Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 17,792.
South Middleton Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades A overall, 271st among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $92K. It also does better than most on schools: its schools rank ahead of 78% of Pennsylvania towns. A typical home there costs about $272K, 3.4 years of the Harrisburg metro’s $81K median household income. 18% of the land in South Middleton Township is conserved, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 8.2% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. South Middleton Township has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Boiling Springs Historic District and James Given Tavern.
Where South Middleton Township beats most towns.
14,663 counted in 2010 and 16,135 in 2020; an estimated 17,792 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 10.2% since 2020, after 10% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far South Middleton Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 maps from 1904 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around South Middleton Township. Close and well known come first.
5 mi National MonumentCarlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
Big draw31 mi LandmarkRaven Rock Mountain Complex
29 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
23 mi Ancient siteGettysburg Battlefield
10 mi State parkPine Grove Furnace State Park
22 mi LandmarkGettysburg National CemeteryCarlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Raven Rock Mountain Complex: US Government, Public domain · Hersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gettysburg Battlefield: Veggies, Public domain · Pine Grove Furnace State Park: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gettysburg National Cemetery: Photo: Henryhartley at en.wikipedia Statue: Randolph Rogers (1825-1892), Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in South Middleton 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 South Middleton Township.
32 miles of trail wind through 7 parks and preserves. State Game Lands Number 305, at 672 acres with 2.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. The trail network density for South Middleton Township comes to 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mount Holly Marsh Preserve | 5.4 mi | 603 |
| 2. State Game Lands Number 305 | 2.2 mi | 672 |
| 3. Spring Meadows Park | 1.5 mi | 88 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Of its 8 schools, three are listed below, each with the reason. The largest public high school is Boiling Springs HS, with 707 students. South Middleton SD runs its public schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow Breeches MSLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 508 | B− |
| Boiling Springs HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 707 | A |
| Iron Forge El SchTop results in townGrades 3–5 | Grades 3–5 | 468 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Of the losses FEMA expects in South Middleton Township, 68% come from inland flooding and 10% from hurricanes. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 80% of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims locally since 1979: 26.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Just over a fifth of adults get no exercise outside work in South Middleton Township. Of 26 CDC measures, South Middleton Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 2 and trails it on 1.
| South Middleton Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 24% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | South Middleton Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.5% | 14.5% |
| More adults seeing a dentist | 68.5% | 64.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In July, afternoons reach 86°; in January, nights fall to 22°, and about 31 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Jobs based here grew from 7,202 in 2013 to 9,962.
Only 12% of working residents stay in South Middleton Township for work; the rest commute out. Employers in South Middleton Township added 2,760 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 9,962. Its average trip to work stands at 23 minutes.
| South Middleton Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 19% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Here, 38% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 35% in Pennsylvania as a whole. Adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (22% statewide). South Middleton Township has grown 10% since 2020, to 17,792 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. Among residents locally, 23% are 65 or older.
| South Middleton Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46.9 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 29% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 21% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 20% | 22% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.9 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| South Middleton Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.9% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.7% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.3% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.1% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.9% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.4% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.6% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.9% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.2% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.4% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.7% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 18% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.6% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.5% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.8% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
2 within 15 miles of the center of South Middleton Township
About 4 of every 100 South Middleton Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
4 places in South Middleton Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
South Middleton Township is a township in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 14,663 at the 2010 census, up from 12,939 at the 2000 census.
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7 towns share a border with South Middleton Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Middleton Township | #271 | A | B− | — | A− | B+ |
| Carlisle | #706 | B− | C+ | B− | B− | B− |
| Monroe Township | #226 | A | C | — | A | A− |
| Middlesex Township | #497 | B+ | B− | B− | A | B |
| Dickinson Township | #501 | B+ | B | — | B− | B+ |
| Huntington Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Latimore Township | #493 | B+ | C | A+ | B+ | B− |
| Silver Spring Township | #172 | A | C− | B+ | A | A |
Huntington Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. South Middleton Township, Monroe Township, Dickinson Township and Huntington Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare South Middleton Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. South Middleton Township grades A overall, better than 85% of U.S. towns and #271 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B+ for health and A− for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
