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Stewartstown’s best subject grades are an A for history and civic life. Stewartstown’s average trip to work is 35 minutes, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Stewartstown is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 72% of U.S. towns. On civic life, just 92 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns do better. Its National Register listings include Stewartstown Railroad Station. Stewartstown has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Stewartstown beats most towns.
Stewartstown Engine House, Stewartstown Railroad
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1884.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Stewartstown is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Stewartstown, 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 Stewartstown.
The typical Stewartstown home is worth about $399,000, up 4.7% in a year, 39% above the Pennsylvania typical home. 65% of households own their home in Stewartstown, below both the Pennsylvania town median (78%) and the median of U.S. towns (73%). The median rent in Stewartstown is $996 a month.
| Stewartstown | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 65% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $996 a month | $1,115 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most working residents leave Stewartstown for work: only 3% work in town. 20% of workers work from home in Stewartstown. Jobs based in Stewartstown grew to 456 in 2023, 61 more than in 2013.
| Stewartstown | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 20% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.3% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 71% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Stewartstown has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 21° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (22% statewide); children under 18 are 25% of residents (21% statewide). 23% of Stewartstown residents are 65 or older. Stewartstown has grown 3.8% since 2020, to 2,225 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Stewartstown | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 25% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 21% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 42.8 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
56% women, 44% men
About 78 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.2 points). Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Stewartstown | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.7% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.3% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.8% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.8% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.4% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.9% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.9% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.8% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.3% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.3% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.8% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.2% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.2% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.2% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.3% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,200, single groups can be off by several points
Stewartstown beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 7.
| Stewartstown | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Stewartstown | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10% | 7.7% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 4.4% | 3.7% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.7% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hopewell Area Parks and Recreation | — | 17 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Stewartstown. Close and well known come first.
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaM&T Bank Stadium
32 mi Stadium & arenaOriole Park at Camden Yards
37 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
34 mi MuseumNS Savannah
34 mi National MonumentFort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine283K visitors a year
32 mi MuseumWalters Art MuseumM&T Bank Stadium: United States Department of Defense Cherie Cullen, Public domain · Oriole Park at Camden Yards: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Hersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · NS Savannah: Elton Lord/Atomic Energy Commission, Public domain · Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine: ScottyBoy900Q at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Walters Art Museum: Dylan k, CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Stewartstown
About 4 of every 100 Stewartstown residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Where Stewartstown’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
2 places in Stewartstown on the National Register of Historic Places.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Stewartstown is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,125 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the York–Hanover metropolitan area.
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Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
That is 4.7 years of the area's median household income ($84,829 across the York-Hanover, PA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
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