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Adamstown borough, Lancaster County, PA

2,007 Population
1.4 square miles 1,475.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lancaster County: 39.4 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,933 ±$7,061 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lancaster County: $43,128 ±$611
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$117,772 ±$7,736 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Lancaster County: $86,959 ±$1,323
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.6% ±2.7% (71  ±56) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lancaster County: 8.2% 44,440 (±0.5% / ±2,685)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.1 minutes ±7 (17,090  ±3,594) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lancaster County: 23.8 5,820,485 (±0.3 / ±94,254)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

727 ±118 Number of households
  • Lancaster County: 212,748 ±813
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.2 (2,007  ±352) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lancaster County: 2.6 542,429 (±0 / ±106)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.6% ±4.6% (34  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Lancaster County: 6.4% 7,863 (±0.4% / ±518)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

760 ±124 Number of housing units
  • Lancaster County: 219,224 ±92
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$279,300 ±$18,463 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lancaster County: $301,100 ±$4,176
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.2% ±8.1% (301  ±168) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lancaster County: 10.3% 57,007 (±0.5% / ±2,995.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.6% ±18.8% (1,263  ±154.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lancaster County: 87.5% 332,692 (±1.1% / ±4,055.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
39.6% ±4.6% (517  ±98.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lancaster County: 32.4% 123,275 (±0.6% / ±2,431.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about 10 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

3.2% ±2.6% (64  ±53) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Lancaster County: 5.8% 32,433
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.9% ±2.6% (85  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Lancaster County: 5.7% 24,325 (±0.2% / ±1,047)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
85 Total veterans ±40 68 Male ±30 17 Female ±18

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