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Municipality identity
What we know about Upper Makefield Township.
Upper Makefield Township is a township in Bucks County covering about 19.5 square miles in the River Corridor (ZIP 18940). 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 River Corridor curated
Primary ZIP 18940 curated
Population 8,857 curated
Land area 19.5 sq mi curated
Reference coordinates 40.2919, -74.9242 curated
Housing corridor
River Corridor
Corridor grouping is curated for housing comparison — not a municipal boundary.
Primary ZIP
18940
ZIP codes do not determine school district assignment in Bucks County.
Population
8,857
Municipal reference data — confirm with U.S. Census for official counts.
Land area
19.5 sq mi
Municipal reference data.
Reference coordinates
40.2919, -74.9242
Centroid-style reference point for GIS orientation — not a property boundary.
Market snapshot
Upper Makefield Township by the numbers.
Census-cited figures for Upper Makefield 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.
Council Rock 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
Upper Makefield Township millage (2026)6.45 mills
official
Council Rock SD millage (2025–2026)144.8978 mills official
Combined total180.9978 mills
County (29.65 mills)
Upper Makefield Township (6.45 mills)
Council Rock SD (144.8978 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.
Delaware River lifestyle, scenically constrained supply, and the county's highest-premium addresses.
Buyer framing (curated): Delaware River lifestyle premium, scenic supply constraints, and New Hope-Solebury / Council Rock / Pennsbury edges. Premium addresses with thin inventory.
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 Upper Makefield 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
Council Rock SD
Curated municipality mapping. District assignment is still address-level — verify before you act.
03
curated
Market corridor
River Corridor
Delaware River lifestyle, scenically constrained supply, and the county's highest-premium addresses.
04
curated
Municipality overview
Curated
Overview drawn from curated municipal reference data — not a market valuation.
County context
How Upper Makefield Township compares to the rest of Bucks County.
At $876,200, the median home in Upper Makefield Township runs 96.8% above the $445,250 county
median — 1st highest of the 54 municipalities with
a published figure.
Median household income runs 87.5% above the county at $212,768. Owner-occupancy is high at 95.3%, so resale stock turns over slowly and rentals are scarce.
The mean one-way commute is 27.4 min against a county median
of 28.9 min.
Measure
Upper Makefield Township
County median
Rank
Median home value
$876,200
$445,250
1st of 54 +96.8%
Median household income
$212,768
$113,475
1st of 54 +87.5%
Median gross rent
$2,361
$1,575
2nd of 52 +50%
Owner-occupied share
95.3%
80.7%
2nd of 54 +18.1%
Mean commute
27.4 min
28.9 min
35th of 54 -5.2%
Median age
54.5
44.1
9th of 54 +23.7%
Population density
454 / sq mi
—
19.5 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 Upper Makefield Township usually ends up comparing it against.
Water shapes the market in Upper Makefield Township.
Exposure: Delaware River · Jericho Creek · Houghs Creek
Upper Makefield carries two distinct flood profiles. Along the Delaware at Washington Crossing
and the River Road corridor, the township saw the main-stem floods of September 2004, April
2005, and June 2006. Separately, on July 15, 2023, an extreme flash flood near Washington
Crossing killed seven people — a reminder that in this terrain, small creeks and road crossings
can turn deadly in minutes, well outside mapped river floodplain.
Mapped Zone A/AE areas concentrate along the river and creek corridors, but flash-flood exposure
follows steep drainage paths that maps capture imperfectly. Check the FEMA panel for the exact
address, and walk the property’s low points and crossings after heavy rain before you commit.
The towpath follows the township's entire river frontage.
Roads
PA 32 (River Road) / I-295 via Taylorsville Road
River Road is the scenic spine; I-295 access runs through the Yardley interchanges to the south.
Upper Makefield is the county’s estate-country river township: large-lot rolling horse country
inland, and the Washington Crossing village on the water — where the park that reenacts the
1776 crossing every Christmas doubles as the neighborhood green. The canal towpath runs the
township’s full river frontage, so a flat riverside ride to Yardley or New Hope starts at the
end of the lane.
This is a deliberately car-dependent address — no rail, no bus spine, and residents like it
that way. The trade is privacy and river scenery for driving to everything; check the flood
section carefully for River Road properties, and expect the Council Rock school assignment to
do a lot of the resale work inland.
A Upper Makefield Township address is presumed to sit in Council Rock SD, but boundaries split streets — confirm the assignment for the exact parcel. Assessment matters more than the $876,200 median suggests: Bucks County assesses at a fraction of market value, so two similar Upper Makefield Township homes can carry very different bills.
What school district serves Upper Makefield Township?
Upper Makefield Township is served by Council Rock 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 Upper Makefield Township?
The median value of owner-occupied homes in Upper Makefield Township is about $876K, 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 Upper Makefield Township?
Upper Makefield Township has a median household income of about $213K, a median age of 54.5, 95.3% 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 Upper Makefield Township?
Upper Makefield Township property owners pay three separate bills totaling 180.9978 mills on the county assessed value (2026 county sheet): county 29.65 mills, Upper Makefield Township 6.45 mills, and Council Rock SD 144.8978 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 Upper Makefield Township?
Workers living in Upper Makefield Township average about 27.4 minutes each way, per ACS 5-Year Estimates (2020–2024, tables B08013/B08303). Upper Makefield Township sits in the River Corridor corridor of Bucks County.
What part of Bucks County is Upper Makefield Township in?
Upper Makefield Township is a township in the River Corridor corridor of Bucks County, Pennsylvania (ZIP 18940). Delaware River lifestyle, scenically constrained supply, and the county's highest-premium addresses.
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