About 3 of every 100 Mount Joy Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
3 places in Mount Joy Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Mount Joy Township is a township in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,670 at the 2010 census.
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4 towns share a border with Mount Joy Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Joy Township | #658 | B− | C | — | B | B |
| Germany Township | #767 | C+ | C+ | — | C+ | B− |
| Cumberland Township | #134 | A | B | A | B+ | B+ |
| Mount Pleasant Township | #668 | B− | B− | — | B | B |
| Straban Township | #247 | A | B | — | B+ | B |
Mount Joy Township, Germany Township, Mount Pleasant Township and Straban Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Mount Joy Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Mount Joy Township grades B− overall, better than 54% of U.S. towns and #658 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B 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 C.
