Lancaster County USDA Loan

What areas of Lancaster County are eligible for the USDA Mortgage Program?

There are two areas in Lancaster County that are not eligible for the USDA Loan program. The immediate Lancaster city limits are considered too densely populated for USDA rural requirements. The borough of Columbia on the Susquehanna River has also been excluded from USDA eligibility. Outside of these two areas, the rest of Lancaster County is geographically eligible for the No Down Payment USDA Mortgage Program. The area in between Lancaster and Columbia that runs along Route 30 and includes the town of Mountville is USDA eligible.

The largest towns in Lancaster County that are zoned as eligible for the USDA loan include Ephrata, Elizabethtown, Lititz, Willow Street, Mount Joy, Leola, and Manheim.

If you live outside of Columbia and the Lancaster city limits you are most likely in a USDA eligible area.

To check to see if a specific home in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania is USDA Eligible call 717-745-8380 or email USDA@keystonehomefinance.com

USDA Eligible Areas in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Eligible Towns

• Adamstown

• Akron

• Bainbridge

• Bamford (parts)

• Bart

• Billmeyer

• Bird in Hand

• Blue Ball

• Bowmansville

• Brickerville

• Brownstown

• Central Manor

• Chickies

• Christiana

• Churchtown

• Clay

• Cocalico

• Conestoga

• Cordelia

• Denver

• East Earl

• Elizabethtown

• Engleside

• Ephrata

• Falmouth

• Farmersville

• Fivepointville

• Florin

• Gap

• Georgetown

• Goodville

• Gordonville

• Hilltop Acres

• Hempfield

• Hopeland

• Intercourse

• Ironville

• Kinderhook

• Kirkwood

• Kissel Hill

• Lampeter

• Landisville

• Leacock

• Leola

• Lincoln

• Linville Circle

• Lititz

• Little Britain

• Manheim

• Marietta

• Maytown

• Millersville (parts)

• Mount Joy

• Mountville

• New Holland

• Newtown

• Oregon

• Oyster Point (parts)

• Paradise

• Penryn

• Quarryville

• Reamstown

• Refton

• Reinholds

• Rheems

• Ronks

• Rothsville

• Schoeneck

• Silver Spring

• Slackwater

• Smoketown

• Soudersburg

• Stevens

• Strasburg

• Swartzville

• Talmage

• Terre Hill

• Wakefield

• Washington Boro

• West Willow

• Willow Street

• Windom

• Witmer

• any obvious rural locations

Eligible Townships

• Bart Township

• Brecknock Township

• Caernarvon Township

• Clay Township

• Colerain Township

• Conestoga Township

• Conoy Township

• Drumore Township

• Earl Township

• East Cocalico Township

• East Donegal Township

• East Drumore Township

• East Earl Township

• East Hempfield Township

• East Lampeter Township (parts)

• Eden Township

• Elizabeth Township

• Ephrata Township

• Fulton Township

• Leacock Township

• Little Britain Township

• Manheim Township

• Manor Township

• Martic Township

• Mount Joy Township

• Paradise Township

• Penn Township

• Pequea Township (parts)

• Providence Township

• Rapho Township

• Sadsbury Township

• Salisbury Township

• Strasburg Township

• Upper Leacock Township

• Warwick Township

• West Cocalico Township

• West Donegal Township

• West Earl Township

• West Hempfield Township (parts)

• West Lampeter Township (parts)

Note: This list is an indicator of USDA Eligible Areas for the County but does not necessarily include every possible eligible area. If you do not see your town listed, feel free to contact us to double check. If you are in a rural area and do not see your town listed above, you are in a USDA Eligible Area.

Lancaster County Pennsylvania USDA Household Income Limits 

If your Income exceeds the figures listed here, you may still qualify. The USDA allows for several deductions which may allow your Household Income to fit within their Maximum Adjusted Income Guidelines.   

Deductions to reduce your USDA Household Income Calculation