Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Strasburg Township’s strongest subject is schools (A): its schools rank ahead of 85% of Pennsylvania towns. At B+ overall, Strasburg Township is better than 73% of U.S. towns and ranks 414th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. Incomes is a strength too (B+): the median household earns $94K. A typical home there costs about $334K, 3.8 years of the Lancaster metro’s $87K median household income. What counts against it is walkability (C+). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 60% of U.S. towns. 31% of the land here is conserved, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 8.2% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 94% of U.S. towns, with 28 places on the National Register.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · USGS PAD-US.
Where Strasburg Township beats most towns.
Its 28 National Register listings are more than in 99% of Pennsylvania towns with a listing.
Census counts: 445 in 1840, 3,117 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 6 maps from 1912 on.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Strasburg Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Strasburg 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 Strasburg Township.
Strasburg Township keeps more of its land conserved than most of Pennsylvania and has added a third more jobs in ten years, but it has a long record of flood insurance claims.
One of its 7 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Valley School/John King, Chairman PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 28 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Strasburg Township: 14% of residents are 65 or older. The Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate puts Strasburg Township at 4,704 residents, up 6.1% since 2020. Children under 18 are 38% of residents (21% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 31% of residents (38% statewide). Here, 30% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 35% in Pennsylvania as a whole.
| Strasburg Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 29.9 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 21% | 18% |
47% women, 53% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.9 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Strasburg Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 25.4% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.4% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.6% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.1% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 6.1% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.7% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.2% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.6% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 27.1% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.9% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 7.9% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 3.2% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.3% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.5% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,700, single groups can be off by several points
Its 3,903 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 91% of Pennsylvania towns.
1.1 miles of trail. In Strasburg Township, the trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The share of adults in Strasburg Township who get no exercise outside work: 22%. 19% of adults binge drink here.
| Strasburg Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 24% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 34% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Strasburg Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7.6% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expect July afternoons of 86° and January nights of 22°, with about 21 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Jobs based here grew from 1,113 in 2013 to 1,586.
The top destinations are Lancaster (8%), East Lampeter Township (7%) and West Lampeter Township (6%). Just nearly a tenth of Strasburg Township’s working residents have a job in town. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs locally rose by 473, to 1,586. The average commute for Strasburg Township comes to 29 minutes.
| Strasburg Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $94,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 9.4% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
131 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 12 properties have flooded more than once.
In Strasburg Township, the FEMA risk score is 50 of 100. 131 flood insurance claims have been paid here since 1978. FEMA puts 65% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 15% to hurricanes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Strasburg Township. Close and well known come first.
33 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
5 mi Theme parkDutch Wonderland
in town MuseumRailroad Museum of Pennsylvania
28 mi GardenLongwood Gardens
33 mi MuseumWinterthur Museum, Garden and Library
38 mi LandmarkFort ChristinaHersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania: Dough4872, Public domain · Longwood Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library: Photo by and (c)2007 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), CC BY-SA 2.5 · Fort Christina: Jerrye & Roy Klotz MD, CC BY-SA 3.0
8 within 15 miles of the center of Strasburg Township
About 3 of every 100 Strasburg Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
28 places in Strasburg Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Strasburg (Pennsylvania German: Schtraasebarig or Schtraasbarig) is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It developed as a linear village stretching approximately 2 miles (3 km) along the Great Conestoga Road, later known as the Strasburg Road. The population was 3,117 at the 2020 census. The town was named after the then German city of Strasbourg, (today part of France) the native home of an early settler. The town is often called "Train Town USA" because of the many railroad attractions in and around town, including the Strasburg Rail Road and the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. Much of the movie Witness was filmed on a farm nearby. Much of the borough was listed a…
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7 towns share a border with Strasburg Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strasburg Township | #414 | B+ | C+ | — | A | B+ |
| Providence Township | #838 | C | B | — | C+ | C |
| West Lampeter Township | #479 | B+ | D | A | A | B− |
| East Lampeter Township | #681 | B− | C | C+ | B+ | B− |
| Refton | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paradise Township | #855 | C | C | — | C+ | C+ |
| Eden Township | — | — | C | — | C+ | C+ |
| Pequea Township | #416 | B+ | C | — | A− | B+ |
Eden Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Strasburg Township, Providence Township, Paradise Township, Eden Township and Pequea Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Refton isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Strasburg Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Strasburg Township grades B+ overall, better than 73% of U.S. towns and #414 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+.
