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Willow Street is a big small town of 9,647 people in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It's about 4 miles from Lancaster, PA and 50 miles from Baltimore, MD, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 39°F, with about 23 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $315k and rent runs about $3k a month.
9,647people
$315kTypical home
$2,672/moRent
86° / 39°Summer / winter
23"Snow
233Sunny days
125Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 9,647
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,766 people per sq mi
- 50 mi to Baltimore, MD
- 4 mi to Lancaster, PA
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $315k (≈$1,984/mo)
- Median rent $2,672/mo
- Median household income $110k
- Property tax about 1.5% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 39°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 63°F)
- 233 sunny days a year (81 totally clear)
- 132 cloudy days a year
- 40 of 90 winter days are gray
- 125 days a year with rain or snow
- 23" of snow a year
- 6 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 6 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (56 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (336 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 54
- 22% of households have kids
- 40% are 65 or older
- 50% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 10 mi to LNS airport
- 55 mi to PHL (major hub)
- 5 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 57% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1989
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 463 ft
- 31 mi to the ocean
- 169 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 36 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 35 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 475 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 40 bars within 25 mi
- 152 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 3 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 64 museums within 25 mi
- 13 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 36% of Pennsylvania districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 3 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- 5 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lancaster County: R+16 in 2024
- Pennsylvania: Purple — split almost evenly
Natural hazards
- Moderate hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk