[4] The community is a suburb of Baltimore and part of its Designated Market Area.

The southwestern corner of Codorus State Park is located in the township.

However, all K-12 students in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania can be enrolled in the state's cyber charter school.

West Manheim Township is officially classified as the Harrisburg television market (and receives all of its stations, including WHTM, WHP, WGAL and WPMT), however, due to proximity, Baltimore's stations WBAL, WMAR and WJZ can usually be picked up in the area and are available on Xfinity, which provides cable television and internet service to the township.

As for newspaper service, the Hanover Evening Sun is the primary paper of circulation.

Much of this rapid growth can be attributed to the large number of new residents moving in, many from Maryland.

12.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.