Durham Township is one of Bucks County's 54 municipalities. This profile routes tax layers, school district context, corridor framing, and official county records — with honest source labels on every claim.
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Municipality identity
What we know about Durham Township.
Overview editorial is still expanding for Durham Township. The facts below come from curated municipal reference data — not market valuations or price claims.
Municipality type Township official
County Bucks County, PA official
Housing corridor Upper Bucks curated
Primary ZIP 18039 curated
Population 1,094 curated
Land area 22.9 sq mi curated
Reference coordinates 40.5831, -75.2486 curated
Housing corridor
Upper Bucks
Corridor grouping is curated for housing comparison — not a municipal boundary.
Primary ZIP
18039
ZIP codes do not determine school district assignment in Bucks County.
Population
1,094
Municipal reference data — confirm with U.S. Census for official counts.
Land area
22.9 sq mi
Municipal reference data.
Reference coordinates
40.5831, -75.2486
Centroid-style reference point for GIS orientation — not a property boundary.
Market snapshot
Durham Township by the numbers.
Census-cited figures for Durham 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.
Palisades 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
Durham Township millage (2026)8.00 mills
official
Palisades SD millage (2025–2026)120.404 mills official
Combined total158.054 mills
County (29.65 mills)
Durham Township (8.00 mills)
Palisades SD (120.404 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.
More land per dollar, lower density, borough anchors like Quakertown and Perkasie, and the most patient appreciation in the county.
Buyer framing (curated): More land per dollar, borough downtowns like Quakertown and Perkasie, and Pennridge or Quakertown schools. Buyers who want space often start here.
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.
pending
Municipality overview
Editorial overview not yet written for this town. Identity facts and official-source routing below are still available.
Decision signals
What matters before you act in Durham 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
Palisades SD
Curated municipality mapping. District assignment is still address-level — verify before you act.
03
curated
Market corridor
Upper Bucks
More land per dollar, lower density, borough anchors like Quakertown and Perkasie, and the most patient appreciation in the county.
04
pending
Municipality overview
Expanding
Editorial overview pending. Identity facts below are sourced from municipal reference data.
County context
How Durham Township compares to the rest of Bucks County.
At $614,100, the median home in Durham Township runs 37.9% above the $445,250 county
median — 9th highest of the 54 municipalities with
a published figure.
Median household income runs 2.6% above the county at $116,458. Owner-occupancy is high at 91.3%, so resale stock turns over slowly and rentals are scarce.
The mean one-way commute is 36.9 min against a county median
of 28.9 min.
Measure
Durham Township
County median
Rank
Median home value
$614,100
$445,250
9th of 54 +37.9%
Median household income
$116,458
$113,475
26th of 54 +2.6%
Owner-occupied share
91.3%
80.7%
7th of 54 +13.1%
Mean commute
36.9 min
28.9 min
5th of 54 +27.7%
Median age
58
44.1
3rd of 54 +31.7%
Population density
48 / sq mi
—
22.9 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 Durham Township fits, look at these next.
Closest matches on home value, income, rent, owner-occupancy and commute — the towns a buyer weighing Durham Township usually ends up comparing it against.
The township grew around a colonial-era iron furnace — the municipal building still sits on Old Furnace Road.
Landmark
Cooks Creek valley
The creek valley that defines the township — trout water, stone farmhouses, and some of the county's quietest roads.
Durham is Bucks County’s far northern corner and arguably its most rural township: the Cooks
Creek valley, iron-furnace history dating to the colonial era, and a road network where
passing another car is an event. The Riegelsville river crossing is minutes away, putting the
Delaware and its towpath within an easy bike ride.
This is Palisades school district land, bought for acreage, quiet, and dark skies — not for
convenience, which lives twenty-plus minutes away in Quakertown or across the river in
Easton’s orbit. Wells, septic systems, and long private drives are the norm here, so budget
inspections accordingly.
A Durham Township address is presumed to sit in Palisades SD, but boundaries split streets — confirm the assignment for the exact parcel. Assessment matters more than the $614,100 median suggests: Bucks County assesses at a fraction of market value, so two similar Durham Township homes can carry very different bills.
Durham Township is served by Palisades 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 Durham Township?
The median value of owner-occupied homes in Durham Township is about $614K, 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 Durham Township?
Durham Township has a median household income of about $116K, a median age of 58, 91.3% 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 Durham Township?
Durham Township property owners pay three separate bills totaling 158.054 mills on the county assessed value (2026 county sheet): county 29.65 mills, Durham Township 8 mills, and Palisades SD 120.404 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 Durham Township?
Workers living in Durham Township average about 36.9 minutes each way, per ACS 5-Year Estimates (2020–2024, tables B08013/B08303). Durham Township sits in the Upper Bucks corridor of Bucks County.
What part of Bucks County is Durham Township in?
Durham Township is a township in the Upper Bucks corridor of Bucks County, Pennsylvania (ZIP 18039). More land per dollar, lower density, borough anchors like Quakertown and Perkasie, and the most patient appreciation in the county.
Closing support
Settlement-day help for Durham Township transactions.
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