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The town, home to 4,096 people, lies in Pennsylvania. Public schools that outperform most of Pennsylvania.
Schools are its strong suit: its public schools beat 78% of Pennsylvania towns on state tests and graduation. Paradise Township grades B− overall, better than 53% of U.S. towns. It ranks 663rd of 1032 in Pennsylvania. Walkability is its weak spot (D). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 93% of U.S. towns. Cost of living is weaker too (C): the typical home is worth about $271K, 3.2 years of the York metro’s $85K median household income. Only 168 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns score lower on the outdoors. Paradise Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 90% of U.S. towns.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · USGS PAD-US.
Where Paradise Township beats most towns.
Where Paradise 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 Paradise Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,164 in 1930, 3,970 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and 5 maps from 1920 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Paradise Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw28 mi LandmarkRaven Rock Mountain Complex
24 mi National MonumentCarlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
30 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
16 mi Ancient siteGettysburg Battlefield
16 mi LandmarkGettysburg National Cemetery
13 mi National Military ParkGettysburg National Military Park730K visitors a yearRaven 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 · Gettysburg Battlefield: Veggies, Public domain · Gettysburg National Cemetery: Photo: Henryhartley at en.wikipedia Statue: Randolph Rogers (1825-1892), Public domain · Gettysburg National Military Park: David Dugan, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Paradise 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 Paradise Township.
Public schools: Spring Grove Area SD. Its one school is below. 306 students attend Paradise Township’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 306 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Paradise Township has 297 jobs for its 2,010 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
The top destinations are Hanover (7%), York (7%) and Penn Township (6%). Commuting out is the norm in Paradise Township: 3% of working residents work locally. Also worth knowing: the town’s average commute stands at 30 minutes, above both the Pennsylvania town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Employers in Paradise Township added 102 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 297.
| Paradise Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.1% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.3% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Work from home | 9.8% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Summers in Paradise Township are warm, and winters chilly. Summer afternoons peak near 86° in July, and January nights bottom out around 22°; snowfall runs to about 29 inches a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Paradise Township has had 34 paid flood insurance claims since 1996. On expected storm and flood damage, Paradise Township sits below 66% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 64% come from inland flooding and 15% from hurricanes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Among adults in Paradise Township, 38% sleep under 7 hours, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 38% and U.S. towns at 36%. The town tracks Pennsylvania closely on all 26 CDC measures. 17% of Paradise Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Paradise Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 38% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 24% | 23% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Paradise Township
About 3 of every 100 Paradise Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Paradise Township is a settlement in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 3,970.
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8 towns share a border with Paradise Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise Township | #663 | B− | C | — | A− | B |
| Hamilton Township | #528 | B | B− | — | B+ | B− |
| Jackson Township | #666 | B− | C | — | A− | B |
| Abbottstown | — | — | A− | A | B+ | B− |
| Berwick Township | — | — | B | — | B+ | B− |
| Washington Township | #669 | B− | C+ | — | B+ | B |
| East Berlin | — | — | B | — | B+ | B− |
| Dover Township | #765 | C+ | C+ | — | B− | B |
Abbottstown, Berwick Township and East Berlin have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Paradise Township, Hamilton Township, Jackson Township, Berwick Township, Washington Township, East Berlin and Dover Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Paradise Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Paradise Township grades B− overall, better than 53% of U.S. towns and #663 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
