Gettysburg vs Rossburg

A side-by-side comparison of Gettysburg and Rossburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Gettysburg and Rossburg are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gettysburg has the higher population (538 vs 272 in Rossburg). Rossburg has the higher median household income ($68,854 vs $63,594 in Gettysburg). Rossburg has the higher median home value ($114,600 vs $106,300 in Gettysburg).

Population, income & housing

	Gettysburg	Rossburg
Population	538	272
Median age	34.8 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,594	$68,854
Median home value	$106,300	$114,600
Median gross rent	$954	$625
Housing units	196	115
Homeownership rate	66.5%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	0.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gettysburg	Rossburg
Population	576 → 538 (-6.6%)	248 → 272 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$45,139 → $63,594 (+40.9%)	$50,000 → $68,854 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$80,300 → $106,300 (+32.4%)	$65,300 → $114,600 (+75.5%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $954 (+21.5%)	$709 → $625 (-11.8%)

Gettysburg

Population

576538

Median household income

$45,139$63,594

Median home value

$80,300$106,300

Median gross rent

$785$954

Rossburg

Population

248272

Median household income

$50,000$68,854

Median home value

$65,300$114,600

Median gross rent

$709$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gettysburg	Rossburg
Under 5	8.4%	1.1%
5 to 17	29.7%	19.5%
18 to 24	3.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.1%	10.7%
35 to 44	15.2%	7.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	15.4%
55 to 64	7.6%	21.3%
65 to 74	12.1%	11.8%
75 and over	2.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gettysburg	Rossburg
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gettysburg	Rossburg
No high school diploma	15.8%	14.4%
High school graduate	50.3%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gettysburg	Rossburg
Drove alone	82.0%	79.7%
Carpooled	13.7%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	9.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gettysburg	Rossburg
1-unit, detached	89.3%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gettysburg	Rossburg
Poverty rate	5.2%	15.8%
Average household size	3.11	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1944	1956