Gettysburg vs McSherrystown

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

Gettysburg and McSherrystown 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 3,094 in McSherrystown). McSherrystown has the higher median household income ($70,890 vs $52,656 in Gettysburg). Gettysburg has the higher median home value ($237,000 vs $188,200 in McSherrystown).

Population, income & housing

	Gettysburg	McSherrystown
Population	7,929	3,094
Median age	22.3 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,656	$70,890
Median home value	$237,000	$188,200
Median gross rent	$929	$1,365
Housing units	2,613	1,269
Homeownership rate	47.3%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.0%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gettysburg	McSherrystown
Population	7,689 → 7,929 (+3.1%)	3,071 → 3,094 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$43,349 → $52,656 (+21.5%)	$50,114 → $70,890 (+41.5%)
Median home value	$227,300 → $237,000 (+4.3%)	$158,200 → $188,200 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$891 → $929 (+4.3%)	$912 → $1,365 (+49.7%)

Gettysburg

Population

7,6897,929

Median household income

$43,349$52,656

Median home value

$227,300$237,000

Median gross rent

$891$929

McSherrystown

Population

3,0713,094

Median household income

$50,114$70,890

Median home value

$158,200$188,200

Median gross rent

$912$1,365

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gettysburg	McSherrystown
Under 5	1.9%	10.7%
5 to 17	10.0%	15.7%
18 to 24	42.4%	11.1%
25 to 34	8.8%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	7.2%	15.0%
55 to 64	5.8%	8.7%
65 to 74	7.6%	7.1%
75 and over	5.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gettysburg	McSherrystown
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	95.0%
Black or African American	4.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gettysburg	McSherrystown
No high school diploma	7.7%	7.0%
High school graduate	29.8%	52.2%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.9%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gettysburg	McSherrystown
Drove alone	41.6%	91.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	6.5%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	36.1%	0.1%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	1.5%
Other means	2.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gettysburg	McSherrystown
1-unit, detached	49.0%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	11.6%	21.7%
2 to 4 units	19.6%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	14.4%
20 or more units	5.1%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gettysburg	McSherrystown
Poverty rate	12.6%	23.1%
Average household size	2.14	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1942	1972