Littlestown vs McSherrystown

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

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

Littlestown has the higher population (4,810 vs 3,094 in McSherrystown). McSherrystown has the higher median household income ($70,890 vs $68,415 in Littlestown). Littlestown has the higher median home value ($240,000 vs $188,200 in McSherrystown).

Population, income & housing

	Littlestown	McSherrystown
Population	4,810	3,094
Median age	39.4 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,415	$70,890
Median home value	$240,000	$188,200
Median gross rent	$1,020	$1,365
Housing units	1,974	1,269
Homeownership rate	71.9%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Littlestown	McSherrystown
Population	4,495 → 4,810 (+7.0%)	3,071 → 3,094 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$63,505 → $68,415 (+7.7%)	$50,114 → $70,890 (+41.5%)
Median home value	$183,100 → $240,000 (+31.1%)	$158,200 → $188,200 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $1,020 (+9.7%)	$912 → $1,365 (+49.7%)

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

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)

	Littlestown	McSherrystown
Under 5	4.8%	10.7%
5 to 17	17.9%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	11.1%
25 to 34	14.4%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.8%
45 to 54	7.5%	15.0%
55 to 64	20.9%	8.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	7.1%
75 and over	4.1%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Littlestown	McSherrystown
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	95.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Littlestown	McSherrystown
No high school diploma	9.2%	7.0%
High school graduate	50.0%	52.2%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Littlestown	McSherrystown
Drove alone	73.9%	91.1%
Carpooled	6.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	1.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Littlestown	McSherrystown
1-unit, detached	55.7%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	21.3%	21.7%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	14.4%
20 or more units	1.7%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Littlestown	McSherrystown
Poverty rate	15.3%	23.1%
Average household size	2.57	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1958	1972