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Municipality identity
What we know about Buckingham Township.
Buckingham Township is a township in Bucks County covering about 39.3 square miles in the Central Bucks corridor (ZIP 18902). Identity facts below are labeled so you know what is curated reference data versus what still needs official verification.
Municipality type Township official
County Bucks County, PA official
Housing corridor Central Bucks curated
Primary ZIP 18902 curated
Population 20,851 curated
Land area 39.3 sq mi curated
Reference coordinates 40.3758, -75.0831 curated
Housing corridor
Central Bucks
Corridor grouping is curated for housing comparison — not a municipal boundary.
Primary ZIP
18902
ZIP codes do not determine school district assignment in Bucks County.
Population
20,851
Municipal reference data — confirm with U.S. Census for official counts.
Land area
39.3 sq mi
Municipal reference data.
Reference coordinates
40.3758, -75.0831
Centroid-style reference point for GIS orientation — not a property boundary.
Market snapshot
Buckingham Township by the numbers.
Census-cited figures for Buckingham Township 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.
Central Bucks 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
Buckingham Township millage (2026)4.75 mills
official
Central Bucks SD millage (2025–2026)146.55 mills official
Combined total180.95 mills
County (29.65 mills)
Buckingham Township (4.75 mills)
Central Bucks SD (146.55 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.
Walkable downtowns, the Route 611 retail spine, and Central Bucks School District demand — the county's quality-of-life premium.
Buyer framing (curated): School district reputation, Route 611 retail, and Warminster rail access drive buyer demand. Compare Warrington, Doylestown, and Warwick before you anchor on one listing.
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 Buckingham Township.
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
Central Bucks SD
Curated municipality mapping. District assignment is still address-level — verify before you act.
03
curated
Market corridor
Central Bucks
Walkable downtowns, the Route 611 retail spine, and Central Bucks School District demand — the county's quality-of-life premium.
04
curated
Municipality overview
Curated
Overview drawn from curated municipal reference data — not a market valuation.
County context
How Buckingham Township compares to the rest of Bucks County.
At $708,100, the median home in Buckingham Township runs 59% above the $445,250 county
median — 6th highest of the 54 municipalities with
a published figure.
Median household income runs 67.6% above the county at $190,230. Owner-occupancy is high at 93.6%, so resale stock turns over slowly and rentals are scarce.
The mean one-way commute is 33.7 min against a county median
of 28.9 min.
Measure
Buckingham Township
County median
Rank
Median home value
$708,100
$445,250
6th of 54 +59%
Median household income
$190,230
$113,475
3rd of 54 +67.6%
Median gross rent
$1,373
$1,575
44th of 52 -12.8%
Owner-occupied share
93.6%
80.7%
4th of 54 +16%
Mean commute
33.7 min
28.9 min
12th of 54 +16.6%
Median age
49
44.1
13th of 54 +11.2%
Population density
531 / sq mi
—
39.3 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 Buckingham Township fits, look at these next.
Closest matches on home value, income, rent, owner-occupancy and commute — the towns a buyer weighing Buckingham Township usually ends up comparing it against.
The township maintains its own park system — fields, trails, and open-space preserves scattered across its crossroads villages.
Roads
Routes 202, 263, and 413
The three routes meet across the township — Doylestown, New Hope, and Newtown are each an easy drive from the Buckingham crossroads.
Buckingham is Central Bucks at estate scale: preserved farmland, horse country, and low-density
neighborhoods spread between crossroads villages rather than around a single downtown. What it
lacks in a Main Street it borrows from its neighbors — Doylestown one direction, New Hope the
other, and Peddler’s Village right on the township line for dinner and weekend wandering.
Buyers come for Central Bucks East-feeder schools and land you simply cannot get in the
boroughs, and they accept full car dependence in exchange. The 202/263/413 triangle makes
three commute directions workable, but nothing here is walkable by design — that’s the
open-space model the township has spent decades protecting.
A Buckingham Township address is presumed to sit in Central Bucks SD, but boundaries split streets — confirm the assignment for the exact parcel. Assessment matters more than the $708,100 median suggests: Bucks County assesses at a fraction of market value, so two similar Buckingham Township homes can carry very different bills.
Buckingham Township is served by Central Bucks 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 Buckingham Township?
The median value of owner-occupied homes in Buckingham Township is about $708K, 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 Buckingham Township?
Buckingham Township has a median household income of about $190K, a median age of 49, 93.6% 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 Buckingham Township?
Buckingham Township property owners pay three separate bills totaling 180.95 mills on the county assessed value (2026 county sheet): county 29.65 mills, Buckingham Township 4.75 mills, and Central Bucks SD 146.55 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 Buckingham Township?
Workers living in Buckingham Township average about 33.7 minutes each way, per ACS 5-Year Estimates (2020–2024, tables B08013/B08303). Buckingham Township sits in the Central Bucks corridor of Bucks County.
What part of Bucks County is Buckingham Township in?
Buckingham Township is a township in the Central Bucks corridor of Bucks County, Pennsylvania (ZIP 18902). Walkable downtowns, the Route 611 retail spine, and Central Bucks School District demand — the county's quality-of-life premium.
Closing support
Settlement-day help for Buckingham Township transactions.
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