Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A regional job hub with 22,593 jobs.
Springettsbury Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, ranked 555th of 1032 in Pennsylvania, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $86K. It also does better than most on health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 65% of the country. Its lowest everyday mark is in safety: its crime rate is higher than 65% of U.S. towns, with 29 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. A typical home there costs about $244K, 2.9 years of the York metro’s $85K median household income. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 91% of U.S. towns, with 3 places on the National Register. Springettsbury Township’s property crime rate is 18.5 per 1,000 residents, against 5.7 in Pennsylvania’s towns and 9.9 across U.S. towns. Springettsbury Township is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Rocky Ridge County Park, 338 acres with 7.2 miles of trail.
Where Springettsbury Township beats most towns.
Strickler Family Farmhouse
Census counts: 1,783 in 1900, 27,058 in 2020. The archive holds 6 maps from 1908 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Springettsbury Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Springettsbury 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 Springettsbury Township.
Springettsbury Township draws workers from York and beyond and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s.
22,593 jobs are based in Springettsbury Township, 2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Springettsbury Township for work: only 15% work in town. The average trip to work in Springettsbury Township is 22 minutes. The top destinations are York (11%), West Manchester Township (6%) and York Township (6%).
| Springettsbury Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by Central York SD. Three of its 10 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central York MSLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 844 | C+ |
| Central York HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,756 | A |
| East York El SchTop results in townGrades 3–5 | Grades 3–5 | 321 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
10 miles of trail in 11 parks and preserves.
| Springettsbury Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 8.5% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rocky Ridge County Park | 7.2 mi | 338 |
| 2. Springettsbury Park | 1.8 mi | 51 |
| 3. Springetts Oaks Park | 0.1 mi | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 76% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 36 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Springettsbury Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Springettsbury Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 25.2 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 83% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 688 to 544 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Springettsbury Township reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 65% report less.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Springettsbury Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 16% of adults report frequent mental distress in Springettsbury Township.
| Springettsbury Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 38% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Springettsbury Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7.4% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Pennsylvania average. 35% of Springettsbury Township adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. Springettsbury Township has grown 2.2% since 2020, to 27,617 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Springettsbury Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 39.9 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 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. Median age: women 42.7, men 38.4.
| Springettsbury Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.1% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.4% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.7% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.8% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.4% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.5% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.4% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.3% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.3% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.8% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.7% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.3% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.7% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.2% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.3% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Springettsbury Township. Close and well known come first.
21 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
30 mi National MonumentCarlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
21 mi Stadium & arenaHersheypark Stadium
21 mi MuseumHershey's Chocolate World
32 mi Ancient siteGettysburg Battlefield
24 mi Theme parkDutch WonderlandHersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Hersheypark Stadium: 45BearsFan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hershey's Chocolate World: Phillyfan0419, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gettysburg Battlefield: Veggies, Public domain · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Springettsbury Township
About 5 of every 100 Springettsbury Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Where Springettsbury Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 places in Springettsbury Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Springettsbury Township is a township in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 27,032 at the 2010 census. The township takes its name from Springett Penn, grandson of Pennsylvania founder William Penn. Located east and northeast of the city of York, the township hosts the York Galleria shopping mall and a large Harley-Davidson manufacturing plant.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
10 towns share a border with Springettsbury Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springettsbury Township | #555 | B | C+ | C+ | B | B+ |
| Spring Garden Township | #561 | B | C+ | — | B+ | C |
| East Manchester Township | #524 | B | C+ | — | B | B+ |
| Manchester Township | #571 | B | C+ | — | B | B− |
| Windsor Township | #815 | C+ | C | — | C | B+ |
| Pleasureville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hellam Township | #260 | A | B | A | B | B |
| York Township | #542 | B | C− | — | A− | B− |
Spring Garden Township, East Manchester Township, Manchester Township, Windsor Township and York Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Pleasureville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Springettsbury Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Springettsbury Township grades B overall, better than 62% of U.S. towns and #555 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B+ for health, C+ for safety and B 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 C+.
2 notable people were born here, including Jake Stephens and Frank Stephens.
