Chambersburg vs Greencastle

A side-by-side comparison of Chambersburg and Greencastle: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chambersburg has the higher population (22,051 vs 4,237 in Greencastle). Greencastle has the higher median household income ($74,725 vs $56,177 in Chambersburg). Greencastle has the higher median home value ($255,200 vs $196,200 in Chambersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Chambersburg	Greencastle
Population	22,051	4,237
Median age	41.2 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,177	$74,725
Median home value	$196,200	$255,200
Median gross rent	$1,088	$886
Housing units	10,105	1,853
Homeownership rate	43.4%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chambersburg	Greencastle
Population	20,832 → 22,051 (+5.9%)	4,013 → 4,237 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$49,023 → $56,177 (+14.6%)	$63,993 → $74,725 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$154,700 → $196,200 (+26.8%)	$172,700 → $255,200 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $1,088 (+32.7%)	$866 → $886 (+2.3%)

Chambersburg

Population

20,83222,051

Median household income

$49,023$56,177

Median home value

$154,700$196,200

Median gross rent

$820$1,088

Greencastle

Population

4,0134,237

Median household income

$63,993$74,725

Median home value

$172,700$255,200

Median gross rent

$866$886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chambersburg	Greencastle
Under 5	4.6%	9.7%
5 to 17	15.6%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.0%
25 to 34	12.8%	9.4%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	8.2%
55 to 64	12.4%	17.5%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.5%
75 and over	9.5%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chambersburg	Greencastle
White (non-Hispanic)	66.3%	93.2%
Black or African American	9.1%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	19.9%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chambersburg	Greencastle
No high school diploma	10.0%	4.7%
High school graduate	45.1%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chambersburg	Greencastle
Drove alone	76.6%	80.7%
Carpooled	7.6%	4.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	4.9%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	11.1%
Other means	3.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chambersburg	Greencastle
1-unit, detached	42.0%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	28.1%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	20.4%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	5.5%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Chambersburg	Greencastle
Poverty rate	11.7%	4.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1963	1969