River Corridor · Council Rock SD
Could you live in Upper Makefield Township?
Upper Makefield Township is a township in Bucks County covering about 19.5 square miles in the River Corridor (ZIP 18940).
- Median home value
- $876K
- Median household income
- $213K
- Average commute
- 27.4 min
- Population
- 8,857
U.S. Census ACS 2020–2024 estimates.
See it in person
Open houses in Upper Makefield Township
Nothing on the calendar in Upper Makefield Township right now — check the county-wide planner, or be the first: agents can post here free.
Daily life
What living here is really like
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.
Go deeper
Ready to get serious about Upper Makefield Township?
Taxes, schools, flood context, and address-level due diligence live on our sister site — the intelligence layer behind this one.
