Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 13,707, laid out in 1794.
Salisbury Township's standout: it has 34 miles of trail. Overall it grades C, 901st among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. Its weakest subject is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $345K for a typical one and 4.1 times the Allentown metro’s $85K median household income. Salisbury Township’s trail density is 3.1 miles per square mile, above both the Pennsylvania town median (0.4) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Only 3 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns score lower on civic life. The biggest place to walk is Lehigh Mountain Park, 519 acres with 14.8 miles of trail.
Where Salisbury Township beats most towns.
20.2% of the town is conserved land, across 19 parks and preserves.
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: 291 in 1870, a peak of 980 in 1900, 706 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2013 and 7 maps from 1894 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Salisbury Township. Close and well known come first.
6 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
Big draw39 mi MuseumLynnewood Hall
2 mi Stadium & arenaPPL Center
13 mi Park & preserveLehigh River
33 mi National Historical ParkValley Forge National Historical Park1.8M visitors a year
2 mi MuseumAllentown Art MuseumDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lynnewood Hall: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lehigh River: The original uploader was Malepheasant at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Valley Forge National Historical Park: The original uploader was JGHowes at English Wikipedia. (Original text: en:User, Attribution · Allentown Art Museum: Alphageekpa (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
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 draws workers from Allentown and beyond, is one of Pennsylvania’s best towns for the outdoors and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #16 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lehigh Mountain Park | 14.8 mi | 519 |
| 2. South Mountain Preserve | 7.7 mi | 319 |
| 3. Franko Farm Recreation Area | 3.1 mi | 91 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by Salisbury Township SD. Two of its 6 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Salisbury SHS, with 546 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 461 | B− |
| Salisbury SHSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 546 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
14,940 jobs are based in Salisbury Township, 2.3 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Salisbury Township for work: only 9% work in town. At $101,000, Salisbury Township’s median household income is against $81,000 in Pennsylvania’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. Since 2013, Salisbury Township has added 882 jobs, to 14,940 in 2023.
| Salisbury Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $101,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 8.9% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.9% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 68% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 8 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Salisbury Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Salisbury Township has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 20° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Pennsylvania average. 23% of residents are 65 or older in Salisbury Township. 38% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Salisbury Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 21% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 44.7 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 19% | 20% | 22% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.6 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women. Median age: women 45.7, men 42.8.
| Salisbury Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.3% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.7% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.6% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.6% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.6% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.9% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.5% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.7% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.1% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.5% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.2% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.3% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.8% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Against the 8,393 U.S. towns with household incomes like Salisbury Township’s, it is less healthy than 73%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Salisbury Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 3 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 12% of Salisbury Township adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance.
| Salisbury Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 6.9% | 8.1% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 19% | 19% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | Salisbury Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.6% | 8.8% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 6.8% | 7.7% |
| More uninsured adults | 12.3% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
9 within 15 miles of the center of Salisbury Township
About 5 of every 100 Salisbury Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Where Salisbury Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 places in Salisbury Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
9 towns share a border with Salisbury Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury Township | #901 | C | C− | — | C | B− |
| Allentown | #1021 | D | C | C | D | D |
| Fountain Hill | #927 | C− | C | B | C | C+ |
| Upper Saucon Township | #108 | A+ | C− | A | A+ | A |
| Dorneyville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Emmaus | #319 | A− | C | B | A− | A− |
| Bethlehem | #942 | C− | C− | C+ | C | C+ |
| Upper Milford Township | #217 | A | C | — | A− | A− |
Salisbury Township and Upper Milford Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Dorneyville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Salisbury Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Salisbury Township grades C overall, better than 28% of U.S. towns and #901 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− 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−.
_08.jpg){kind=link}
