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McSherrystown borough, Adams County, PA

3,094 Population
0.5 square miles 6,046.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.5 ±5.9 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Adams County: 43.8 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,495 ±$4,654 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Adams County: $39,339 ±$812
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$70,890 ±$17,562 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Adams County: $81,071 ±$2,227
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

23.1% ±10.7% (701  ±325) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Adams County: 8.4% † 8,439 (±0.9% / ±939)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

22.5 minutes ±3.3 (33,165  ±8,200) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Adams County: 28.6 1,324,995 (±0.6 / ±42,788)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,189 ±120 Number of households
  • Adams County: 40,411 ±326
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.6 ±0.3 (3,082  ±17) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Adams County: 2.5 100,831 (±0 / ±89)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

6.7% ±7.5% (49  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Adams County: 4.5% † 976 (±1.1% / ±238)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,269 ±130 Number of housing units
  • Adams County: 43,377 ±73
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$188,200 ±$17,880 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Adams County: $256,100 ±$4,794
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

17.7% ±9.5% (538  ±289.9) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Adams County: 9.8% 10,251 (±1% / ±1,003.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

93% ±12.6% (1,799  ±307.7) 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)
15% ±7.2% (291  ±142.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Adams County: 24.8% 18,329 (±1.1% / ±825.7)
  • about two-fifths of 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

0.1% ±0.2% (2  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Adams County: 3.4% 3,559
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

10% ±4.9% (228  ±112) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Adams County: 8.1% 6,791 (±0.6% / ±515)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
228 Total veterans ±112 199 Male ±108 29 Female ±51

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