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A town of 19,615.
Uwchlan Township is one of the best-graded places in America: an A+, 63rd among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 97% of the country, the median household earns $134K, and its schools rank ahead of 96% of Pennsylvania towns. The exception is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $540K, 5.9 years of the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income. 67% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Uwchlan Township, above both the Pennsylvania town median (29%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Only 135 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns score higher on hazard risk. Uwchlan Township has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Uwchlan Meetinghouse and Lionville Historic District.
Where Uwchlan Township beats most towns.
Where Uwchlan 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 Uwchlan Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for health (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 7%), so the A+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 507 in 1930, 19,161 in 2020. The archive holds 7 maps from 1906 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Uwchlan Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw28 mi MuseumLynnewood Hall
Big draw28 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw27 mi MuseumEastern State PenitentiaryUSS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Lincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Xfinity Mobile Arena: Jen Smith, CC BY 3.0 · Lynnewood Hall: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eastern State Penitentiary: Davidt8, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Uwchlan 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 Uwchlan Township.
Uwchlan Township has schools in the top 5% of Pennsylvania, draws workers from Philadelphia and beyond and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s.
Its widest gap with Pennsylvania is tooth loss: 5.7% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 14.5% statewide.
9% of Uwchlan Township adults report frequent physical distress. Uwchlan Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 16 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 12% of Uwchlan Township adults report frequent mental distress.
| Uwchlan Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 34% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.6% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Uwchlan Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.7% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 4.4% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its A+ ranks #42 of the 1,037 Pennsylvania towns we grade for schools. Its A+ for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $540K.
Its public schools are run by Downingtown Area SD. Three of its 9 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marsh Creek Sixth Grade CenterLargest public middle schoolGrades 6 | Grades 6 | 1,066 | A |
| Downingtown HS East CampusLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,708 | A+ |
| Uwchlan Hills El SchTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 537 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
14,389 jobs are based in Uwchlan Township, 1.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. 28.5% of workers work from home, against 15.6% across Pennsylvania.
Most working residents leave Uwchlan Township for work: only 9% work in town. 2.5% of residents live below the poverty line in Uwchlan Township. Jobs based in Uwchlan Township grew to 14,389 in 2023, 3,064 more than in 2013.
| Uwchlan Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $134,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.5% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 9.4% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 93% of U.S. communities. Since 2003, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Uwchlan Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
At 9 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 59% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 128 to 97 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Uwchlan Township’s property crime rate is 4.2 per 1,000 residents.
| Uwchlan Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.2 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.7 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
2.9 miles of trail in 16 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is LYA Lionville Fields, at 25 acres.
| Uwchlan Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 7.7% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. LYA - Target Field | 0.3 mi | 6 |
| 2. LYA Lionville Fields | — | 25 |
| 3. Dowlin Forge Park | — | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Uwchlan Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
7 within 15 miles of the center of Uwchlan Township
About 7 of every 100 Uwchlan Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
2 places in Uwchlan Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania
Uwchlan Township (; Welsh: [ˈɪuxlan], "above the parish") is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The population was 19,161 at the 2020 census.
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9 towns share a border with Uwchlan Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uwchlan Township | #63 | A+ | D | A− | A+ | A+ |
| East Brandywine Township | #12 | A+ | C− | A+ | A+ | A |
| Upper Uwchlan Township | #22 | A+ | D | A+ | A+ | A+ |
| West Whiteland Township | #143 | A | C− | B | A | A+ |
| West Pikeland Township | #33 | A+ | C− | A+ | A+ | A+ |
| Eagleview | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Charlestown Township | #69 | A+ | C− | — | A | A+ |
| Lionville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Charlestown Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Eagleview and Lionville aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Uwchlan Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Uwchlan Township grades A+ overall, better than 97% of U.S. towns and #63 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 D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
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