Hilltown Township still carries the bones of a 19th-century farming community — the Reuben and Elizabeth Strassburger Farmstead's three pre-Civil War buildings and Pearl Buck's old homestead at Green Hills Farm are the visible landmarks, but plenty of the township's private houses along Deep Run and Mill Creek date from roughly the same era, with the same narrow, steep staircases that don't suit anyone's knees past sixty. With 21% of Hilltown residents over 65 and homeownership sitting at 84.2%, a stairlift is usually what keeps a family in a farmhouse that's been theirs for generations instead of forcing a sale.
Why a stairlift installed in Hilltown, PA is planned around the way this specific community lives, not stamped out from a one-size-fits-all template.
The township covers 27.03 square miles at an elevation of 397 feet and lies in the Delaware watershed, drained by the East Branch Perkiomen Creek and Neshaminy Creek along with Deep Run and Mill Creek.
Source ↗Hilltown Township contains Green Hills Farm, a National Historic Landmark that was home to author Pearl Buck, plus the National Register-listed Reuben and Elizabeth Strassburger Farmstead with three pre-Civil War buildings preserved by the Hilltown Historical Society.
Source ↗Median household income was $63,178 and median family income $69,183 as of the 2000 census, with a low poverty rate of 3.3% for families; the township is served by the Pennridge and North Penn school districts.
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| Your option | Upfront cost | 10-year total |
|---|---|---|
| Stairlift Installation Best value Professional install by All American Stairlifts, Hilltown PA | $3,150 – $16,800 One-time | $3,150 – $16,800 Lifetime use |
| Moving to a single-story home Selling, buying, closing, moving costs in the Bucks market | $50,000+ Plus relocation stress | $50,000+ Loss of community ties |
| Assisted living facility Bucks County average, private room | $4,500/mo Recurring | $540,000 And rising annually |
| In-home caregiver (8 hrs/day) Licensed home health aide, Florida market rates | $6,000/mo Recurring | $730,000+ Before wage increases |
| Home elevator installation Requires shaft construction, permits, months of work | $25,000 to $50,000 Plus renovation | $28,000 to $55,000 Includes maintenance |
Sources: AARP Cost of Care Survey 2025, Genworth Cost of Care Study, and Pennsylvania Department of Elder Affairs. Figures reflect Hilltown metro averages.
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What a stairlift project looks like for families in Hilltown and nearby Bucks County. Drag to scroll, or use the arrows and dots below.
Luis measured our 1882 Blooming Glen farmhouse on a Tuesday morning and the straight rail was installed Friday — three thousand seventy-five dollars all in. The original pine stringers were not touched. He showed my husband how to fold the seat in case the grandkids run up the stairs.
We have a 1924 colonial on Bethlehem Pike just inside Line Lexington. Luis spec'd a 14-foot straight rail and was on our oak treads in four hours. He filled out the OBRA paperwork for our daughter at the kitchen table — approved in five weeks for the full reimbursement. Both oak treads and banister stayed intact.
Our Mount Pleasant split-foyer has the awkward landing where the front-door run meets the upstairs run. Luis put two short straight rails with a transfer point — saved us almost six thousand versus the curved quote we got first. Both rails installed same day. My mother uses both rails independently every day.
I am a Vietnam veteran in the Fair Hill section. Luis walked my HISA paperwork to the Coatesville VA on Black Horse Hill Road himself — the $6,800 grant approval came back in six weeks. The 600-lb rail handles my chair plus my oxygen concentrator without any slowdown. The install was done in under four hours.
Bluestone porch steps off the front of our 1890s Silverdale house — six steps with no handrail and the kind of slick winter ice we get on Route 113. Luis spec'd an outdoor IP55 rail with a marine-grade seat. Two seasons in and the seal is still tight, no rust on the brackets.
We needed a wheelchair platform lift for my mother who lives with us in Dublin just outside the township. Luis installed an indoor inclined platform with the yellow safety edges in one day — the flat black deck folds against the wall. The fold mechanism is smooth — staircase fully clear between uses.
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(800) 965-0350 Call Now. It's FreeHilltown Township covers about 27 square miles of Upper Bucks County and is built around six historic villages, each with different housing patterns. Blooming Glen — originally Moyer's Store, post-office in 1864 — has the township's oldest farmhouses with steep narrow back stairs. Line Lexington, straddling the Montgomery County line, runs 1920s colonials with standard 10-inch tread depths. Mount Pleasant and Fair Hill hold mid-century ranches and split-foyer homes with carpeted straight runs. Hilltown village proper, around the Creamery Road township office, mixes pre-war farmhouses with newer 1990s subdivisions. Deep Run and Silverdale village edge into the steeper terrain along the East Branch Perkiomen Creek. We also serve neighbors in Dublin, Sellersville, and Perkasie.
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VA HISA, Medicaid waivers, IRS medical deduction, state grants, and 0% financing, with the actual forms you need.
What Original Medicare and Advantage plans actually pay toward a stairlift, and the legitimate workarounds when they don't.
Straight vs curved, standard vs heavy-duty, indoor vs outdoor. A read that saves you from buying the wrong model.
