Bristol Borough is one of the oldest communities in Pennsylvania, founded in 1681 as a river town on the Delaware River. It served as the colonial capital of Pennsylvania before Philadelphia and retains significant historic architecture along its Radcliffe Street historic district.
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Municipality identity
What we know about Bristol Borough.
Bristol Borough is one of the oldest communities in Pennsylvania, founded in 1681 as a river town on the Delaware River. It served as the colonial capital of Pennsylvania before Philadelphia and retains significant historic architecture along its Radcliffe Street historic district. Identity facts below are labeled so you know what is curated reference data versus what still needs official verification.
Municipality type Borough official
County Bucks County, PA official
Housing corridor Lower Bucks curated
Primary ZIP 19007 curated
Population 9,861 curated
Land area 1.4 sq mi curated
Established 1681 curated
Reference coordinates 40.1033, -74.8514 curated
Housing corridor
Lower Bucks
Corridor grouping is curated for housing comparison — not a municipal boundary.
Primary ZIP
19007
ZIP codes do not determine school district assignment in Bucks County.
Population
9,861
Municipal reference data — confirm with U.S. Census for official counts.
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Municipal reference data.
Established
1681
Historical incorporation reference — verify with municipal records if material to your decision.
Reference coordinates
40.1033, -74.8514
Centroid-style reference point for GIS orientation — not a property boundary.
Market snapshot
Bristol Borough by the numbers.
Census-cited figures for Bristol Borough from the American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2020–2024).
These are survey estimates with margins of error — context for a decision, not a current listing price.
Curated municipality-to-district mapping — still verify at the property address; some townships span district boundaries.
Bristol Borough School District schools — the district roster from the
federal NCES directory. Assignment within the district is set by the exact address, not the town.
Three bills. Three offices. County-published millage.
Bucks County property owners receive separate county, municipal, and school district tax bills. The rates below
are transcribed from the county's official millage sheet and apply to a property's county assessed value —
a fraction of market value — not its sale price.
County millage (2026)29.65 mills
official
Bristol Borough millage (2026)51.39 mills
official
Bristol Borough SD millage (2025–2026)154.00 mills official
Combined total235.04 mills
County (29.65 mills)
Bristol Borough (51.39 mills)
Bristol Borough SD (154.00 mills)
Estimated annual total
Estimate only: assessed value × mills ÷ 1,000 per layer, before the homestead exclusion or
any interim adjustments. The county bill is what the offices say it is, not what a website computes.
The county's strongest commuter access — I-95, Route 1, and SEPTA rail — paired with entry-point pricing and established neighborhoods.
Buyer framing (curated): I-95 and SEPTA corridors reward commuters. Bensalem, Falls, Newtown, and Yardley each carry different tax and school profiles — entry value with real tradeoffs.
Assessment, deed, parcel, and municipal contact checks belong in every serious housing decision. These links route to official or curated public-source hubs — not secondary aggregators.
Production housing intelligence means honest gaps — not filler. These items still need official source input or licensed data before they can be published as facts.
Decision signals
What matters before you act in Bristol Borough.
01
official
Tax layers
County + municipal + school
Every Bucks County property has three separate tax bills. Millage rates are not published on this profile — verify with the Board of Assessment and municipal tax office.
02
curated
School district
Bristol Borough SD
Curated municipality mapping. District assignment is still address-level — verify before you act.
03
curated
Market corridor
Lower Bucks
The county's strongest commuter access — I-95, Route 1, and SEPTA rail — paired with entry-point pricing and established neighborhoods.
04
curated
Municipality overview
Curated
Overview drawn from curated municipal reference data — not a market valuation.
County context
How Bristol Borough compares to the rest of Bucks County.
At $271,100, the median home in Bristol Borough sits 39.1% below the $445,250 county
median — 54th highest of the 54 municipalities with
a published figure.
Median household income sits 33% below the county at $76,042. Owner-occupancy sits at 61%, close to the county's mix of owners and renters.
The mean one-way commute is 32 min against a county median
of 28.9 min.
Measure
Bristol Borough
County median
Rank
Median home value
$271,100
$445,250
54th of 54 -39.1%
Median household income
$76,042
$113,475
51st of 54 -33%
Median gross rent
$1,409
$1,575
40th of 52 -10.5%
Owner-occupied share
61%
80.7%
48th of 54 -24.4%
Mean commute
32 min
28.9 min
16th of 54 +10.7%
Median age
38.9
44.1
45th of 54 -11.7%
Population density
7,044 / sq mi
—
1.4 sq mi total
Ranks and county medians are computed across all Bucks County municipalities reporting each measure in the
American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Rank 1 is the highest value, not the "best" —
a high median home value and a long commute are both rank 1 at the top of their columns.
