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Chambersburg, PA

22,051 Population
6.9 square miles 3,184.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 42.2 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,562 ±$2,582 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: $39,149 ±$1,114
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$56,177 ±$5,625 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: $74,946 ±$1,764
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

11.7% ±2.6% (2,488  ±548) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 7.8% † 11,995 (±0.8% / ±1,298)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

18.9 minutes ±1.3 (174,075  ±17,036) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 24 1,612,930 (±0.9 / ±67,578)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

9,732 ±440 Number of households
  • the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 63,028 ±476
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.2 ±0.1 (21,290  ±57) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 2.5 154,791 (±0 / ±57)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

4.6% ±2.4% (224  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 4.8% † 1,589 (±1% / ±316)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

10,105 ±437 Number of housing units
  • the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 66,787 ±96
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$196,200 ±$7,300 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: $236,300 ±$4,420
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

12.7% ±2.7% (2,762  ±588.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 10% † 15,579 (±1.1% / ±1,715.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

90% ±5.6% (14,120  ±963.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 90.7% 100,198 (±2% / ±2,197.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
26.7% ±3.3% (4,182  ±523.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 24% 26,471 (±1.1% / ±1,188.7)
  • about three-quarters 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

9.3% ±2.4% (2,059  ±533) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 3.9% 6,131
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

8.8% ±1.7% (1,552  ±296) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 8.8% 10,768 (±0.6% / ±734)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
1,552 Total veterans ±296 1,381 Male ±286 171 Female ±90

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