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A town of 2,585.
Windsor Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, ranked 605th of 1032 in Pennsylvania, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $99K. It also does better than most on health: residents are healthier than 61% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $293K, 3.7 years of the Reading metro’s $80K median household income. 54% of the land in Windsor Township is conserved, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 8.2% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest place to walk is State Game Lands Number 106, 2,890 acres with 15.7 miles of trail. On the outdoors, just 121 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do better.
Where Windsor Township beats most towns.
53.6% of the town is conserved land, across 4 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Windsor Township is from typical.
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Census counts: 2,199 in 1980, 2,279 in 2010. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 1862 and 6 maps from 1909 on.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Windsor 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 Windsor Township.
Windsor Township keeps more of its land conserved than most of Pennsylvania, sends most of its workers to Allentown and beyond and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
Its 7,897 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 99% of Pennsylvania towns.
Walkers can cover 38 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. Windsor Township’s density of trails stands at 1.6 miles per square mile, against 0.4 in Pennsylvania’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 106 | 15.7 mi | 2,890 |
| 2. Hamburg Reservoir Watershed | 10.1 mi | 1,138 |
| 3. Kaercher Creek Park | 2.9 mi | 139 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The public schools here belong to Hamburg Area SD. Its one school is below. Windsor Township’s only public school teaches 482 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamburg Area Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 482 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Windsor Township has 375 jobs for its 1,256 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 606 in 2013 to 375.
Most people who work leave Windsor Township to do it: just 4% work in town. Since 2013, Windsor Township has lost 231 jobs, to 375 in 2023. Also worth knowing: its average trip to work comes in at 31 minutes. For half of commuters, work is under 18 miles away.
| Windsor Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $99,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.1% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.3% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 20° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 8,739 U.S. towns with household incomes like Windsor Township’s, it is less healthy than 57%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
The share of adults in Windsor Township who binge drink: 19%. Nearly two fifths of Windsor Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Windsor Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Windsor Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 8.8% | 7.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 25%, against 35% across Pennsylvania. Adults 35 to 64 are 44% of residents (38% statewide); children under 18 are 16% of residents (21% statewide). The midpoint age for Windsor Township comes to 46.3 years. Since 2020, Windsor Township has grown 3.1%, to 2,585 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Windsor Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 16% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 46.3 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 21% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 25% | 29% | 29% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.3 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Windsor Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.7% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.1% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.8% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.5% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.8% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.3% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.5% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.5% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.8% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 10.8% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 36.2% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.7% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.1% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.3% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,600, single groups can be off by several points
Of the losses FEMA expects in Windsor Township, 65% come from inland flooding and 12% from hurricanes. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 58% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Windsor Township. Close and well known come first.
22 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom36 mi Theme parkKnoebels Amusement Resort
10 mi Park & preserveRoadside America
5 mi Park & preserveHawk Mountain Sanctuary
26 mi Stadium & arenaPPL Center
40 mi Theme parkDutch WonderlandDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Roadside America: Mark Fleisher, President and CEO of Aim Advertising in Lewisburg, PA,, Public domain · Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0
4 within 15 miles of the center of Windsor Township
About 4 of every 100 Windsor Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Where Windsor Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Windsor Township is a township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,279 at the 2010 census.
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4 towns share a border with Windsor Township.
Greenwich Township next door grades higher for schools (A− to Windsor Township’s C+) and lower for cost of living (D to B−).
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor Township | #605 | B | B− | — | C+ | B |
| Greenwich Township | #562 | B | D | — | A− | B |
| Hamburg | #798 | C+ | C+ | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Tilden Township | #647 | B− | B | B− | C+ | B |
| Perry Township | #627 | B | B− | — | C+ | B |
Windsor Township, Greenwich Township and Perry Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Windsor Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Windsor Township grades B overall, better than 58% of U.S. towns and #605 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health and C+ 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 B−.
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