Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Salisbury Township grades C overall, ranked 856th of 1032 in Pennsylvania, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $93K. On the other side, the typical home is worth about $388K, 4.5 years of the Lancaster metro’s $87K median household income. 31% of residents are under 18 in Salisbury Township, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 22%. Only 82 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns score lower on civic life. White Chimneys is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Salisbury Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Salisbury Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 10,012 in 2000, 11,531 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 5 maps from 1905 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Salisbury Township takes its name from Salisbury in Wiltshire, England, 3,510 miles across the Atlantic.
UKUK editionSalisbury Township, settled in 1806, takes its name from Salisbury, a large town in Wiltshire, England.
2 more U.S. towns are named after Salisbury:Salisbury, MA9,530Salisbury, CT4,290
Named after: each U.S. town’s Wikipedia article. Grades compare each town with towns in its own country, so they aren’t a head-to-head.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Salisbury Township. Close and well known come first.
39 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
21 mi GardenLongwood Gardens
12 mi Theme parkDutch Wonderland
27 mi MuseumWinterthur Museum, Garden and Library
36 mi Stadium & arenaSubaru Park
10 mi MuseumRailroad Museum of PennsylvaniaHersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · 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
Who provides power, water and the rest in Salisbury 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 Salisbury Township.
Salisbury Township trades workers with Leacock Township and other neighbors, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
Pequea Valley SD runs its public schools. Two of the 16 schools are below, and why each made the list. Salisbury Township’s only public school teaches 258 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 258 | C |
| Faith Mennonite HS PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 101 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
The range runs from 22° on a January night to 85° on a July afternoon, with about 23 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The concentration of trails in Salisbury Township is 0.1 miles per square mile. In 3 parks and preserves, walkers have 4.5 miles of trail. Welsh Mountain Nature Preserve, at 356 acres with 2.7 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Welsh Mountain Nature Preserve | 2.7 mi | 356 |
| 2. Money Rocks County Park | 1.1 mi | 92 |
| 3. Salisbury Township Park | 0.6 mi | 25 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Against the 9,602 U.S. towns with household incomes like Salisbury Township’s, it is less healthy than 82%, so it trails even them.
For adults 18 to 64 in Salisbury Township, the share who have no health insurance is 10%. Among adults here, 19% report frequent mental distress.
| Salisbury Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 79% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| What stands out | Salisbury Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 10.2% | 5.8% |
| More smokers | 20.2% | 15.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.2% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Salisbury Township has about as many jobs (4,118) as working residents, but only 662 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 2,019 in 2013 to 4,118.
Half the trips to work are shorter than 10 miles. In Salisbury Township, 5.3% of residents live below the poverty line. Only 15% of working residents stay in Salisbury Township for work; the rest commute out. Since 2013, Salisbury Township has added 2,099 jobs, to 4,118 in 2023.
| Salisbury Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $93,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Salisbury Township has had one paid flood insurance claim since 1978. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage here than in 57% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 63% come from inland flooding and 19% from hurricanes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Salisbury Township
About 3 of every 100 Salisbury Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Salisbury Township is a township in east central Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 11,531 at the 2020 census.
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7 towns share a border with Salisbury Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury Township | #856 | C | C− | — | C+ | C+ |
| East Earl Township | #418 | B+ | B− | A− | C+ | C |
| Caernarvon Township | #795 | C+ | C | — | C+ | C+ |
| Paradise Township | #855 | C | C | — | C+ | C+ |
| Leacock Township | #793 | C+ | C | — | C+ | C |
| Sadsbury Township | #868 | C | C+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| Honey Brook Township | #702 | B− | C− | — | A− | B− |
| West Caln Township | #690 | B− | C− | A | C− | B |
Salisbury Township, Caernarvon Township, Paradise Township, Leacock Township, Sadsbury Township and Honey Brook Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Salisbury Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Salisbury Township grades C overall, better than 32% of U.S. towns and #856 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C+ for health and C+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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