Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 13,031.
North Middleton Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B+ overall, 396th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is safety: it reports less crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns. It also does better than most on incomes: the median household earns $85K. A typical home there costs about $254K, 3.1 years of the Harrisburg metro’s $81K median household income. North Middleton Township’s average trip to work is 20 minutes, against 26 minutes in Pennsylvania’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. North Middleton Township has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Carlisle Indian School and Carlisle Armory.
Where North Middleton Township beats most towns.
Where North Middleton 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 North Middleton Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Carlisle Indian School is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 10,197 in 2000, 12,039 in 2020. The archive holds 3 maps from 1952 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around North Middleton Township. Close and well known come first.
in town National MonumentCarlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
Big draw37 mi LandmarkRaven Rock Mountain Complex
30 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
30 mi Ancient siteGettysburg Battlefield
16 mi State parkPine Grove Furnace State Park
29 mi LandmarkGettysburg National CemeteryCarlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Raven Rock Mountain Complex: US Government, Public domain · Hersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gettysburg Battlefield: Veggies, Public domain · Pine Grove Furnace State Park: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gettysburg National Cemetery: Photo: Henryhartley at en.wikipedia Statue: Randolph Rogers (1825-1892), Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in North Middleton 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 Middleton Township.
North Middleton Township has commutes shorter than most of Pennsylvania and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s.
At 7.7 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 64% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 7 reported in 2025, 0.5 per 1,000 residents.
For North Middleton Township, the property crime rate is 4.8 per 1,000 residents. Its rate of reported violence stands at 0.5 per 1,000 residents.
| North Middleton Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.8 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.5 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Carlisle Area SD runs its public schools. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. 2 public schools serve North Middleton Township, with 948 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestview El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 541 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
The average commute for its 5,333 working residents takes 19.6 minutes, against 26.3 across Pennsylvania.
Just 4% of North Middleton Township’s working residents have a job in town. The top destinations are Carlisle (16%), South Middleton Township (7%) and Middlesex Township (6%). The median commute is under 14 miles.
| North Middleton Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.6% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest park or preserve is State Game Lands Number 230, at 579 acres. There are 7.6 miles of trail across 6 parks and preserves. North Middleton Township’s density of trails comes in at 0.3 miles per square mile.
| North Middleton Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 8.1% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 230 | 0.6 mi | 579 |
| 2. North Middleton Park | 0.4 mi | 15 |
| 3. Creekview Park | 0.4 mi | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
In July, afternoons reach 86°; in January, nights fall to 23°, and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
21 flood insurance claims have been paid in North Middleton Township since 1978. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 67% of U.S. communities.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate puts North Middleton Township at 13,031 residents, up 7.8% since 2020. North Middleton Township: nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or older. In North Middleton Township, the midpoint age is 44.6 years. Pennsylvania has 35% of adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 29%.
| North Middleton Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 24% | 21% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 44.6 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| North Middleton Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.3% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.3% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.8% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.8% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.5% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.6% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.5% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.6% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.7% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.3% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.9% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.7% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.9% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.3% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
For adults in North Middleton Township, the share who binge drink is 18%. Of 26 CDC measures, North Middleton Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 and trails it on 1.
| North Middleton Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | North Middleton Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.1% | 14.5% |
| More uninsured adults | 7% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2 within 15 miles of the center of North Middleton Township
About 5 of every 100 North Middleton Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
2 places in North Middleton Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
North Middleton Township is a township in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 12,039 at the 2020 census. The township manager is John M. Epley
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7 towns share a border with North Middleton Township.
It grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Middlesex Township (B+) comes closest.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Middleton Township | #396 | B+ | B− | A− | B− | B |
| Carlisle | #706 | B− | C+ | B− | B− | B− |
| Spring Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C |
| Lower Frankford Township | — | — | B | — | B+ | B+ |
| Carroll Township | #861 | C | B− | — | B− | C |
| Middlesex Township | #497 | B+ | B− | B− | A | B |
| West Pennsboro Township | #589 | B | C+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Carlisle Barracks | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Spring Township and Lower Frankford Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Spring Township, Lower Frankford Township, Carroll Township and West Pennsboro Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Carlisle Barracks isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare North Middleton Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. North Middleton Township grades B+ overall, better than 75% of U.S. towns and #396 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health, A− for safety 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−.