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Stairlift Types
Most common · From $2,800
The standard for Line Lexington colonials and Mount Pleasant split-foyers — typical Hilltown straight run is 12-14 treads, installed in 3-4 hours.
vs Curved: 3x less expensive and installed in one visit. vs Home elevator: 10-15x less cost and no construction. vs Moving bedroom downstairs: Keeps your home exactly as it is.
Custom-built · From $9,000
For the 1850s Blooming Glen and Deep Run farmhouses with tight upper-landing turns — laser-scanned, factory-bent in 3-4 weeks, installed in one day.
vs Straight with landing break: One smooth ride instead of transferring seats. vs Home elevator: Half the cost, no construction permits, no shaft needed. vs Moving: A fraction of what selling and relocating costs.
Weatherproof · From $4,000
IP55-sealed for Hilltown's freeze-thaw cycle — the bluestone porch steps common on Bethlehem Pike farmhouses and the elevated front entries on Mount Pleasant ranches.
vs Standard stairlift outdoors: Won't rust, seize, or void its warranty. vs Exterior ramp: No permits, no concrete work, no lost yard. vs Home entry renovation: Installed in a single day.
600 lb Rated · From $5,050
600-lb capacity with a wider 22-inch seat — common HISA spec for the Vietnam-era veterans served by the Coatesville VA on Black Horse Hill Road.
vs Standard stairlift: Extra capacity and wider seat for maximum comfort. vs Custom furniture lift: A fraction of the price with faster install. vs Home elevator: Much lower cost with the same weight confidence.
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Straight-rail lifts for the two-story colonials and farmhouses common in Hilltown Township usually run $3,000 to $5,000 installed. A curved rail — for a staircase with a landing or a turn, which describes a lot of the older homes near the Strassburger Farmstead — costs more, often $8,000 to $12,000, since the rail has to be custom-measured and built for that one staircase.
The PA Assistive Technology Foundation (PATF) runs a loan program built for this: a Mini-Loan up to $7,000 at 0% interest, or a Low-Interest Loan above that up to $60,000 total at 3.75%, with no income limit. A Hilltown homeowner doesn't need to qualify as low-income to use it.
It does. With homeownership here at 84.2%, most of the installs I do are for people staying in a house long-term, not a rental — so they're more often willing to spend on a heavier-duty curved rail built to last rather than the cheapest straight rail that just clears code.
A straight-rail lift in a standard Hilltown two-story goes in within half a day to a day. Curved-rail jobs — common in the older farmhouses out toward Deep Run and Mill Creek where the staircase has a landing or a turn — take longer, usually two to three weeks from the initial measurement to install day, because the rail is custom-built off a template of your exact stairs.
No structural cutting is needed. The rail bolts to the treads themselves, not the wall, so it works on the original wood staircases you find in homes from the same era as the pre-Civil War Strassburger Farmstead buildings without touching the woodwork underneath.
Almost never. Most residential lifts need about 27 to 28 inches of clear stair width, and even the narrower staircases in Hilltown's older farmhouses usually clear that once the folded-up rail and seat are accounted for.
Pennsylvania's Community HealthChoices (CHC) Waiver covers stairlifts as a home adaptation, authorized case-by-case through your managed care organization — Keystone First CHC, PA Health & Wellness, or UPMC Community HealthChoices — with no published dollar cap. Call the PA Independent Enrollment Broker at 1-877-550-4227 to start.
Yes. The Bucks County Home Repair Program (BCHRP) covers up to $50,000 per household for accessibility repairs — half grant, half zero-interest deferred loan, with mobile-home owners eligible for up to $15,000 as a straight grant. Separately, the Redevelopment Authority of Bucks County runs a zero-interest deferred loan up to $15,000 for modifications for residents with a permanent disability; reach them at 215-781-8711.
VA Specially Adapted Housing grants pay up to $126,526 in FY2026 for service-connected veterans, or up to $25,350 through the Special Home Adaptation grant, and either can go toward a stairlift and the structural work around it. The Bucks County Center for Independent Living can help with the paperwork, though BCCIL itself doesn't fund the lift — its services are free advocacy and transition support, not direct funding.
Hilltown Stairlift Specialist · 15+ yrs
I've put lifts into a few of the older farmhouses off the back roads near Deep Run, and the staircases in those houses were built for people smaller than us — narrow treads, barely a landing to speak of. Hilltown's a rural township, over 27 square miles of it split across the Pennridge and North Penn school district lines, so a job out past either district just means I build the extra drive time into the quote. Most of the calls I get here aren't emergencies — they're a family that's been putting it off for a year and finally decided the second floor isn't worth the risk anymore.
Hilltown's six villages each have their own staircase reality — there is no single "Hilltown stairlift." The 1850s Blooming Glen farmhouse needs different hardware than the 1990s Mount Pleasant subdivision. We measure on-site, write a fixed price, and prepare your OBRA Waiver, CHC Waiver, or Coatesville VA HISA paperwork before installation day if you qualify.
Most straight rails are installed within five business days of the measurement; curved rails ship in three to four weeks. Schedule a same-week visit and I will be on your stairs by Friday.
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