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 . Lower Makefield Township is located in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area , 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 . 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 , however it ranked 78th overall in the United States for median household income, but non-census 2006 data indicates that since the 2000 census, it moved up to 31st for median household income , 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. Lower Makefield is the largest municipality in North America without its own municipal court or post office. The municipal court serving Lower Makefield is in Morrisville , and there are no plans to change the arrangements with Morrisville. The post office, while retaining the name of Morrisville, is located within Falls Township in which some of the township is served by the same ZIP code . Previously Morrisville had a higher population, but with the growth in Lower Makefield over the past 30 years, Morrisville is now a much smaller place by both land area and population. Lower Makefield Township has been a top finisher in the MONEY Magazine and CNN/Money Best Places to Live rankings for the Eastern region of the United States in the under 100,000 population category.
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