The furniture industry has mostly shifted to kitchen cabinet production and retail store fixtures over the last 40 years.

[9] Red Lion is located about 8 miles (13 km) southeast of York.

[10] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.3 km2), all land.

29.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

On April 24, 2003, at the Red Lion Junior High School in Red Lion, James Sheets killed the principal of the school, Eugene Segro, before killing himself.

The band is composed of local musicians of all ages and performs at many community events.

The Red Lion Area School District has also been awarded the NAMM Foundation's “Best Community for Music Education” from 2012 to 2018 which considers the quality of programs and availability of music education within the schools and community.

Red Lion also had a fully functional opera house and a downtown movie theater until the mid-1960s.