A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Fulton Township$1,630/mo

Typical home $263K (Census) · tax rate 1.15% · or rent about $1,403/mo · Housing →

Drumore Township$2,140/mo

Typical home $352K (Census) · tax rate 1.01% · or rent about $935/mo · Housing →

The difference: $510 a month, about $6,200 a year, between Drumore Township and Fulton Township.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Where they are

Fulton Township and Drumore Township share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Fulton TownshipDrumore Township

Fulton Township ↔ Drumore Township4.6 miles apart · They share a border · Same county

Who commutes between them

60 Drumore Township residents work in Fulton Township (6.6% of its workers)

41 Fulton Township residents work in Drumore Township (3.7% of its workers)

Work & commute in Drumore Township →

Report cards

Drumore Township places higher on 14 of 19 PA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Pennsylvania ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

C+Fulton TownshipBetter than 41% of districts in the state C+Drumore TownshipBetter than 41% of districts in the state

Health

C−Fulton TownshipHealthier than 21% of U.S. towns CDrumore TownshipHealthier than 34% of U.S. towns

4Fulton Township

14Drumore Township

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most remote workersWork · 1029 towns #931#426 Cheapest rentCost of living · 1032 towns #765#308 Fastest growingGrowth · 1058 towns #327#615 Most affordableCost of living · 1058 towns #612#851 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1058 towns #795#1006 Most activeHealth · 1058 towns #886#682 Most new homesHousing · 990 towns #399#263 Lowest property taxCost of living · 1058 towns #433#570

Left end = #1 in Pennsylvania. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Fulton Township’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

Fulton TownshipDrumore Township

Snow a year18″18″

January low22°F 22°F

July high85°F 85°F

Growing season (days)179d 179d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)36th 36th

Outdoors & history

Fulton TownshipDrumore Township

Trails1 mi 12 mi

Conserved land34.4%36%

National Register places1 —

Archive photos2 1

Famous people born here1 —

Community

Fulton TownshipDrumore Township

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Pennsylvania average

Fulton TownshipDrumore Township

People

Population 3,215Highest 2,593Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +4.6%Highest PA: +2.4% 0%Lowest PA: +2.4%

Median age 27.9±2.2Lowest 32% below PA 38.9±5.3Highest 5% below PA

Kids under 18 34.7%±7.1Highest PA: 20.4% 27.2%±5.7Lowest PA: 20.4%

Fulton Township and Drumore Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 12.8%±2.6Lowest PA: 19.5% 16.2%±3.6Highest PA: 19.5%

Drumore Township and Fulton Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 6.3%Lowest PA: 35.2% 15%Highest PA: 35.2%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.9%±0.8Lowest PA: 6.1% 1.9%±1Highest PA: 6.1%

Drumore Township and Fulton Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $78,990±$18kLowest about the PA average $82,969±$25kHighest 6% above PA

Drumore Township and Fulton Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $262,500±$49kLowest 3% above PA $351,800±$24kHighest 38% above PA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,403±$89Highest 16% above PA $935±$307Lowest 23% below PA

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,014Lowest 9% below PA $3,551Highest 7% above PA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 34.8%±10.6Highest PA: 48.2% 25.2%±11.3Lowest PA: 48.2%

Fulton Township and Drumore Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 7.3%Lowest PA: 11.7% 8.7%Highest PA: 11.7%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80%Highest PA: 69.3% 77.5%Lowest PA: 69.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1978Lowest 13 yrs newer than PA 1979Highest 14 yrs newer than PA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minLowest 10% above PA 35 minHighest 34% above PA

Work from home 5.7%±3.7Lowest PA: 15.6% 13.6%±5.6Highest PA: 15.6%

Drumore Township and Fulton Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 6.1%Highest 3.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.3 miHighest 16.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.39Highest 0.32Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Lancaster (7%)Fulton Township (7%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 4% work in Drumore Township7% work in Fulton Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 34.4%Lowest 36%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.9 miLowest 11.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 4Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 3.4Lowest 3.9Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #474 of 765 in PA—

School district Solanco SD—

High school in town None in town—

Pennsylvania average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Fulton Township vs Drumore Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $510 more a month in Drumore Township

Fulton Township and Drumore Township share a border

Drumore Township places higher on 14 of 19 PA lists

What daily life feels like in each

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