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A town of 8,254.
Upper Milford Township grades A overall, 217th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $110K and residents are healthier than 84% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. It also does better than most on schools: its public schools beat 76% of Pennsylvania towns on state tests and graduation. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $396K, 4.7 years of the Allentown metro’s $85K median household income. 14% of the land in Upper Milford Township is conserved, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 8.2% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Schubert-Graber Log-Post Shop is on the National Register of Historic Places. Upper Milford Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 82% of U.S. towns.
Where Upper Milford Township beats most towns.
Where Upper Milford 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 Upper Milford Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 6,889 in 2000, 7,777 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and 5 maps from 1943 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Upper Milford Township. Close and well known come first.
6 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
Big draw35 mi MuseumLynnewood Hall
8 mi Stadium & arenaPPL Center
26 mi National Historical ParkValley Forge National Historical Park1.8M visitors a year
40 mi Zoo & aquariumPhiladelphia Zoo
21 mi Park & preserveLehigh RiverDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lynnewood Hall: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Valley Forge National Historical Park: The original uploader was JGHowes at English Wikipedia. (Original text: en:User, Attribution · Philadelphia Zoo: Jim, the Photographer, CC BY 2.0 · Lehigh River: The original uploader was Malepheasant at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Upper Milford 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 Upper Milford Township.
The share of adults in Upper Milford Township who binge drink is 18%, against 18% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 16% across U.S. towns. Among adults locally, 12% report frequent physical distress. The town beats the Pennsylvania average on 10 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Upper Milford Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 24% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Upper Milford Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.9% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults in fair or poor health | 15% | 18.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Of its 3 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premier Early Learning Center PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades K | Grades K | 12 | – |
| Salem Christian School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 182 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 84% of U.S. communities. Upper Milford Township has had 10 paid flood insurance claims since 1987. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 48% come from inland flooding and 26% from cold waves.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jobs in Upper Milford Township grew by 232 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 1,430. Only 6% of working residents stay in Upper Milford Township for work; the rest commute out. In Upper Milford Township, 3.5% of residents live below the poverty line. Half commute less than 9 miles.
| Upper Milford Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $110,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.5% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 15% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect July afternoons of 85° and January nights of 20°, with about 26 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 24% of residents (20% statewide). The midpoint age in Upper Milford Township is 47.9 years. Among adults 25 and older, 44% have a four-year degree or more, against 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Upper Milford Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 44% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 47.9 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 24% | 21% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 20% | 22% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.9 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Upper Milford Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.7% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.2% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.3% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.3% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.5% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.4% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.4% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.2% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.8% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.8% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 12.2% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.9% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 31.6% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.7% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Trails total 3.6 miles in 6 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is B. Leroy & Elizabeth Burkhart Preserve, 33 acres with 1.7 miles of trail. Upper Milford Township’s density of trails is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. B. Leroy & Elizabeth Burkhart Preserve | 1.7 mi | 33 |
| 2. Lenape Park | 0.4 mi | 12 |
| 3. Churchview Park | 0.4 mi | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
8 within 15 miles of the center of Upper Milford Township
About 4 of every 100 Upper Milford Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Upper Milford Township is a township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township's population was 7,292 at the 2010 census. Upper Milford Township is a rural area southwest of Allentown in the Lehigh Valley, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
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7 towns share a border with Upper Milford Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Milford Township | #217 | A | C | — | A− | A− |
| Emmaus | #319 | A− | C | B | A− | A− |
| Lower Macungie Township | #353 | A− | D | — | A− | A− |
| Macungie | #348 | A− | D | A+ | A− | B+ |
| Lower Milford Township | #239 | A | C | — | A+ | A |
| Salisbury Township | #901 | C | C− | — | C | B− |
| Hereford Township | #700 | B− | D | — | B | B+ |
| Upper Saucon Township | #108 | A+ | C− | A | A+ | A |
Upper Milford Township, Lower Macungie Township, Lower Milford Township, Salisbury Township and Hereford Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Upper Milford Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Upper Milford Township grades A overall, better than 88% of U.S. towns and #217 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades A− 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.
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