Scores by category

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

Safety92#1,233/15,637
Economy21#12,384/15,631
Housing60#6,026/14,977
Health55#6,987/15,609
Healthcare67#5,173/15,650
Environment58#6,450/15,453
Education87#1,963/15,649
Infrastructure69#4,903/15,650
Community82#2,876/15,651
Leisure & amenities20#12,506/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Adams 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 InstituteAdams County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Pennsylvania 4.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataAdams County value
Students per teacher · low11.2×
92/100Pennsylvania 13.1×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsAdams County value
Average commute time · low16.4 min
92/100Pennsylvania 26.3 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Property crime rate · low455 /100k
91/100Pennsylvania 1,324 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureAdams County value
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationAdams County value

Weaknesses

New business applications · low8.2 /1k
8/100Pennsylvania 12.4 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAdams County value
Pharmacies · low0.8 /10k
9/100Pennsylvania 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAdams County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.4 /10k
12/100Pennsylvania 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAdams County value
Dentists · low32 /100k
13/100Pennsylvania 73 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAdams County value
Grocery stores · low1.0 /10k
15/100Pennsylvania 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAdams County value
Comfortable days · low23.7%
17/100Pennsylvania 23.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAdams County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
7,689 (2015-2019) → 8,254 (2020-2024)
+7.3%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
35.5% (2015-2019) → 9.9% (2020-2024)
−26 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
71.9% (2015-2019) → 90.2% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
34.5% (2015-2019) → 44.0% (2020-2024)
+9.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Poverty rateImproving
21.3% (2015-2019) → 14.1% (2020-2024)
−7.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$43,349 (2015-2019) → $54,365 (2020-2024)
+25%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania improved on 4 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 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.

Improved4

Child poverty−26 points35.5% → 9.9%
Broadband+18 points71.9% → 90.2%
Bachelor's++9.6 points34.5% → 44.0%
Household income+25%$43,349 → $54,365

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.2 min2015-2019	16.4 min2020-2024	−3.7 min	Within the margin of error	84%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%2015-2019	44.0%2020-2024	+9.6 points	Improved	89%
Broadband subscriptions	71.9%2015-2019	90.2%2020-2024	+18 points	Improved	87%
Child poverty rate	35.5%2015-2019	9.9%2020-2024	−26 points	Improved	96%
Effective property tax rate	1.58%2015-2019	1.38%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	58%
High school diploma or higher	86.5%2015-2019	90.6%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Home price to income ratio	5.2×2015-2019	4.4×2020-2024	−0.8×	Within the margin of error	97%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4752015-2019	0.4552020-2024	−0.020	Within the margin of error	68%
Median household income	$43,3492015-2019	$54,3652020-2024	+25%	Improved	45%
Poverty rate	21.3%2015-2019	14.1%2020-2024	−7.2 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Rent as share of income	28.6%2015-2019	27.0%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Rent-burdened households	44.5%2015-2019	40.2%2020-2024	−4.3 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Unemployment rate	5.8%2015-2019	5.7%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.4%2015-2019	5.3%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	69%

“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 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Gettysburg, 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, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania itself moved +10.8 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

8,254 residents (±20)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29
10–19
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 40–49 women (+3.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

8,254 residents (±20)

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

White71%5,828
Black4.2%†348
Hispanic or Latino17%1,366

Education

3,676 residents (±279)

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

No high school diploma9.4%†345
High school or GED25%908
Some college15%†563

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

2,447 households (±228)

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k17%†425
$25k–50k30%739
$50k–75k17%†421
$75k–100k14%†336
$100k–150k10%†245
$150k–200k6.2%†151
$200k or more5.3%†130

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−11.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

2,447 households (±228)

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own47%1,143
Rent53%1,304

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+13.7 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

1,244 households (±184)

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $75021%†266
$750–1,00029%†355
$1,000–1,50037%455

Home values

1,143 homes (±214)

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $150k4.8%†55
$150k–250k49%†557
$250k–400k30%342

Age of homes

2,801 homes (±214)

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

2010 or later1.7%†49
2000–20093.6%†100
1980–19997.5%†209

Size of homes

2,801 homes (±214)

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Studio2.5%†69
1 bedroom25%711
2 bedrooms23%631

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

3,704 workers (±260)

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone47%1,726
Carpool6.8%†253
Public transit1.1%†41
Walk32%1,188
Bike1.4%†53
Work from home10%†375
Other1.8%†68

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+5.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

3,329 workers (±267)

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under 15 min61%2,040
15–29 min21%704
30–44 min8.0%†265

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Gettysburg, 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 Adams County, the county holding most of Gettysburg's residents.

Adams County has 1,967 employer establishments, 184 for every 10,000 residents (0.74× the US rate of 248; 0.78× Pennsylvania's), with 27,990 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,411. The Census Bureau also counts 7,561 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,967; 7,561 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 184; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 27,990
Average annual pay: $45,411; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	167	15.6	0.85×About typical	2,529	$20,596	31
Specialty trade contractors	161	15.1	0.97×About typical	785	$64,987	738
Religious organizations	94	8.8	1.58×More than typical	471	$20,272	—
Ambulatory health care services	90	8.4	0.40×Fewer than typical	1,207	$81,689	218
Automotive repair and maintenance	78	7.3	1.45×More than typical	296	$48,537	159
Limited-service restaurants	78	7.3	0.91×About typical	1,010	$18,268	15
Full-service restaurants	65	6.1	0.79×Fewer than typical	1,283	$23,306	10
Building equipment contractors	64	6	0.99×About typical	295	$60,383	151
Construction of buildings	64	6	0.79×Fewer than typical	565	$75,460	336
Services to buildings and dwellings	58	5.4	0.80×About typical	275	$49,713	481
Lessors of real estate	54	5	0.41×Fewer than typical	175	$48,486	640
Truck transportation	46	4.3	0.85×About typical	263	$55,190	166

Rank places for an industry Open Adams County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 106,945 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 $325.9K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: $39.49 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $325.9K; +492% vs FY2025
Per resident: $39.49; US $1,994
Sole-source: 12%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.2%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$267.5K82%
Department of Veterans Affairs$28.8K8.8%
National Park Service$16.3K5.0%
U.S. Agency for Global Media$6,7192.1%
Agricultural Marketing Service$2,2240.7%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$1,5870.5%
Federal Communications Commission$1,5770.5%
Department of the Navy$6460.2%

Top recipients

KVG LLC$267.5K82%
THE MEADOWS AT GETTYSBURG FOR NURSING & REHABILITATION LLC$28.8K8.8%
HJ GOV CONTRACTING CORP$7,8722.4%
HELICOPTER APPLICATORS INC$6,7662.1%
TERRA SITE CONSTRUCTORS LLC$5,1961.6%

Spending by fiscal year

329.8KFY2017
50.2KFY2018
29KFY2019
60.7KFY2020
35.8KFY2021
232.2KFY2022
148.1KFY2023
89.8KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing · 3241$267.5K82%
Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$28.8K8.8%
Support activities for crop production · 1151$6,7662.1%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$5,6291.7%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$3,7921.2%

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 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, so they do not add up across cities.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania's figures are part of those of Adams County, PA ($45.1M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.7% of that total.

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

See federal money in Adams 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.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

John JoyceR-PA-13 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.1%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

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

Adams County82100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Gettysburg, PA68

Other cities and towns in Adams 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
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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