Taxes & Insurance in Wayne
Wayne's real tax picture is genuinely more complex than most markets in this project, spanning Delaware County's confirmed highest-in-PA property tax rate and a real, disclosed open question about Radnor Township's own EIT status.
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Learn moreDelaware County's confirmed highest-in-Pennsylvania effective property tax rate
Delaware County's own 2026 effective property tax rate ran a real, confirmed 1.98% -- the highest of any of Pennsylvania's 67 counties, exceeding the PA statewide average (~1.32%) by 51% and the national median (~1.58%) by 26%. Radnor Township's own real estate millage ran a comparatively modest 2.4852 mills (2025), while Radnor Township School District's millage ran 15.7965 mills (2025-2026), rising to approximately 16.33 mills for 2026-2027 (a board-approved 3.36% increase) -- the school-district component forms the largest share of the total bill, as in most PA markets documented in this project.
A real, disclosed open question on Radnor Township's Earned Income Tax status
Despite repeated, targeted searches, this record did not confirm a specific Radnor Township resident EIT percentage. Radnor Township's own official finance-department page listing conspicuously does NOT include an Earned Income Tax page, unlike neighboring Malvern Borough's own analogous listing (built alongside this record), which explicitly lists an EIT ordinance. This raises a real, disclosed possibility -- consistent with this project's own King of Prussia/Upper Merion Township precedent -- that Radnor Township may not levy a local EIT at all, instead relying on its own confirmed Mercantile Tax and Business Privilege Tax. Confirm directly with Radnor Township's Finance Department before relying on this for a specific relocation decision.
Radnor's confirmed Mercantile Tax, Business Privilege Tax, and Local Services Tax
Radnor Township confirms a 3-mill Mercantile Tax on business gross receipts (first $25,000 exempt), a Business Privilege Tax, and a modest $52/year Local Services Tax (exempt for individuals earning under $12,000/year) -- real, confirmed alternate Act 511 revenue tools.
A different property tax regime applies to Wayne's Chester County portion
For the smaller portion of Wayne's real geography extending into Easttown/Tredyffrin Townships, Chester County, Chester County's own considerably lower effective property tax rate (~1.05%, per this project's own west-chester-pa.js sourcing) would apply instead -- confirm which county a target address sits within.
Key takeaways
- Delaware County's effective property tax rate (1.98%) is the confirmed highest of any Pennsylvania county.
- Radnor Township's specific EIT status is a real, disclosed open question -- its own tax-page listing omits an EIT page.
- Radnor confirms a 3-mill Mercantile Tax, a Business Privilege Tax, and a $52/year Local Services Tax.
- Chester County's considerably lower ~1.05% effective rate applies to Wayne's smaller Chester County portion instead.
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