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Gettysburg borough, Adams County, PA

7,929 Population
1.7 square miles 4,777.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.3 ±0.7 Median age
  • about half the figure in Adams County: 43.8 ±0.3
  • about half the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,115 ±$3,901 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Adams County: $39,339 ±$812
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$52,656 ±$8,764 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Adams County: $81,071 ±$2,227
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

12.6% ±4.4% (627  ±220) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Adams County: 8.4% † 8,439 (±0.9% / ±939)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

16.2 minutes ±1.8 (53,290  ±8,137) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Adams County: 28.6 1,324,995 (±0.6 / ±42,788)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

2,319 ±198 Number of households
  • Adams County: 40,411 ±326
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.1 ±0.2 (4,959  ±82) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Adams County: 2.5 100,831 (±0 / ±89)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

1.9% ±1.4% (55  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Adams County: 4.5% † 976 (±1.1% / ±238)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

2,613 ±209 Number of housing units
  • Adams County: 43,377 ±73
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$237,000 ±$20,540 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Adams County: $256,100 ±$4,794
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

36.5% ±5.1% (2,877  ±399) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Adams County: 9.8% 10,251 (±1% / ±1,003.7)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

92.3% ±7.5% (3,343  ±362.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Adams County: 90.7% 67,143 (±2% / ±1,455.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
41% ±5.4% (1,485  ±223.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Adams County: 24.8% 18,329 (±1.1% / ±825.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

10.4% ±2.2% (826  ±177) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Adams County: 3.4% 3,559
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

4.2% ±1.5% (293  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Adams County: 8.1% 6,791 (±0.6% / ±515)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
293 Total veterans ±107 232 Male ±83 61 Female ±67

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