Census-designated place Bird-in-Hand is a census-designated place in Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County. A census-designated place is an unincorporated community that the Census Bureau defines for statistics; it has no city government of its own.
The median owner-occupied home in Bird-in-Hand had a real-estate tax bill of $3,944 (± $1,754) a year, compared with $3,241 in Pennsylvania and $2,969 nationwide. The Census estimate of the median home value is too imprecise to report.
| Measure | Bird-in-Hand | Pennsylvania | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 670 ± 440 | 12,986,518 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $3,944 ± $1,754rough guide only: the margin of error is 44% of the estimate | $3,241 ± $13 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | Too imprecise to report (estimate $244,700, margin of error ± $235,524) | $240,500 ± $622 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | Census does not publish this figure for this place | $76,081 ± $310 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | Too imprecise to report (estimate 1.61%, margin of error ± 1.71 points) | 1.35% ± 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 45.9% ± 17.9 pointsrough guide only: the margin of error is 39% of the estimate | 69.3% ± 0.3 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | Too imprecise to report (estimate 47.4%, margin of error ± 49.4 points) | 33.5% ± 0.1 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | Too imprecise to report (estimate 48.7%, margin of error ± 41.0 points) | 19.7% ± 0.2 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
If property taxes go unpaid in Pennsylvania
How it works. County Tax Claim Bureau Real Estate Tax Sale Law: upset sale; if unsold, judicial/private/repository routes
Excess sale money. §205(d) distributes tax-sale money after authorized deductions: Commonwealth tax liens, taxing districts, municipal claims, mortgagees/other lienholders by priority, then owner. If owner does not claim balance within 3 years of sale, §205(f) redistributes it pro rata to taxing districts
These rules are set by Pennsylvania, not by Bird-in-Hand, so this section is the same for every place in the state. Last verified 2026-09-25. See the full Pennsylvania entry with statute links.