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A town of 2,977, settled in 1814.
Mountville gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $348K, 4 years of the Lancaster metro’s $87K median household income. It grades A− overall, 275th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania. On the plus side, its public schools beat 84% of Pennsylvania towns on state tests and graduation. Mountville’s trail density is 1.6 miles per square mile, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (0.4) and U.S. towns (0.4). On civic life, just 119 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Froelich Park, at 25 acres.
Where Mountville beats most towns.
7.7% of the town is conserved land, across 4 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Mountville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 325 in 1860, 3,017 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 6 maps from 1902 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mountville, 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 Mountville.
Mountville pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
1.4 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Froelich Park | 0.9 mi | 25 |
| 2. Spring Hill Park | 0.3 mi | 5 |
| 3. Mountville Borough Park | 0.1 mi | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its A− for schools comes with a B for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $348K.
Its public schools are run by Hempfield SD. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountville El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 552 | B− |
| Dayspring Christian Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 364 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 82% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Mountville for work: only 2% work in town. At 31 minutes, Mountville’s average trip to work is above both the Pennsylvania town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Mountville’s median household income is $97,000.
| Mountville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 16% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $97,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Adults 18 to 34 are 12% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 24% of residents (20% statewide). 28% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania. 23% of Mountville residents are under 18.
| Mountville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 23% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 43.7 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.4 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Mountville | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 15.8% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.6% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.8% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 17.4% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.8% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.1% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.4% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.1% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 10.7% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 36.8% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 11.7% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.2% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14.6% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.1% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,000, single groups can be off by several points
Against the 8,980 U.S. towns with household incomes like Mountville’s, it is less healthy than 88%, so it trails even them.
Mountville beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 19% of adults smoke cigarettes in Mountville.
| Mountville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 19% | 19% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| What stands out | Mountville | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 8.5% | 5.8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.9% | 14.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.8% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The typical Mountville home is worth about $348,000, up 3.3% in a year, 21% above the Pennsylvania typical home.
| Mountville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 77% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,131 a month | $1,114 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Mountville has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mountville. Close and well known come first.
21 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
11 mi Theme parkDutch Wonderland
21 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Stadium
21 mi MuseumHershey's Chocolate World
21 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Arena
16 mi MuseumEphrata CloisterHersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hersheypark Stadium: 45BearsFan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hershey's Chocolate World: Phillyfan0419, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hersheypark Arena: Hersheyarena4ever at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Ephrata Cloister: 1549bcp at English Wikipedia, Public domain
9 within 15 miles of the center of Mountville
About 3 of every 100 Mountville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Where Mountville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Mountville is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,022 at the 2020 census, an increase over the figure of 2,802 tabulated in 2010. The original Charles Chips potato chip factory was located here.
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2 towns share a border with Mountville.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountville | #275 | A− | B | — | A− | C |
| West Hempfield Township | #216 | A | B | — | A− | B |
| Manor Township | #309 | A− | C | A | A− | B |
Mountville and West Hempfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Mountville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Mountville grades A− overall, better than 85% of U.S. towns and #275 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C for health and A− 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.
