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Gettysburg borough, Adams County, PA

8,254 Population
1.7 square miles 4,969.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • about half the figure in Adams County: 43.7 ±0.3
  • about half the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,093 ±$2,949 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Adams County: $40,973 ±$773
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,365 ±$8,047 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Adams County: $84,092 ±$2,436
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.1% ±5.5% (735  ±284) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Adams County: 8.2% † 8,336 (±1% / ±995)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.4 minutes ±2.4 (54,675  ±9,245) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Adams County: 28.3 1,311,495 (±0.7 / ±44,707)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,447 ±228 Number of households
  • Adams County: 40,841 ±393
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (5,168  ±83) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Adams County: 2.5 101,657 (±0 / ±95)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2% ±1.5% (58  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Adams County: 4.5% † 996 (±0.9% / ±203)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,801 ±214 Number of housing units
  • Adams County: 43,672 ±85
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$241,500 ±$23,268 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Adams County: $268,500 ±$6,871
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

38.4% ±5.4% (3,159  ±444.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Adams County: 9.8% 10,303 (±0.9% / ±943.4)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.6% ±7.7% (3,331  ±379) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Adams County: 91.4% 68,410 (±2.2% / ±1,631.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
44% ±5.6% (1,619  ±239) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Adams County: 25.8% 19,282 (±1.2% / ±919.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

11.5% ±2.1% (950  ±171) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Adams County: 3.7% 3,942
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.6% ±1.5% (259  ±109) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Adams County: 7.9% 6,748 (±0.5% / ±453)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
259 Total veterans ±109 178 Male ±67 81 Female ±76

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