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North Cornwall Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 881st among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its public schools beat 59% of Pennsylvania towns on state tests and graduation. A typical home there costs about $240K, 3.1 years of the Lebanon metro’s $78K median household income. 20% of the land in North Cornwall Township is conserved, above both the Pennsylvania town median (8.2%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). Gloninger Estate is on the National Register of Historic Places.
7,553 counted in 2010 and 8,489 in 2020; an estimated 9,661 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 13.8% since 2020, after 12.4% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far North Cornwall Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 6,403 in 2000, 8,511 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2009 and 6 maps from 1891 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around North Cornwall Township. Close and well known come first.
11 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
39 mi National MonumentCarlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
11 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Stadium
11 mi MuseumHershey's Chocolate World
11 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Arena39 mi Theme parkKnoebels Amusement ResortHersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · 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
Who provides power, water and the rest in North Cornwall 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 North Cornwall Township.
4.2 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Gloninger Park, at 26 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Snitz Creek Park | 0.9 mi | 18 |
| 2. Gloninger Park | 0.4 mi | 26 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
North Cornwall Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 21° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
North Cornwall Township has about as many jobs (3,479) as working residents, but only 174 people both live and work here. The average commute takes 20 minutes, against 26.3 across Pennsylvania.
Most working residents leave North Cornwall Township for work: only 5% work in town. North Cornwall Township’s average trip to work is 20 minutes, against 26 minutes in Pennsylvania’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. 7.3% of North Cornwall Township workers work from home.
| North Cornwall Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 7.3% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.5% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
North Cornwall Township's reported crime rate is below Pennsylvania's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 10 violent crimes were reported in 2024.
| North Cornwall Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 11.1 per 1,000 residents | 6.7 | 11.5 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 1 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.7 |
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
Adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (22% statewide); children under 18 are 25% of residents (21% statewide). North Cornwall Township has grown 14% since 2020, to 9,661 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. North Cornwall Township’s median age is 38.9 years.
| North Cornwall Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 25% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 38.9 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 29% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 18% | 21% | 18% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| North Cornwall Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.1% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.4% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.6% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.6% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.5% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.5% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.9% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.9% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.5% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.4% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 37.2% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.7% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.3% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.1% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.3% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 59% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 43 flood insurance claims have been paid out in North Cornwall Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
10% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in North Cornwall Township.
| North Cornwall Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 6.9% | 8.1% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 38% | 36% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | North Cornwall Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 10% | 5.8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.6% | 7.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.8% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2 within 15 miles of the center of North Cornwall Township
About 5 of every 100 North Cornwall Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, United States
North Cornwall Township is a township in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of North Cornwall Township was 8,511 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Lebanon, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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7 towns share a border with North Cornwall Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Cornwall Township | #881 | C | C+ | — | B | C+ |
| Lebanon | #987 | D | B | B− | D | D |
| Cleona | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | B |
| Pleasant Hill | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| South Lebanon Township | #358 | A− | C+ | A+ | B | C+ |
| West Cornwall Township | — | — | B | — | B | B− |
| West Lebanon Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cornwall | #331 | A− | D | A+ | B | B+ |
Cleona and West Cornwall Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. North Cornwall Township, Cleona and West Cornwall Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Pleasant Hill and West Lebanon Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare North Cornwall Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
North Cornwall Township grades C overall, better than 30% of U.S. towns and #881 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C+ 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+.
