Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,017, founded in 1901. Public schools that outperform most of Pennsylvania.
The best of Rose Valley’s subject grades are an A+ for incomes and schools and an A for walkability; the weakest is a D for cost of living. 87% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Rose Valley, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (29%) and U.S. towns (29%). Only 1 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score higher on incomes. Residents are healthier than 93% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Rose Valley has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Thunderbird Lodge and Rose Valley Historic District. Rose Valley has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Rose Valley beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Rose Valley is from typical.
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Census counts: 303 in 1930, 1,017 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1903 and 6 maps from 1894 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rose Valley. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw13 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw12 mi MuseumEastern State Penitentiary
Big draw18 mi MuseumLynnewood HallUSS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Lincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Xfinity Mobile Arena: Jen Smith, CC BY 3.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eastern State Penitentiary: Davidt8, Public domain · Lynnewood Hall: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Rose Valley, 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 Rose Valley.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| The School in Rose Valley PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 161 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
In Rose Valley, 10% of adults smoke cigarettes. 13% of adults say their health is fair or poor in the town, below both the Pennsylvania town median (19%) and the median of U.S. towns (19%). CDC measures, 26 in all: Rose Valley beats Pennsylvania on 12 and trails on 1.
| Rose Valley | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 17% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Rose Valley | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.4% | 14.5% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.7% | 5.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.7% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected losses in Rose Valley break down as 61% from inland flooding and 9% from heat waves. On expected storm and flood damage, Rose Valley sits below four fifths of U.S. communities. Federal aid has come to Rose Valley households in 3 declared disasters; the latest was in 2021.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Among working residents in Rose Valley, 0.7% work locally. Since 2013, Rose Valley has added 79 jobs, to 136 in 2023. The average trip to work here is 28 minutes. Half commute less than 11 miles.
| Rose Valley | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $247,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.9% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Summer afternoons peak near 87° in July, and January nights bottom out around 25°; snowfall runs to about 23 inches a winter. The seasons in Rose Valley: chilly winters, warm summers.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Only 5 of the 1,036 Pennsylvania towns we compare have a higher share of homes lived in by their owners than Rose Valley.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
34 within 15 miles of the center of Rose Valley
About 3 of every 100 Rose Valley residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Where Rose Valley’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
2 places in Rose Valley on the National Register of Historic Places.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Rose Valley is a small, historic borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its area is 0.73 square miles (1.9 km2), and the population was 1,190 in 2023. The area was settled by Quaker farmers in 1682, and later water mills along Ridley Creek drove manufacturing in the nineteenth century. In 1901, Rose Valley was founded as an Arts and Crafts community by architect William Lightfoot Price, who bought 80 acres (320,000 m2) of land around the former Rose Valley textile mill. Price was a follower of Henry George's economics (Georgism). Price also co-founded Arden, Delaware, a utopian single tax community based on Henry George's economic model. Nevertheless, the Georgist single-t…
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Public schools that outperform most of Pennsylvania.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $751,000, 162% above the Pennsylvania typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
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