Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,642, established in 1846.
Wilmington Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $238K, 3.1 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. It grades A− overall, 343rd of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania. On the plus side, its schools rank ahead of 77% of Pennsylvania towns. Banks Covered Bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places. Wilmington Township’s median rent is $859 a month, against $1,116 a month in Pennsylvania’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Marti Park, at 25 acres.
Where Wilmington Township beats most towns.
Where Wilmington 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 Wilmington Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,760 in 2000, 2,662 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2011 and 4 maps from 1905 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wilmington 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 Wilmington Township.
Wilmington Township pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices and has an unusually large share working from home.
Its A− for schools comes with a B+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $238K.
One of its 3 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lusk School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 36 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
28.9% of workers work from home, against 15.6% across Pennsylvania.
Most working residents leave Wilmington Township for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, Wilmington Township has added 142 jobs, to 768 in 2023. The top destinations are New Castle (14%), Neshannock Township (8%) and Pittsburgh (6%).
| Wilmington Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.8% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $73,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 9.8% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Children under 18 are 33% of residents (21% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 12% of residents (22% statewide). Wilmington Township’s median age is 37.9 years. 35% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Wilmington Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37.9 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 29% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 21% | 18% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.4 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Wilmington Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 15.5% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 17.7% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.8% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 4.5% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.7% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.2% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 8.1% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.6% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.1% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 19.1% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.9% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.9% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 4% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.6% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.6% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,600, single groups can be off by several points
Wilmington Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
3.8 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Wilmington Township is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Wilmington Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.7% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Marti Park | — | 25 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Wilmington Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 41% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Wilmington Township.
| Wilmington Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Wilmington Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 56% of U.S. communities. Since 1994, 12 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Wilmington Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wilmington Township. Close and well known come first.
36 mi Theme parkConneaut Lake Park
17 mi MuseumButler Institute of American Art21 mi Park & preserveMill Creek Park
9 mi Theme parkCascade Park
36 mi MuseumOld Economy Village
36 mi AttractionChester teapotConneaut Lake Park: daveynin from United States, CC BY 2.0 · Butler Institute of American Art: Lorinda Dixon, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cascade Park: Pianotech, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Old Economy Village: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chester teapot: Navy2004, CC BY-SA 3.0
4 within 15 miles of the center of Wilmington Township
About 3 of every 100 Wilmington Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Wilmington Township is a township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,662 at the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 2,715 tabulated in 2010. Wilmington was established as a township in February 1846 by combining parts of Neshannock Township in Lawrence County with parts of Lackawannock Township in Mercer County. The borough of New Wilmington is an incorporated enclave within the township.
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8 towns share a border with Wilmington Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmington Township | #343 | A− | B+ | — | A− | B |
| New Wilmington | — | — | B+ | — | A− | A |
| Volant | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Neshannock Township | #105 | A+ | B− | A+ | A | B |
| Wilmington Township | — | — | C+ | — | A− | B |
| Hickory Township | — | — | A | — | A | C |
| Washington Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Springfield Township | — | — | B− | — | A− | B− |
New Wilmington, Wilmington Township, Hickory Township and Springfield Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Wilmington Township, New Wilmington, Wilmington Township, Hickory Township and Springfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Volant and Washington Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Wilmington Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Wilmington Township grades A− overall, better than 79% of U.S. towns and #343 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health and A− for schools.
Not for the area. 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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