Nockamixon 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 Nockamixon Township.
Overview editorial is still expanding for Nockamixon 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 18938 curated
Population 3,441 curated
Land area 29.9 sq mi curated
Reference coordinates 40.4917, -75.1831 curated
Housing corridor
Upper Bucks
Corridor grouping is curated for housing comparison — not a municipal boundary.
Primary ZIP
18938
ZIP codes do not determine school district assignment in Bucks County.
Population
3,441
Municipal reference data — confirm with U.S. Census for official counts.
Land area
29.9 sq mi
Municipal reference data.
Reference coordinates
40.4917, -75.1831
Centroid-style reference point for GIS orientation — not a property boundary.
Market snapshot
Nockamixon Township by the numbers.
Census-cited figures for Nockamixon 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
Nockamixon Township millage (2026)7.00 mills
official
Palisades SD millage (2025–2026)120.404 mills official
Combined total157.054 mills
County (29.65 mills)
Nockamixon Township (7.00 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 Nockamixon 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 Nockamixon Township compares to the rest of Bucks County.
At $464,100, the median home in Nockamixon Township runs 4.2% above the $445,250 county
median — 22nd highest of the 54 municipalities with
a published figure.
Median household income sits 7.5% below the county at $104,965. Owner-occupancy sits at 78.8%, close to the county's mix of owners and renters.
The mean one-way commute is 39.2 min against a county median
of 28.9 min.
Measure
Nockamixon Township
County median
Rank
Median home value
$464,100
$445,250
22nd of 54 +4.2%
Median household income
$104,965
$113,475
32nd of 54 -7.5%
Median gross rent
$1,382
$1,575
42nd of 52 -12.2%
Owner-occupied share
78.8%
80.7%
32nd of 54 -2.4%
Mean commute
39.2 min
28.9 min
1st of 54 +35.6%
Median age
55.2
44.1
7th of 54 +25.3%
Population density
115 / sq mi
—
29.9 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
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Closest matches on home value, income, rent, owner-occupancy and commute — the towns a buyer weighing Nockamixon Township usually ends up comparing it against.
Nockamixon’s eastern boundary runs along the Delaware and River Road in the county’s rural
upper corner, with Gallows Run draining the township’s interior to the river. The 2004–2006
main-stem floods (September 2004, April 2005, June 2006) affected this reach along with the
rest of the upper river corridor.
Most of the township’s land sits well above the floodplain, so exposure concentrates on
riverfront and creek-valley parcels. For those, pull the FIRM panel at the address and factor
River Road closure history into any purchase that depends on river-road access.
The canal and towpath run the township's river frontage at Kintnersville, beneath the Nockamixon cliffs.
Roads
PA 611 / PA 32 (River Road)
Easton one way, the river villages the other — the township's two working corridors meet at Kintnersville.
First, the naming trap: Lake Nockamixon and its state park are not in Nockamixon Township —
the lake sits several miles west. What this township actually has is the Delaware itself:
river frontage at Kintnersville, the canal towpath, and the dramatic cliffs that rise over
the river bend. It’s Palisades school district, and the palisades in question are these.
Life here is rural river-corridor living — Route 611 to Easton for jobs and errands, River
Road south to the villages, and quiet everywhere else. The usual river-country diligence
applies: check the flood section for the low-lying stretches near the creek mouths, and
expect wells and septic on most parcels away from the villages.
A Nockamixon 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 $464,100 median suggests: Bucks County assesses at a fraction of market value, so two similar Nockamixon Township homes can carry very different bills.
Nockamixon 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 Nockamixon Township?
The median value of owner-occupied homes in Nockamixon Township is about $464K, 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 Nockamixon Township?
Nockamixon Township has a median household income of about $105K, a median age of 55.2, 78.8% 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 Nockamixon Township?
Nockamixon Township property owners pay three separate bills totaling 157.054 mills on the county assessed value (2026 county sheet): county 29.65 mills, Nockamixon Township 7 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 Nockamixon Township?
Workers living in Nockamixon Township average about 39.2 minutes each way, per ACS 5-Year Estimates (2020–2024, tables B08013/B08303). Nockamixon Township sits in the Upper Bucks corridor of Bucks County.
What part of Bucks County is Nockamixon Township in?
Nockamixon Township is a township in the Upper Bucks corridor of Bucks County, Pennsylvania (ZIP 18938). More land per dollar, lower density, borough anchors like Quakertown and Perkasie, and the most patient appreciation in the county.
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