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Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 95% of U.S. towns. Overall it grades C, 877th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. A typical home there costs about $272K, 3.2 years of the York metro’s $85K median household income. Peach Bottom Township’s average trip to work is 35 minutes, above both the Pennsylvania town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Its National Register listings include Coulsontown Cottages Historic District.
Where Peach Bottom Township beats most towns.
Where Peach Bottom 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 Peach Bottom Township is from typical.
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The archive holds a map from 1983 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Peach Bottom 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 Peach Bottom Township.
62% of working residents cross a state line to work, Cockeysville among the top destinations. Jobs based here fell from 1,569 in 2013 to 1,142.
The top destinations are Bel Air (7%), Cockeysville (3%) and Towson (3%). For most workers, Peach Bottom Township is a place to come home to: only 6% work in town. Jobs locally fell by 427 from 2013 to 2023, to 1,142. 2.9% of Peach Bottom Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Peach Bottom Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.9% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $85,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its one school is below. Public schools: South Eastern SD. 255 students attend Peach Bottom Township’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta-Peach Bottom El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 255 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Trails run 11 miles in 1 park or preserve. Peach Bottom Township’s trail density is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cold Cabin Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The range runs from 23° on a January night to 86° on a July afternoon, with about 29 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Four-year graduates: just over a quarter of adults 25 and older here, 35% across Pennsylvania. The age mix tracks Pennsylvania closely: no broad group is more than 4 points off. For residents in Peach Bottom Township, the share who are under 18 is 17%. 5,108 people lived in Peach Bottom Township by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate, 2.7% more than in 2020.
| Peach Bottom Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 18% | 21% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 26% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 41.8 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.9 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Peach Bottom Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.7% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.5% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 19% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.2% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 5.2% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 20.2% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.2% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.3% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 37.6% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.4% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.5% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 15.7% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.4% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
64% of Peach Bottom Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hurricanes at 14%. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 56% of U.S. communities. This Pennsylvania town has had 7 paid flood insurance claims since 1979.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The share of adults in Peach Bottom Township who have been diagnosed with depression: 26%. 19% of adults smoke cigarettes locally.
| Peach Bottom Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 77% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Peach Bottom Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7.5% | 5.8% |
| More smokers | 19.3% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Peach Bottom Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaM&T Bank Stadium
36 mi Stadium & arenaOriole Park at Camden Yards
36 mi MuseumNS Savannah
36 mi National MonumentFort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine283K visitors a year
36 mi GardenLongwood Gardens
35 mi MuseumWalters Art MuseumM&T Bank Stadium: United States Department of Defense Cherie Cullen, Public domain · Oriole Park at Camden Yards: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0 · NS Savannah: Elton Lord/Atomic Energy Commission, Public domain · Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine: ScottyBoy900Q at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Longwood Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Walters Art Museum: Dylan k, CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Peach Bottom Township
About 2 of every 100 Peach Bottom Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
4 places in Peach Bottom Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Peach Bottom is an unincorporated village in Fulton Township, Lancaster County, in the state of Pennsylvania, United States. It lies on the east bank of the Susquehanna River. The original town of Peach Bottom was located across the river in York County. With the construction of the Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad up the east side of the Susquehanna (1866–1868), a station was built on the Lancaster County side, near the mouth of Peters Creek, from which Peach Bottom could be reached by ferry. This was known as Peach Bottom Station. The Peach Bottom Railway had terminals at both Peach Bottom and Peach Bottom Station; a planned bridge to connect them was never built. The line on the east s…
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6 towns share a border with Peach Bottom Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peach Bottom Township | #877 | C | B− | — | B | B− |
| Lower Chanceford Township | #822 | C+ | C+ | — | C | B |
| Susquehanna Trails | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fulton Township | #938 | C− | B− | — | C+ | C− |
| Delta | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Drumore Township | #898 | C | B− | — | C+ | C |
| Fawn Township | #718 | B− | C+ | — | B | B |
Peach Bottom Township, Lower Chanceford Township, Fulton Township, Drumore Township and Fawn Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Susquehanna Trails and Delta aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Peach Bottom Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Peach Bottom Township grades C overall, better than 30% of U.S. towns and #877 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health and B 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 B−.
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