SalungaPA
A town of 3,355, settled in 1850.
Is Salunga a good place to live?
Salunga’s median age is 47.8 years, above both the Pennsylvania town median (43.2 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). 33% of the land in Salunga is conserved, against 8.2% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. We don’t grade Salunga yet; the figures below are still real.
98% of working residents leave Salunga for work
Where Salunga’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Hersheypark and 34 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Salunga. Close and well known come first.
18 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
12 mi Theme parkDutch Wonderland
18 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Stadium
18 mi MuseumHershey's Chocolate World
18 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Arena
14 mi MuseumEphrata CloisterPhoto credits
Hersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hersheypark Stadium: 45BearsFan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hershey's Chocolate World: Phillyfan0419, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hersheypark Arena: Hersheyarena4ever at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Ephrata Cloister: 1549bcp at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Moving to Salunga: who provides what
Salunga is unincorporated, so Lancaster County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 Salunga.
In Salunga, nearly a third of the land is conserved
One park or preserve covers 7 acres in Salunga.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Salunga Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Salunga faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
On expected storm and flood damage, Salunga sits below 83% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Salunga break down as 56% from inland flooding and 16% from hurricanes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.7 jobs for every working resident, most of Salunga’s workers commute out
For half of commuters, work is under 8 miles away. In Salunga, just over one in ten residents live below the poverty line. Most people who work leave Salunga to do it: just 2% work in town. The top destinations are East Hempfield Township (14%), Lancaster (12%) and Manheim Township (9%).
| Salunga | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More middle-aged adults than Pennsylvania overall
For adults 25 and older in Salunga, the share who hold a bachelor’s degree or more is 38%. Adults 35 to 64 are nearly half of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 14% of residents (22% statewide).
| Salunga | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 29% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 21% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 20% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 43% and 68% women
The Census survey reached too few of Salunga’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±12.6 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Salunga | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.4% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.7% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.2% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.6% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 16% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 21.7% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.3% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.1% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.6% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 41.4% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 6.3% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5.4% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.9% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.4% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,400, single groups can be off by several points
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Salunga
July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 23 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Salunga is
Among adults in Salunga, 19% binge drink. Two figures for adults here: 19% get no exercise outside work, 14% say their health is fair or poor.
| Salunga | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 24% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 19% | 19% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Salunga | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.7% | 3.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median home in Salunga sells for about $518K
84% of Salunga households live in a home they own.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Salunga
Colleges nearby
9 within 15 miles of the center of Salunga
About 3 of every 100 Salunga residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Salunga’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Salunga.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salunga | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Landisville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Salunga and Landisville aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Salunga with a neighbor →
Questions about Salunga
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Salunga, PA a good place to live?
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