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17201

27,554 Population
19.1 square miles 1,440.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±2.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 42.1 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$34,918 ±$2,520 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: $39,977 ±$1,127
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$61,234 ±$5,249 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: $77,003 ±$2,046
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

14.3% ±3.9% (3,817  ±1,055) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 8.5% † 13,153 (±1.2% / ±1,855)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

17.5 minutes ±0.7 (191,425  ±17,707) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 24.3 1,613,700 (±0.8 / ±63,805)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

12,244 ±590 Number of households
  • the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 63,510 ±548
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.2 ±0.1 (26,745  ±672) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 2.5 155,618 (±0 / ±58)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

3.8% ±2.1% (240  ±137) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 4.3% † 1,438 (±0.9% / ±301)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

12,900 ±581 Number of housing units
  • the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 67,157 ±54
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$227,800 ±$7,988 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: $249,800 ±$5,492
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

11.9% ±2.3% (3,234  ±619.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 10.3% † 16,086 (±1.1% / ±1,701.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

91.3% ±4.7% (18,058  ±1,157.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 91.3% 101,578 (±1.9% / ±2,156.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
29% ±3.1% (5,744  ±644.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 24.7% 27,519 (±1.1% / ±1,176)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

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

6.7% ±1.4% (1,853  ±391) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 3.7% 5,868
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

8.6% ±1.8% (1,910  ±396) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 8.4% 10,250 (±0.6% / ±761)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
1,910 Total veterans ±396 1,758 Male ±377 152 Female ±102

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