Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 6,647.
Washington Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B− overall, 742nd of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $87K. A typical home there costs about $282K, 3.3 years of the Allentown metro’s $85K median household income. 21% of the land in Washington Township is conserved, against 8.2% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is State Game Lands 217, 1,797 acres with 6.8 miles of trail. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 80% of U.S. towns.
Where Washington Township beats most towns.
Where Washington 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 Washington Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1909 and 6 maps from 1902 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Washington Township. Close and well known come first.
13 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
13 mi Stadium & arenaPPL Center
23 mi Park & preserveLehigh River9 mi Ski areaBlue Mountain Resort44 runs · 1,077 ft vertical
10 mi MuseumAsa Packer Mansion
21 mi State parkHickory Run State ParkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lehigh River: The original uploader was Malepheasant at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Asa Packer Mansion: Chris18240 (talk), Public domain · Hickory Run State Park: Mtruch, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Washington 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 Washington Township.
Washington Township has 612 jobs for its 3,227 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 349 in 2013 to 612.
Most working residents leave Washington Township for work: only 3% work in town. Washington Township’s average trip to work is 30 minutes, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. 2.8% of Washington Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Washington Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.8% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.2% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $87,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by Northern Lehigh SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peters El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–2 | Grades K–2 | 389 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
9.1 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands 217 | 6.8 mi | 1,797 |
| 2. Lehigh Gap Wildlife Refuge | 0.5 mi | 11 |
| 3. Eagles Nest Park | 0.2 mi | 17 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Washington Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 19° and about 27 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 63% of U.S. communities. Since 2011, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Washington Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Washington Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 19% of adults smoke cigarettes in Washington Township.
| Washington Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | Washington Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.5% | 14.5% |
| More uninsured adults | 7.4% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
3 within 15 miles of the center of Washington Township
About 4 of every 100 Washington Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Washington Township is a township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Washington Township was 6,624 at the 2010 census. It is a suburb 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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6 towns share a border with Washington Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Township | #742 | B− | B− | — | C+ | B− |
| Slatington | #752 | C+ | B− | A− | C+ | C− |
| Lehigh Township | #419 | B+ | C | A+ | B+ | B |
| East Penn Township | #869 | C | B | — | B− | B− |
| North Whitehall Township | #133 | A | C+ | — | A | A− |
| Heidelberg Township | #307 | A− | B | — | A− | A− |
| Walnutport | — | — | C+ | — | C+ | C+ |
Walnutport has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Washington Township, East Penn Township, North Whitehall Township, Heidelberg Township and Walnutport report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Washington Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Washington Township grades B− overall, better than 45% of U.S. towns and #742 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health and C+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
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