Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Yardley is one of the best-graded places in America: an A+, ranked 86th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. Residents are healthier than 94% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, crime is low: it reports less per resident than 89% of U.S. towns, and its schools outperform 86% of the state's. The exception is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 81% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 99% of U.S. towns, with 2 places on the National Register. Yardley’s trail density is 2.3 miles per square mile, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (0.4) and U.S. towns (0.4). Few places in the country are easier to get around without a car. On history, just 42 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do better.
Where Yardley beats most towns.
Its founding year, 1682, comes before those of 97% of the Pennsylvania towns we grade with a known year.
Census counts: 820 in 1880, 2,605 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1891 and 2 maps from 1981 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Yardley is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for hazard risk (better than 13%), so the A+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Yardley. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw20 mi MuseumLynnewood Hall
Big draw22 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great Adventure2.2M visitors a year
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw26 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile ArenaUSS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Lynnewood Hall: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Six Flags Great Adventure: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Lincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Xfinity Mobile Arena: Jen Smith, CC BY 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Yardley, 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 Yardley.
Yardley sends many workers across the state line to Trenton and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s; it also carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding).
At 7.6 years of the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income, the typical home (about $693K) costs more against local pay than in 98% of Pennsylvania towns; that ratio is one input to its C− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $6,047, against $3,311 across Pennsylvania, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical Yardley home is worth about $693,000, up 3.8% in a year, more than twice the Pennsylvania typical home. At $1,404 a month, Yardley’s median rent is against $1,114 a month in Pennsylvania’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns.
| Yardley | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,404 a month | $1,114 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 73% | 78% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abrams Hebrew Academy PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 182 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Delaware Canal State Park | 0.1 mi | 14 |
| 2. Buttonwood Park | 0.2 mi | 3 |
| 3. Fitzgerald Field | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its widest gap with Pennsylvania is tooth loss: 8.4% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 14.5% statewide.
13% of adults report frequent mental distress in Yardley. Yardley beats the Pennsylvania average on 13 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 10% of adults report frequent physical distress in Yardley.
| Yardley | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 14% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 35% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Yardley | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.4% | 14.5% |
| Fewer smokers | 10.9% | 15.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.2% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 5.8 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 76% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025, 0.4 per 1,000 residents.
Yardley’s violent crime rate is 0.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Yardley | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.4 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 5.8 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 97% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $892 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on. 704 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 168 properties have flooded more than once.
Since 1979, 704 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Yardley.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Yardley has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Yardley is 87°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
26% of working residents cross a state line to work, Trenton among the top destinations. Yardley has about as many jobs (1,104) as working residents, but only 47 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Yardley for work: only 4% work in town. 3.4% of Yardley residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Yardley has added 85 jobs, to 1,104 in 2023.
| Yardley | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $113,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.4% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.8% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
13 within 15 miles of the center of Yardley
About 5 of every 100 Yardley residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
4.7% of the town is conserved land, across 3 parks and preserves.
2 places in Yardley on the National Register of Historic Places.
13 notable people were born in Yardley.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Yardley is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. Yardley borders the Delaware River and Ewing Township, New Jersey to its east and Lower Makefield Township to its north, west, and south. The United States Post Office assigns many addresses in Lower Makefield Township the preferred city of "Yardley", although they are outside the borough. As of the 2020 census, Yardley had a population of 2,605. Yardley is part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
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2 towns share a border with Yardley.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yardley | #86 | A+ | C− | A | A | A |
| Lower Makefield Township | #155 | A | D | A | A | A |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Yardley grades A+ overall, better than 96% of U.S. towns and #86 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades A for health, A for safety and A for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. That is 7.6 years of the area's median household income ($91,289 across the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
13 notable people were born here, including Aileen Quinn and Bill Barretta.
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