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McSherrystown borough, Adams County, PA

3,087 Population
0.5 square miles 6,032.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.5 ±4.1 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Adams County: 43.8 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1

Economics

$27,998 ±$3,761 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Adams County: $37,349 ±$838
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $41,234 ±$183
$69,432 ±$19,248 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Adams County: $78,975 ±$3,334
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,170 ±$347

4.3% ±2.4% (131  ±73) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Adams County: 7.9% † 7,909 (±0.9% / ±889)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,482,439 (±0.1% / ±18,052)

26.1 minutes ±4.3 (40,550  ±9,331) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Adams County: 28.3 1,310,875 (±0.7 / ±44,062)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.7 146,141,410 (±0.1 / ±650,543)

Families

1,177 ±124 Number of households
  • Adams County: 40,006 ±420
  • Pennsylvania: 5,193,727 ±8,465
2.6 ±0.3 (3,077  ±15) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Adams County: 2.5 100,335 (±0 / ±64)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,572,124

10% ±8.6% (84  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Adams County: 4.7% † 1,018 (±1% / ±225)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,663 (±0.1% / ±3,328)

Housing

1,228 ±128 Number of housing units
  • Adams County: 43,118 ±103
  • Pennsylvania: 5,753,908 ±890

$174,900 ±$18,764 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Adams County: $242,800 ±$3,831
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $226,200 ±$546

19.4% ±9% (587  ±,272.7) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Adams County: 10.7% 11,130 (±1% / ±1,019.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.4% 1,468,975 (±0.1% / ±15,527.1)

Social

92.8% ±14.3% (1,768  ±,329.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Adams County: 90.3% 66,405 (±2% / ±1,458.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.7% 8,366,889 (±0.2% / ±21,602.8)
13.3% ±7.1% (253  ±,137.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Adams County: 24.4% 17,928 (±1.2% / ±,858.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 33.8% 3,081,318 (±0.2% / ±13,474.5)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

7.3% ±3.5% (163  ±78) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Adams County: 7.8% 6,503 (±0.5% / ±416)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.6% 680,824 (±0.1% / ±5,453)
163 Total veterans ±78 129 Male ±70 34 Female ±45

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