Gettysburg vs Littlestown

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

Gettysburg and Littlestown 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 4,810 in Littlestown). Littlestown has the higher median household income ($68,415 vs $52,656 in Gettysburg). Littlestown has the higher median home value ($240,000 vs $237,000 in Gettysburg).

Population, income & housing

	Gettysburg	Littlestown
Population	7,929	4,810
Median age	22.3 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,656	$68,415
Median home value	$237,000	$240,000
Median gross rent	$929	$1,020
Housing units	2,613	1,974
Homeownership rate	47.3%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.0%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gettysburg	Littlestown
Population	7,689 → 7,929 (+3.1%)	4,495 → 4,810 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$43,349 → $52,656 (+21.5%)	$63,505 → $68,415 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$227,300 → $237,000 (+4.3%)	$183,100 → $240,000 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$891 → $929 (+4.3%)	$930 → $1,020 (+9.7%)

Gettysburg

Population

7,6897,929

Median household income

$43,349$52,656

Median home value

$227,300$237,000

Median gross rent

$891$929

Littlestown

Population

4,4954,810

Median household income

$63,505$68,415

Median home value

$183,100$240,000

Median gross rent

$930$1,020

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gettysburg	Littlestown
Under 5	1.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	10.0%	17.9%
18 to 24	42.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	8.8%	14.4%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	7.2%	7.5%
55 to 64	5.8%	20.9%
65 to 74	7.6%	11.4%
75 and over	5.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gettysburg	Littlestown
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	93.8%
Black or African American	4.5%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gettysburg	Littlestown
No high school diploma	7.7%	9.2%
High school graduate	29.8%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.9%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gettysburg	Littlestown
Drove alone	41.6%	73.9%
Carpooled	7.1%	6.0%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	36.1%	3.4%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.5%	15.8%
Other means	2.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gettysburg	Littlestown
1-unit, detached	49.0%	55.7%
1-unit, attached	11.6%	21.3%
2 to 4 units	19.6%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	7.0%
20 or more units	5.1%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Gettysburg	Littlestown
Poverty rate	12.6%	15.3%
Average household size	2.14	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	16	31
Median year structure built	1942	1958