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%

Moore Township$2,080/mo

Typical home $331K (Census) · tax rate 1.27% · or rent about $935/mo · Housing →

Eldred Township$2,020/mo

Typical home $314K (Census) · tax rate 1.42% · or rent about $1,202/mo · Housing →

The difference: $70 a month, about $800 a year, between Moore Township and Eldred 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.

Report cards

Moore Township places higher on 17 of 20 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

A−Moore TownshipBetter than 80% of districts in the state –Eldred TownshipNot graded

Health

BMoore TownshipHealthier than 62% of U.S. towns B−Eldred TownshipHealthier than 49% of U.S. towns

17Moore Township

3Eldred Township

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fastest growingGrowth · 1058 towns #522#1024 Highest incomeIncome · 1058 towns #237#708 Lowest obesityHealth · 1058 towns #345#769 Lowest depressionHealth · 1058 towns #113#466 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1058 towns #683#987 Cheapest rentCost of living · 1032 towns #304#596 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 1058 towns #381#662 Fewest smokersHealth · 1058 towns #389#664

Left end = #1 in Pennsylvania. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Moore 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

Moore TownshipEldred Township

Snow a year33″42″

January low22°F 19°F

July high86°F 84°F

Growing season (days)184d 163d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)21st 51st

Outdoors & history

Moore TownshipEldred Township

Trails18 mi 7 mi

Conserved land21.4%21.6%

National Register places1 1

Archive photos—8

Community

Moore TownshipEldred 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

Moore TownshipEldred Township

People

Population 9,364Highest 2,544Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.3%Highest PA: +2.4% -10.8%Lowest PA: +2.4%

Median age 48±3.5Lowest 17% above PA 57.3±2.8Highest 40% above PA

Kids under 18 18.4%±3.8Highest PA: 20.4% 13.2%±4Lowest PA: 20.4%

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

Age 65+ 20.7%±3.2Lowest PA: 19.5% 22.2%±6.4Highest PA: 19.5%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 25.5%Highest PA: 35.2% 22%Lowest PA: 35.2%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.9%±2.7Highest PA: 6.1% 1.2%±1.9Lowest PA: 6.1%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $102,789±$20kHighest 32% above PA $70,526±$17kLowest 10% below PA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $330,700±$23kHighest 30% above PA $313,500±$68kLowest 23% above PA

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $935±$96Lowest 23% below PA $1,202±$135Highest about the PA average

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,207Lowest 27% above PA $4,460Highest 35% above PA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 36.6%±22.3Highest PA: 48.2% 21.9%±20.9Lowest PA: 48.2%

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

Below poverty line 5.9%Lowest PA: 11.7% 9.4%Highest PA: 11.7%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 94.5%Highest PA: 69.3% 87.8%Lowest PA: 69.3%

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

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minLowest 3% above PA 34 minHighest 29% above PA

Work from home 10.9%±4.8Highest PA: 15.6% 9.5%±8.2Lowest PA: 15.6%

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

Work in townworking residents 5.1%Highest 4.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.3 miLowest 16.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.26Highest 0.18Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Bethlehem (8%)Chestnuthill Township (7%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Eldred TownshipFew work in Moore Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 21.4%Lowest 21.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 17.6 miHighest 7.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Highest 4Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 8.8Highest 7.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #36 of 765 in PA—

School district Northampton Area SD—

High school in town None in town—

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

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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.

Moore Township vs Eldred Township

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