Sadsbury TownshipLancaster County, PA
It is a town of 3,489 residents in Pennsylvania.
Is Sadsbury Township a good place to live?
An even record, with no subject far from the norm. Its lowest grade is for cost of living — the typical home is worth about $383K, 4.4 years of the Lancaster metro’s $87K median household income. With a C overall, Sadsbury Township is better than 31% of U.S. towns and ranks 868th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. Incomes are its strong suit: the median household earns $93K. Sadsbury Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 84% of U.S. towns. 36% of residents are under 18 here, against 20% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 22% across U.S. towns. The town’s age of the median resident is 26 years, below both the Pennsylvania town median (43.2 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). The rest of its grades are middling: B− for walkability and B− for hazard risk.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · FEMA National Risk Index.
90% of working residents leave Sadsbury Township for work
Where Sadsbury Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Sadsbury Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Sadsbury Township is from typical.
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Longwood Gardens and 60 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sadsbury Township. Close and well known come first.
19 mi GardenLongwood Gardens
12 mi Theme parkDutch Wonderland
24 mi MuseumWinterthur Museum, Garden and Library
35 mi Stadium & arenaSubaru Park
8 mi MuseumRailroad Museum of Pennsylvania
29 mi LandmarkFort ChristinaPhoto credits
Longwood Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library: Photo by and (c)2007 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), CC BY-SA 2.5 · Subaru Park: Something Original (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania: Dough4872, Public domain · Fort Christina: Jerrye & Roy Klotz MD, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Sadsbury Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sadsbury 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Sadsbury Township.
Sadsbury Township’s public schools trail 62% of Pennsylvania districts
One of its 5 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairhaven Christian School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 100 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Sadsbury Township has 0.7 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Sadsbury Township had 1,010 jobs in 2023, up 196 from 2013. Only a tenth of working residents stay in Sadsbury Township for work; the rest commute out. The top destinations are Salisbury Township (6%), West Sadsbury Township (4%) and West Fallowfield Township (4%). 12% of residents live below the poverty line in the town.
| Sadsbury Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $93,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 10% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Sadsbury Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 85° and January nights of 22°, with about 18 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with most of Pennsylvania and the rest of the country, fewer of Sadsbury Township’s adults had a checkup this year
Against the 9,590 U.S. towns with household incomes like Sadsbury Township’s, it is less healthy than 79%, so it trails even them.
Sadsbury Township: 26% of adults have been diagnosed with depression. Two figures for adults here: 19% report frequent mental distress, 19% binge drink.
| Sadsbury Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Sadsbury Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 10.2% | 5.8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.2% | 14.5% |
| More smokers | 19.8% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Natural hazards: moderate risk in Sadsbury Township, mostly inland flooding
Expected losses in Sadsbury Township break down as 61% from inland flooding and 20% from hurricanes. FEMA expects more storm and flood damage here than in half of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Sadsbury Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Sadsbury Township
About 3 of every 100 Sadsbury Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Sadsbury Township’s neighbors
8 towns share a border with Sadsbury Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sadsbury Township | #868 | C | C+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| West Fallowfield Township | — | — | C+ | A+ | C+ | B− |
| West Sadsbury Township | — | — | C | B− | C+ | B− |
| Upper Oxford Township | #469 | B+ | C+ | — | B | B+ |
| Christiana | — | — | B | — | C+ | B− |
| Bart Township | #818 | C+ | C+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| Salisbury Township | #856 | C | C− | — | C+ | C+ |
| Colerain Township | #874 | C | C+ | — | C+ | C |
West Fallowfield Township, West Sadsbury Township and Christiana have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Sadsbury Township, Upper Oxford Township, Christiana, Bart Township, Salisbury Township and Colerain Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Sadsbury Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Sadsbury Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sadsbury Township, PA a good place to live?
Sadsbury Township grades C overall, better than 31% of U.S. towns and #868 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C+ for health and C+ for schools.
Is Sadsbury Township, PA expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.