Lower Makefield
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Bucks |
| Elevation | 121 ft (36.9 m) |
| Coordinates | 40°13′32″N 74°49′56″W / 40.22556°N 74.83222°WCoordinates: 40°13′32″N 74°49′56″W / 40.22556°N 74.83222°W |
| Area | 18.3 sq mi (47.4 km2) |
| - land | 17.9 sq mi (46 km2) |
| - water | 0.4 sq mi (1 km2), 2.19% |
| Population | 35,000 (2010) |
| Density | 1,821.8/sq mi (703.4/km2) |
| Timezone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code | 215 |
 Location of Lower Makefield Township in Bucks County
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 Location of Lower Makefield Township in Pennsylvania
Location of Lower Makefield Township in Pennsylvania
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Lower Makefield Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA, and is usually referred to as "Yardley" due to the prominence of Yardley Borough in that area. However, Yardley Borough is much smaller by both population and land area, and is surrounded by Lower Makefield on three sides (the fourth side being the Delaware River).
Lower Makefield Township is located in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area (also known as the Delaware Valley), and its crime rate is the lowest in the metropolitan area, but it borders several towns in New Jersey to its north and east that are all in the New York Metropolitan Area. A plethora of residents commute daily to both cities.
Lower Makefield borders the Delaware River which separates it from New Jersey. Bordering towns and cities in New Jersey are Hopewell Township, Ewing Township and Trenton (the capital of New Jersey). Additionally, it borders Upper Makefield Township, Newtown Township, Pennsylvania, Middletown Township, Pennsylvania, Falls Township, PA, and Morrisville, Pennsylvania, and as mentioned above, surrounds Yardley Borough on three sides.
As of the 2010 census, the population of Lower Makefield Township was 32,559 not including Yardley Borough, and it ranked first in Pennsylvania for both median household and median family income (for places with a population over 10,000), however it ranked 78th overall in the United States (between Westfield, New Jersey and Moraga, California) for median household income, but non-census 2006 data indicates that since the 2000 census, it moved up to 31st for median household income (between Wellesley, Massachusetts and Rye, New York), and ninth for disposable household income, due to relatively low taxes and extremely low house prices compared to other peer, very-high-income towns. Living expenses are lower than in the bordering Ewing Township, New Jersey, though Ewing's median household income is nearly half and it has a crime rate many times higher. (See Richest places in the United States: Highest-income places with a population of at least 10,000)
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