Riegelsville 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 Riegelsville Borough.
Overview editorial is still expanding for Riegelsville 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 18077 curated
Population 985 curated
Land area 0.4 sq mi curated
Established 1866 curated
Reference coordinates 40.5956, -75.1956 curated
Housing corridor
Upper Bucks
Corridor grouping is curated for housing comparison — not a municipal boundary.
Primary ZIP
18077
ZIP codes do not determine school district assignment in Bucks County.
Population
985
Municipal reference data — confirm with U.S. Census for official counts.
Land area
0.4 sq mi
Municipal reference data.
Established
1866
Historical incorporation reference — verify with municipal records if material to your decision.
Reference coordinates
40.5956, -75.1956
Centroid-style reference point for GIS orientation — not a property boundary.
Market snapshot
Riegelsville Borough by the numbers.
Census-cited figures for Riegelsville 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.
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
Riegelsville Borough millage (2026)17.00 mills
official
Palisades SD millage (2025–2026)120.404 mills official
Combined total167.054 mills
County (29.65 mills)
Riegelsville Borough (17.00 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 Riegelsville 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
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 Riegelsville Borough compares to the rest of Bucks County.
At $342,000, the median home in Riegelsville Borough sits 23.2% below the $445,250 county
median — 46th highest of the 54 municipalities with
a published figure.
Median household income sits 17.4% below the county at $93,750. Owner-occupancy sits at 77.2%, close to the county's mix of owners and renters.
The mean one-way commute is 30.3 min against a county median
of 28.9 min.
Measure
Riegelsville Borough
County median
Rank
Median home value
$342,000
$445,250
46th of 54 -23.2%
Median household income
$93,750
$113,475
43rd of 54 -17.4%
Median gross rent
$1,170
$1,575
50th of 52 -25.7%
Owner-occupied share
77.2%
80.7%
33rd of 54 -4.3%
Mean commute
30.3 min
28.9 min
21st of 54 +4.8%
Median age
44.9
44.1
24th of 54 +1.9%
Population density
2,463 / sq mi
—
0.4 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.
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Closest matches on home value, income, rent, owner-occupancy and commute — the towns a buyer weighing Riegelsville Borough usually ends up comparing it against.
Riegelsville is Bucks County’s northernmost river borough, a compact bridge town whose historic
core sits close to the Delaware where Cooks Creek enters the river. The upper river ran high in
the September 2004, April 2005, and June 2006 main-stem floods, and this reach also carries the
memory of the record August 1955 flood.
In a borough this small and this close to the water, flood zone varies house by house. Pull the
FIRM panel for the exact address, ask about past water in basements and crawl spaces, and get a
flood-insurance quote early — it can change the affordability math on a historic riverfront
home.
The canal's northern miles run right through the borough — flat towpath in both directions.
Riegelsville is the county’s northernmost river village, and its postcard is real: a
Roebling-built suspension bridge from 1904 crossing to New Jersey, the Delaware Canal
towpath running past front porches, and a walkable core that has kept its 19th-century
scale. For canal walkers and cyclists, the borough is a natural trailhead.
Schools are Palisades, and the practical geography points north — Easton is closer than
Doylestown, which shapes where people work and shop. As with every river town in this
corridor, the flood section of this profile is essential reading; the same location that
delivers the view has delivered high water more than once.
A Riegelsville Borough address is presumed to sit in Palisades SD, but boundaries split streets — confirm the assignment for the exact parcel. Assessment matters more than the $342,000 median suggests: Bucks County assesses at a fraction of market value, so two similar Riegelsville Borough homes can carry very different bills.
Riegelsville Borough 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 Riegelsville Borough?
The median value of owner-occupied homes in Riegelsville Borough is about $342K, 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 Riegelsville Borough?
Riegelsville Borough has a median household income of about $94K, a median age of 44.9, 77.2% 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 Riegelsville Borough?
Riegelsville Borough property owners pay three separate bills totaling 167.054 mills on the county assessed value (2026 county sheet): county 29.65 mills, Riegelsville Borough 17 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 Riegelsville Borough?
Workers living in Riegelsville Borough average about 30.3 minutes each way, per ACS 5-Year Estimates (2020–2024, tables B08013/B08303). Riegelsville Borough sits in the Upper Bucks corridor of Bucks County.
What part of Bucks County is Riegelsville Borough in?
Riegelsville Borough is a borough in the Upper Bucks corridor of Bucks County, Pennsylvania (ZIP 18077). More land per dollar, lower density, borough anchors like Quakertown and Perkasie, and the most patient appreciation in the county.
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