Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Parkesburg grades C+ overall, 826th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Crime is low: it reports less per resident than 83% of U.S. towns and natural-hazard risk is low. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: homes are expensive, about $361K for a typical one and 4 times the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income. 17% of residents live below the poverty line in Parkesburg, against 7.6% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Parkesburg has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Parkesburg National Bank and Parkesburg School.
Where Parkesburg beats most towns.
Parkesburg National BankWhere Parkesburg’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 Parkesburg is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,151 in 1870, 3,862 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 6 maps from 1904 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Parkesburg. Close and well known come first.
Big draw40 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw40 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw39 mi MuseumEastern State Penitentiary
14 mi GardenLongwood Gardens
40 mi MuseumAcademy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
39 mi Park & preserveSchuylkill RiverLincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Xfinity Mobile Arena: Jen Smith, CC BY 3.0 · Eastern State Penitentiary: Davidt8, Public domain · Longwood Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University: See below, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Schuylkill River: Emy111 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Parkesburg, 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 Parkesburg.
Parkesburg sends most of its workers to West Goshen Township and beyond and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s; it also has many renters stretched by housing costs.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 91% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Parkesburg since 1979.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
At 7.4 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 66% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns.
Parkesburg’s property crime rate is 1.9 per 1,000 residents.
| Parkesburg | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.9 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.5 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Parkesburg has 481 jobs for its 1,929 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 331 in 2013 to 481.
Most working residents leave Parkesburg for work: only 3% work in town. The average trip to work in Parkesburg is 31 minutes. Jobs based in Parkesburg grew to 481 in 2023, 150 more than in 2013.
| Parkesburg | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.9% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
63.6% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 48.2% across Pennsylvania. The median property tax bill is $6,071, against $3,311 across Pennsylvania, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
60% of Parkesburg households own their home. The typical Parkesburg home is worth about $361,000, up 2.6% in a year, 26% above the Pennsylvania typical home.
| Parkesburg | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 60% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,201 a month | $1,114 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Parkesburg has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 32 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 28% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 32% of residents (38% statewide). 14% of residents are 65 or older in Parkesburg. Parkesburg has grown 2.8% since 2020, to 3,976 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Parkesburg | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 25% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 21% | 18% |
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.4 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Parkesburg | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 16.4% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11.1% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17.1% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.5% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9.8% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.1% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.9% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.5% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.1% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.7% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 15.2% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.5% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,000, single groups can be off by several points
Parkesburg beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Parkesburg | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 79% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Parkesburg | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 8.3% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Minch Park | — | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Parkesburg
About 4 of every 100 Parkesburg residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
2 places in Parkesburg on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Parkesburg.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Parkesburg is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was counted as 3,984 at the 2020 census. The ZIP code is 19365.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
3 towns share a border with Parkesburg.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkesburg | #826 | C+ | C | A− | C+ | B− |
| Sadsbury Township | #509 | B+ | C | A | C− | B |
| West Sadsbury Township | — | — | C | B− | C+ | B− |
| Highland Township | — | — | C | — | C+ | B |
West Sadsbury Township and Highland Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Highland Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Parkesburg with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Parkesburg grades C+ overall, better than 36% of U.S. towns and #826 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health, A− for safety and C+ 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.
3 notable people were born here, including Jesse Matlack Baker and John Miller.
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