Property taxes, mortgages, home maintenance and the places that make the county worth living in. Written by Phil Accardo, Realtor with the Accardo Team.
Phil AccardoYork County has 473,000 people, a $326,000 median sale price (Aug 2026) versus $429,100 nationally, and Baltimore and Harrisburg within an hour by car.
Phil AccardoHoltwood Whitewater Park is a kayak play park below Holtwood Dam on the York County bank of the Susquehanna. It runs on scheduled releases; no rafts or tubes.
Phil AccardoThe Yorktowne Hotel opened October 14, 1925, closed in 2016 and reopened January 31, 2023 after a $54 million rebuild as a 123-room Hilton Tapestry hotel.
Phil AccardoLake Redman and Lake Williams in William H. Kain County Park, off I-83 at Jacobus, offer 12 miles of trails, kayaking and peak fall color in late October.