Similar towns
If Bristol Borough fits, look at these next.
Closest matches on home value, income, rent, owner-occupancy and commute — the towns a buyer weighing Bristol Borough usually ends up comparing it against.
Bristol Borough’s historic riverfront — the wharf, Mill Street’s lower blocks, and the homes
closest to the water — fronts the tidal Delaware, where high water arrives via river flow,
tide, and storm surge in combination. The borough’s walkable riverfront revival is exactly
where the mapped floodplain sits.
Elevation climbs quickly away from the river, so much of the borough sits outside the mapped
zones — but riverfront-adjacent blocks demand the FIRM check and an insurance quote before an
offer. For older housing stock, ask specifically about basement flooding history and any past
NFIP claims on the property.
Bristol Borough appears on the county's roster of Aqua-served municipalities.
Bristol Borough’s utilities read like the river town it is: dense, old, and fully served. PECO
covers electric and gas, Aqua Pennsylvania is the water supplier on the county roster, and the
borough contracts trash and weekly single-stream recycling through a single hauler rather than
leaving residents to hire their own.
The diligence angle in a borough this old is less about who provides service and more about what
the service runs through: ask about the water service line material and the sewer lateral’s
condition, because both are the homeowner’s problem from the main to the house, and 19th-century
housing stock carries 19th-century laterals more often than listings mention.
Trash & recycling Municipality contracts a hauler
RecyclingWeekly
Bulk itemsScheduled pickup
Contracted haulerJ.P. Mascaro & Sons
Single-stream recycling collected weekly by J.P. Mascaro & Sons. Bulk item collection is scheduled see zone map.
The 58-mile canal path begins (or ends) at Bristol.
Bristol Borough is Lower Bucks’ comeback story: a Mill Street restaurant row that won its
“America’s Main Street” reputation back, a riverfront promenade at Lions Park, and a SEPTA
station within walking distance of most of the borough. The canal towpath’s southern terminus
is here too — you can bike from Bristol’s waterfront to New Hope without leaving the park.
For value hunters this is the walkable-riverfront-with-rail combination at the county’s most
accessible price point. Blocks vary street by street — walk them at different hours — and check
the flood section for anything close to the river or the canal basin.
Last verified July 23, 2026. Sources: SEPTA schedules · DCNR — Delaware Canal State Park
. Hours, schedules, and access rules change — confirm with the operator before you plan around them.
Official verification
Confirm facts at the property line.
A Bristol Borough address is presumed to sit in Bristol Borough SD, but boundaries split streets — confirm the assignment for the exact parcel. Assessment matters more than the $271,100 median suggests: Bucks County assesses at a fraction of market value, so two similar Bristol Borough homes can carry very different bills.
Bristol Borough is served by Bristol Borough SD. School assignment in Bucks County is address-level — some townships span attendance boundaries — so always confirm the assigned school for a specific property with the district before making an offer.
What is the median home value in Bristol Borough?
The median value of owner-occupied homes in Bristol Borough is about $271K, per the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2020–2024, table B25077). ACS figures are survey estimates with a margin of error, not current listing prices — use them for context, not pricing.
Who lives in Bristol Borough?
Bristol Borough has a median household income of about $76K, a median age of 38.9, 61% owner-occupied households, per ACS 5-Year Estimates (2020–2024). See the market snapshot on this page for the full census-cited profile.
What are property taxes like in Bristol Borough?
Bristol Borough property owners pay three separate bills totaling 235.04 mills on the county assessed value (2026 county sheet): county 29.65 mills, Bristol Borough 51.39 mills, and Bristol Borough SD 154 mills. Mills apply to the assessed value — a fraction of market value — so estimate a bill as assessed value × mills ÷ 1,000, and verify rates with the Board of Assessment before closing.
What is the average commute from Bristol Borough?
Workers living in Bristol Borough average about 32 minutes each way, per ACS 5-Year Estimates (2020–2024, tables B08013/B08303). Bristol Borough sits in the Lower Bucks corridor of Bucks County.
What part of Bucks County is Bristol Borough in?
Bristol Borough is a borough in the Lower Bucks corridor of Bucks County, Pennsylvania (ZIP 19007). The county's strongest commuter access — I-95, Route 1, and SEPTA rail — paired with entry-point pricing and established neighborhoods.
Closing support
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