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For most people who can afford it, yes. Tinicum Township grades A overall, ranked 203rd of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It reports less crime per resident than 93% of U.S. towns. The median household earns $122K and residents are healthier than 81% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about $614K, 6.7 years of the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income. 35% of the land in Tinicum Township is conserved, against 8.2% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Tinicum Township has 11 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Erwinna Covered Bridge and Frankenfield Covered Bridge. Only 166 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns score higher on civic life.
Where Tinicum Township beats most towns.
Red Hill Church and SchoolWhere Tinicum Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Tinicum Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Its 11 National Register listings are more than in 95% of Pennsylvania towns with a listing.
Census counts: 1,330 in 1930, 3,818 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 1856 and 6 maps from 1890 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tinicum Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw29 mi MuseumLynnewood Hall
Big draw37 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw36 mi MuseumEastern State Penitentiary
37 mi MuseumAcademy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
36 mi MuseumPhiladelphia Museum of Art437K visitors a yearUSS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Lynnewood Hall: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eastern State Penitentiary: Davidt8, Public domain · Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University: See below, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Philadelphia Museum of Art: Unknown, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Tinicum 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 Tinicum Township.
Tinicum Township keeps more of its land conserved than most of Pennsylvania and has less tooth loss than most of Pennsylvania, but it has a long record of flood insurance claims.
Violent crime is rare: 0 reported in 2025, 0 per 1,000 residents.
At 0 per 1,000 residents, Tinicum Township’s violent crime rate is below both the Pennsylvania town median (0.7) and the median of U.S. towns (1.6). The property crime rate in Tinicum Township is 2.9 per 1,000 residents.
| Tinicum Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.9 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by Palisades SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tinicum El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 135 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Its 6,986 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 94% of Pennsylvania towns.
14 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is State Game Lands Number 56, at 634 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tohickon Valley Park | 9.1 mi | 523 |
| 2. Giving Pond Recreation Area | 1.2 mi | 147 |
| 3. State Game Lands Number 56 | 0.4 mi | 634 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its widest gap with Pennsylvania is tooth loss: 8.7% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 14.5% statewide. Against the 5,431 U.S. towns with household incomes like Tinicum Township’s, it is healthier than 55%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
14% of Tinicum Township adults report frequent mental distress. Tinicum Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 7 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 30% of Tinicum Township adults have obesity.
| Tinicum Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 35% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 24% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Tinicum Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.7% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults in frequent mental distress | 13.8% | 16.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.1% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The average commute for its 1,636 working residents takes 36.9 minutes, against 26.3 across Pennsylvania. 37.7% of workers work from home, against 15.6% across Pennsylvania.
Most working residents leave Tinicum Township for work: only 8% work in town. Tinicum Township’s average trip to work is 37 minutes. Jobs based in Tinicum Township grew to 903 in 2023, 141 more than in 2013.
| Tinicum Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 37 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $122,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Tinicum Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 20° and about 27 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
309 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 74 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 58% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 309 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Tinicum Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Tinicum Township
About 2 of every 100 Tinicum Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
11 places in Tinicum Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Tinicum Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,995 at the 2010 census. The Uhlerstown-Frenchtown Bridge, a free Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission bridge over the Delaware River, connects Uhlerstown to Frenchtown in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. It is located approximately 36 miles north of Center City, Philadelphia and 61 miles west of downtown New York City. This township includes both area codes 215/267/445 and 610/484. The township also has five different ZIP codes.
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7 towns share a border with Tinicum Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tinicum Township | #203 | A | C− | A | A− | A− |
| Bedminster Township | #222 | A | D | A | B+ | A |
| Plumstead Township | #156 | A | D | A | A | A |
| Nockamixon Township | #337 | A− | C | — | A− | B+ |
| Bridgeton Township | — | — | C | — | A− | B+ |
Bridgeton Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Nockamixon Township and Bridgeton Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Tinicum Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Tinicum Township grades A overall, better than 89% of U.S. towns and #203 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades A− for health, A for safety and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
