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A town of 6,186.
Springfield Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B+ overall, ranked 499th of 1032 in Pennsylvania, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools outperform 75% of the state's. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $334K, 3.9 years of the York metro’s $85K median household income. 29% of the land in Springfield Township is conserved, above both the Pennsylvania town median (8.2%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). On the outdoors, just 93 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do better. William H. Kain County Park, at 692 acres with 10.6 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Springfield Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Dallastown Area Intermediate Sch | 4–6 | 1,519 |
5,152 counted in 2010 and 6,026 in 2020; an estimated 6,186 in 2025.
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 Springfield Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,351 in 1930, 6,028 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 6 maps from 1908 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Springfield 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 Springfield Township.
Springfield Township sends many workers across the state line to Baltimore, owes part of its health edge to its incomes and has household incomes well above the Pennsylvania norm.
33 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. At 1.3 miles per square mile, Springfield Township’s trail density is above both Pennsylvania’s towns (0.4) and U.S. towns (0.4).
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. William H. Kain County Park | 10.6 mi | 692 |
| 2. Spring Valley County Park | 6.1 mi | 346 |
| 3. Richard M. Nixon County Park | 5 mi | 152 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by Dallastown Area SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallastown Area Intermediate SchLargest public middle schoolGrades 4–6 | Grades 4–6 | 1,519 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 89% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
21% of working residents cross a state line to work, Baltimore among the top destinations.
Most working residents leave Springfield Township for work: only 3% work in town. The median household income in Springfield Township is $122,000. Jobs based in Springfield Township grew to 1,524 in 2023, 227 more than in 2013.
| Springfield Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $122,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 19% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.4% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 5,423 U.S. towns with household incomes like Springfield Township’s, it is less healthy than 73%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Springfield Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 2 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 19% of adults binge drink in Springfield Township.
| Springfield Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 38% | 36% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Springfield Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.6% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3.4% | 3.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Springfield Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 21° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median household earns $122,188, against $77,971 across Pennsylvania, one input to its B+ for jobs and income.
Adults 35 to 64 are 43% of residents (38% statewide). Springfield Township has grown 2.5% since 2020, to 6,186 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 31% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Springfield Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 21% | 18% |
| Median age | 43.4 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 22% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 31% | 29% | 29% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.8 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Springfield Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.4% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.5% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.1% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.3% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.8% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.6% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.8% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.5% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.2% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 37.9% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 21% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.4% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.5% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.8% | 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 Springfield Township
About 2 of every 100 Springfield Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
29.2% of the town is conserved land, across 6 parks and preserves.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Springfield Township is a township in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,028 at the 2020 census.
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6 towns share a border with Springfield Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Township | #499 | B+ | C | — | A− | B+ |
| North Hopewell Township | #472 | B+ | B− | A | C | B+ |
| North Codorus Township | #517 | B+ | C | — | A− | B+ |
| York Township | #542 | B | C− | — | A− | B− |
| Codorus Township | #558 | B | C+ | — | A | B |
| Seven Valleys | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shrewsbury Township | #482 | B+ | C− | — | A | B+ |
Springfield Township, North Codorus Township, York Township, Codorus Township and Shrewsbury Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Seven Valleys isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Springfield Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Springfield Township grades B+ overall, better than 66% of U.S. towns and #499 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 C.