Borough · Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Camp Hill, Pennsylvania

Camp Hill is a borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, part of the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area. It has 8,169 residents. Camp Hill, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 94 out of 100 (very high), ranking #871 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #36 of 997 cities and towns. It ranks best on mammography screening (high), bachelor's degree or higher (high) and drug overdose deaths (low). It ranks worst on comfortable days (low), time spent in the emergency room (high) and child care cost burden (high).

94Very high

Quality-of-life score: #871 of 15,651 cities and towns
Pennsylvania: #36 of 997 in PA
Population: 8,169 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 3,844.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 4211000

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety89#1,742/15,637
Economy83#2,705/15,631
Housing59#6,128/14,977
Health89#1,786/15,609
Healthcare87#1,962/15,650
Environment60#6,238/15,453
Education97#431/15,649
Infrastructure96#638/15,650
Community86#2,194/15,651
Leisure & amenities39#9,568/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Camp Hill, Pennsylvania ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Cumberland County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Mammography screening · high56.0%
94/100Pennsylvania 51.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCumberland County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · high63.6%
94/100Pennsylvania 35.2%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Drug overdose deaths · low7.0 /100k
93/100Pennsylvania 19.6 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCumberland County value
Poor or fair health · low11.8%
92/100Pennsylvania 17.0%United States 19.9%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Injury deaths · low56 /100k
92/100Pennsylvania 98 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCumberland County value
Frequent mental distress · low14.7%
91/100Pennsylvania 15.9%United States 18.6%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low23.3%
10/100Pennsylvania 23.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationCumberland County value
Time spent in the emergency room · high223 min
11/100Pennsylvania 191 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCumberland County value
Child care cost burden · high36.0%
19/100Pennsylvania 34.6%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCumberland County value
Public libraries · low0.3 /10k
22/100Pennsylvania 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesCumberland County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high8.6 µg/m³
23/100Pennsylvania 8.3 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyCumberland County value
Effective property tax rate · high1.45%
24/100Pennsylvania 1.25%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
0.1 /1k (2021) → 0.4 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+198%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
50.5% (2015-2019) → 63.6% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
30.9% (2015-2019) → 42.7% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
12.6% (2015-2019) → 4.4% (2020-2024)
−8.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$87,008 (2015-2019) → $115,761 (2020-2024)
+33%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
90.0% (2015-2019) → 95.9% (2020-2024)
+5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania improved on 3 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Bachelor's++13 points50.5% → 63.6%
Household income+33%$87,008 → $115,761
Broadband+5.9 points90.0% → 95.9%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.4 min2015-2019	20.7 min2020-2024	+2.3 min	Within the margin of error	25%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.5%2015-2019	63.6%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	95%
Broadband subscriptions	90.0%2015-2019	95.9%2020-2024	+5.9 points	Improved	37%
Effective property tax rate	1.67%2015-2019	1.45%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	63%
High school diploma or higher	94.2%2015-2019	96.8%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	62%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3952015-2019	0.4112020-2024	+0.016	Within the margin of error	36%
Median household income	$87,0082015-2019	$115,7612020-2024	+33%	Improved	61%
Poverty rate	7.0%2015-2019	6.6%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Rent as share of income	22.6%2015-2019	28.0%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Rent-burdened households	30.9%2015-2019	42.7%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Unemployment rate	3.2%2015-2019	2.0%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	72%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Camp Hill, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania itself moved −4.9 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

8,169 residents (±39)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

3,330 households (±180)

Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k11%†350
$25k–50k9.4%†313
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

3,330 households (±180)

Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own78%2,602
Rent22%728

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+12.6 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

4,194 workers (±317)

Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone57%2,389
Carpool6.3%†265
Public transit0.5%†20

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Cumberland County, the county holding most of Camp Hill's residents.

Cumberland County has 6,534 employer establishments, 241 for every 10,000 residents (0.97× the US rate of 248; 1.02× Pennsylvania's), with 131,167 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,425. The Census Bureau also counts 20,224 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 6,534; 20,224 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 241; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 131,167
Average annual pay: $56,425; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Cumberland County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	600	22.1	1.06×About typical	11,625	$78,269	821
Restaurants and other eating places	456	16.8	0.92×About typical	8,243	$21,455	105
Specialty trade contractors	288	10.6	0.69×Fewer than typical	3,766	$73,283	1,028
Offices of physicians	252	9.3	1.44×More than typical	4,799	$103,662	138
Religious organizations	225	8.3	1.50×More than typical	1,831	$25,286	—
Limited-service restaurants	220	8.1	1.01×About typical	3,518	$18,776	57
Personal care services	215	7.9	1.66×More than typical	1,071	$34,769	479
Lessors of real estate	212	7.8	0.63×Fewer than typical	1,110	$70,853	2,210
Services to buildings and dwellings	186	6.9	1.02×About typical	1,478	$31,617	920
Full-service restaurants	184	6.8	0.88×About typical	3,975	$24,029	37
Truck transportation	181	6.7	1.32×More than typical	7,665	$65,761	968
Computer systems design and related services	176	6.5	1.50×More than typical	2,164	$88,304	287

Rank places for an industry Open Cumberland County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 271,177 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $64.7M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania: $7,925 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $64.7M; +25% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,925; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

UNITED CONCORDIA COMPANIES, INC.$67.3M100%
ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY$92K0.1%
GFT INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.$58.9K0.1%
KEYSTONE SAFETY SERVICES INC$13.1K0.0%
COMMERCIAL FLOORING PROFESSIONALS, INC$1,1240.0%

Spending by fiscal year

33.1MFY2017
37.1MFY2018
27.9MFY2019
38.4MFY2020
78MFY2021
27.6MFY2022
26MFY2023
45.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Insurance carriers · 5241$64.6M99.8%
Grain and oilseed milling · 3112$92K0.1%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$59.3K0.1%
Data processing, hosting, and related services · 5182$13.1K0.0%
Other wood product manufacturing · 3219$1,1240.0%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, so they do not add up across cities.

Camp Hill, Pennsylvania's figures are part of those of Cumberland County, PA ($812.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 8.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Camp Hill is mostly in Cumberland County.

See federal money in Cumberland County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Camp Hill, Pennsylvania is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Cumberland County97100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA84

Other cities and towns in Cumberland County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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