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Chambersburg, PA Urban Area

51,609 Population
34.7 square miles 1,488.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$37,632 ±$1,556 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$70,152 ±$2,628 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

8.4% ±1.5% (4,211  ±749) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

22.6 minutes ±2.1 (499,830  ±54,069) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

21,746 ±676 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.1 (50,535  ±1,397) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4.4% ±1.7% (497  ±196) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

22,603 ±684 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$230,000 ±$8,293 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

11.1% ±1.8% (5,659  ±953) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

91.5% ±2.8% (33,623  ±1,409.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
28% ±2% (10,291  ±800.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

6.9% ±1.2% (3,536  ±648) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

9.5% ±1.1% (3,853  ±439) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
3,853 Total veterans ±439 3,480 Male ±431 373 Female ±123

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