Richlandtown Borough 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 Richlandtown Borough.
Overview editorial is still expanding for Richlandtown Borough. The facts below come from curated municipal reference data — not market valuations or price claims.
Municipality type Borough official
County Bucks County, PA official
Housing corridor Upper Bucks curated
Primary ZIP 18955 curated
Population 1,293 curated
Land area 0.3 sq mi curated
Established 1866 curated
Reference coordinates 40.4731, -75.3214 curated
Housing corridor
Upper Bucks
Corridor grouping is curated for housing comparison — not a municipal boundary.
Primary ZIP
18955
ZIP codes do not determine school district assignment in Bucks County.
Population
1,293
Municipal reference data — confirm with U.S. Census for official counts.
Land area
0.3 sq mi
Municipal reference data.
Established
1866
Historical incorporation reference — verify with municipal records if material to your decision.
Reference coordinates
40.4731, -75.3214
Centroid-style reference point for GIS orientation — not a property boundary.
Market snapshot
Richlandtown Borough by the numbers.
Census-cited figures for Richlandtown 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.
Quakertown Community 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
Richlandtown Borough millage (2026)5.00 mills
official
Quakertown Community SD millage (2025–2026)175.65 mills official
Combined total210.30 mills
County (29.65 mills)
Richlandtown Borough (5.00 mills)
Quakertown Community SD (175.65 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 Richlandtown 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
Quakertown Community 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 Richlandtown Borough compares to the rest of Bucks County.
At $314,600, the median home in Richlandtown Borough sits 29.3% below the $445,250 county
median — 51st highest of the 54 municipalities with
a published figure.
Median household income sits 34.4% below the county at $74,439. Owner-occupancy sits at 68.1%, close to the county's mix of owners and renters.
The mean one-way commute is 26.4 min against a county median
of 28.9 min.
Measure
Richlandtown Borough
County median
Rank
Median home value
$314,600
$445,250
51st of 54 -29.3%
Median household income
$74,439
$113,475
53rd of 54 -34.4%
Median gross rent
$1,583
$1,575
26th of 52 +0.5%
Owner-occupied share
68.1%
80.7%
42nd of 54 -15.6%
Mean commute
26.4 min
28.9 min
42nd of 54 -8.7%
Median age
38.4
44.1
47th of 54 -12.8%
Population density
4,310 / sq mi
—
0.3 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
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Closest matches on home value, income, rent, owner-occupancy and commute — the towns a buyer weighing Richlandtown Borough usually ends up comparing it against.
The borough's community hall and adjoining park pavilion — the center of its civic calendar.
Roads
Richlandtown Pike
The one road that matters — Quakertown's services are five minutes south.
Richlandtown is a village-scale borough of a few streets, incorporated in 1890 and still
organized around Benner Hall and its park pavilion — when the borough gathers, it gathers
there. Everything else borrows from the surrounding countryside: Richland’s retail corridor
and Quakertown’s downtown are both five minutes away.
The appeal is straightforward: borough utilities and sidewalks at some of the lowest entry
prices in the Quakertown Community school district. Inventory is a trickle, so treat it as
a watch-list town rather than a shopping destination.
Last verified July 23, 2026. Sources: Richlandtown Borough — official site
. Hours, schedules, and access rules change — confirm with the operator before you plan around them.
Official verification
Confirm facts at the property line.
A Richlandtown Borough address is presumed to sit in Quakertown Community SD, but boundaries split streets — confirm the assignment for the exact parcel. Assessment matters more than the $314,600 median suggests: Bucks County assesses at a fraction of market value, so two similar Richlandtown Borough homes can carry very different bills.
Richlandtown Borough is served by Quakertown Community 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 Richlandtown Borough?
The median value of owner-occupied homes in Richlandtown Borough is about $315K, 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 Richlandtown Borough?
Richlandtown Borough has a median household income of about $74K, a median age of 38.4, 68.1% 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 Richlandtown Borough?
Richlandtown Borough property owners pay three separate bills totaling 210.3 mills on the county assessed value (2026 county sheet): county 29.65 mills, Richlandtown Borough 5 mills, and Quakertown Community SD 175.65 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 Richlandtown Borough?
Workers living in Richlandtown Borough average about 26.4 minutes each way, per ACS 5-Year Estimates (2020–2024, tables B08013/B08303). Richlandtown Borough sits in the Upper Bucks corridor of Bucks County.
What part of Bucks County is Richlandtown Borough in?
Richlandtown Borough is a borough in the Upper Bucks corridor of Bucks County, Pennsylvania (ZIP 18955). More land per dollar, lower density, borough anchors like Quakertown and Perkasie, and the most patient appreciation in the county.
Closing support
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