Gettysburg vs Lake Meade

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

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

Gettysburg has the higher population (7,929 vs 2,398 in Lake Meade). Lake Meade has the higher median household income ($110,833 vs $52,656 in Gettysburg). Lake Meade has the higher median home value ($291,900 vs $237,000 in Gettysburg).

Population, income & housing

	Gettysburg	Lake Meade
Population	7,929	2,398
Median age	22.3 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,656	$110,833
Median home value	$237,000	$291,900
Median gross rent	$929	—
Housing units	2,613	1,121
Homeownership rate	47.3%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.0%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gettysburg	Lake Meade
Population	7,689 → 7,929 (+3.1%)	2,569 → 2,398 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$43,349 → $52,656 (+21.5%)	$111,000 → $110,833 (-0.2%)
Median home value	$227,300 → $237,000 (+4.3%)	$230,100 → $291,900 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$891 → $929 (+4.3%)	—

Gettysburg

Population

7,6897,929

Median household income

$43,349$52,656

Median home value

$227,300$237,000

Median gross rent

$891$929

Lake Meade

Population

2,5692,398

Median household income

$111,000$110,833

Median home value

$230,100$291,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gettysburg	Lake Meade
Under 5	1.9%	3.2%
5 to 17	10.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	42.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	8.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	7.2%	10.1%
55 to 64	5.8%	21.4%
65 to 74	7.6%	15.0%
75 and over	5.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gettysburg	Lake Meade
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	95.1%
Black or African American	4.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gettysburg	Lake Meade
No high school diploma	7.7%	5.0%
High school graduate	29.8%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.9%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gettysburg	Lake Meade
Drove alone	41.6%	89.2%
Carpooled	7.1%	1.2%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	36.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	8.8%
Other means	2.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gettysburg	Lake Meade
1-unit, detached	49.0%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	11.6%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	19.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gettysburg	Lake Meade
Poverty rate	12.6%	3.3%
Average household size	2.14	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	16	34
Median year structure built	1942	1987