Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety97#26/924
Economy80#187/925
Housing72#257/925
Health72#257/925
Healthcare45#506/923
Environment51#452/917
Education51#458/925
Infrastructure39#565/925
Community73#246/925
Leisure & amenities20#742/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Gettysburg, PA metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.399
98/100Pennsylvania 0.474United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Poverty rate · low8.2%
95/100Pennsylvania 11.6%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Property crime rate · low455 /100k
95/100Pennsylvania 1,324 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties
Severe housing problems · low9.7%
93/100Pennsylvania 13.8%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
93/100Pennsylvania 4.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Violent crime rate · low88 /100k
93/100Pennsylvania 227 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Dentists · low32 /100k
8/100Pennsylvania 73 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Average commute time · high28.3 min
8/100Pennsylvania 26.3 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.4 /10k
8/100Pennsylvania 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Pharmacies · low0.8 /10k
10/100Pennsylvania 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
New business applications · low8.2 /1k
11/100Pennsylvania 12.4 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Grocery stores · low1.0 /10k
16/100Pennsylvania 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 71% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+71 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
44.3% (2010 & 2021) → 73.2% (2022 & 2024)
+29 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Homicide rateImproving
3.6 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
19.8% (2020 & 2021) → 35.3% (2023 & 2024)
+16 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
23.7 /100k (2021) → 9.0 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−62%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
5.5 /1k (2020) → 8.2 /1k (2025)
+51%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k

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, PA metro area improved on 10 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 9 moved within the margin of error and 7 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved10

Homicides−100%3.3 /100k → 0.0 /100k
Overdose deaths−61%23.1 /100k → 9.0 /100k
Bachelor's++3.5 points22.3% → 25.8%
Unemployment−3.4 points7.1% → 3.7%
New businesses+51%5.5 /1k → 8.2 /1k

Declined4

Restaurants−19%7.7 /10k → 6.2 /10k
Gyms−36%0.6 /10k → 0.4 /10k
Suicides+28%15.4 /100k → 19.7 /100k
Grocery stores−12%1.2 /10k → 1.0 /10k

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Gettysburg, PA metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.2 /10k2020	4.6 /10k2025	+9.6%	Improved	52%
Average commute time	28.3 min2015-2019	28.2 min2020-2024	−0.1 min	Within the margin of error	67%
Average weekly wage	$8962020	$1,0962025	+22%	Improved	39%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%2015-2019	25.8%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Improved	66%
Broadband subscriptions	81.0%2015-2019	90.0%2020-2024	+9 points	Improved	52%
Child poverty rate	11.7%2015-2019	12.6%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Distance to an airport	32 mi2020	32 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	23.1 /100k2020	9.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−61%	Improved	91%
Effective property tax rate	1.41%2015-2019	1.22%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	69%
Firearm deaths	12.5 /100k2020	13.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+4.8%	Little change	41%
Grocery stores	1.2 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−12%	Declined	21%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.6 /10k2020	0.4 /10k2025	−36%	Declined	9%
High school diploma or higher	88.8%2015-2019	91.4%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	3.2×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	87%
Homicide rate	3.3 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−100%	Improved	95%
Income adjusted for local prices	$50,6482019	$63,1522024	+25%	Improved	7%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3952015-2019	0.3992020-2024	+0.005	Within the margin of error	41%
Median household income	$67,2532015-2019	$84,0922020-2024	+25%	Improved	39%
New business applications	5.5 /1k2020	8.2 /1k2025	+51%	Improved	57%
Pharmacies	0.9 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	−3.5%	Little change	61%
Poverty rate	7.8%2015-2019	8.2%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	−4.1%	Little change	29%
Public transit commuters	0.4%2015-2019	0.2%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	55%
Rent as share of income	28.4%2015-2019	27.8%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Rent-burdened households	45.5%2015-2019	44.0%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Restaurants and bars	7.7 /10k2020	6.2 /10k2025	−19%	Declined	4%
Suicide rate	15.4 /100k2020	19.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+28%	Declined	18%
Traffic deaths	12.1 /100k2015-2019	11.9 /100k2020-2024	−1.7%	Little change	66%
Unemployment rate	7.1%2020	3.7%2025	−3.4 points	Improved	61%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.9%2015-2019	7.5%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	25%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 786 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Gettysburg, PA metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Gettysburg, PA metro area 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, PA metro area itself moved +1.2 points in standing on average over the same 28 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

106,115 residents

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

40,841 households (±393)

Gettysburg, PA metro area
United States share

Under $25k10%4,170
$25k–50k17%7,078
$50k–75k18%7,223

Homes

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

Owners and renters

40,841 households (±393)

Gettysburg, PA metro area
United States share

Own79%32,214
Rent21%8,627

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

52,567 workers (±797)

Gettysburg, PA metro area
United States share

Drive alone76%40,123
Carpool7.2%3,769
Public transit0.2%†82

Jobs and pay

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

The 10 largest occupations in Gettysburg, PA employ 6,980 people. 2 pay a median above the US median and 8 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Gettysburg, PA by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Fast Food and Counter Workers920 jobs	920	$27,590US $31,200	−12%	1.16×
General and Operations Managers890 jobs	890	$87,990US $105,770	−17%	1.24×
Retail Salespersons860 jobs	860	$28,500US $35,410	−20%	1.07×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand790 jobs	790	$38,390US $40,240	−5%	1.3×
Cashiers680 jobs	680	$28,500US $32,880	−13%	1.08×
Waiters and Waitresses660 jobs	660	$31,390US $35,230	−11%	1.42×
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers590 jobs	590	$54,820US $58,640	−7%	1.38×
Office Clerks, General550 jobs	550	$41,600US $45,010	−8%	1.1×
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education530 jobs	530	$77,150US $72,040	+7%	2.43×
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders510 jobs	510	$46,020US $43,220	+6%	6.53×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Gettysburg, PA.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

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.

Gettysburg, PA has 1,967 employer establishments, 184 for every 10,000 residents (0.74× the US rate of 248), 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
Paid employees: 27,990
Average annual pay: $45,411; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Gettysburg, PA 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

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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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $45.1M on contracts performed in Gettysburg, PA metro area: $419 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $45.1M; −4.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $419; US $1,994
Sole-source: 6.4%; US 30%
Single offer: 14%; 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$20.6M46%
Department of the Army$16.6M37%
Agricultural Marketing Service$3M6.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs$2.3M5.0%
National Park Service$1.2M2.7%
U.S. Agency for Global Media$509.9K1.1%
Washington Headquarters Services$441.3K1.0%
National Institutes of Health$154.1K0.3%

Top recipients

KVG LLC$20.3M45%
GRUNLEY CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.$10.1M22%
JACOBS GOVERNMENT SERVICES COMPANY$6M13%
KNOUSE FOODS, INC.$2.8M6.2%
THE MEADOWS AT GETTYSBURG FOR NURSING & REHABILITATION LLC$2.2M4.9%

Spending by fiscal year

79.8MFY2017
40.2MFY2018
37.1MFY2019
75.3MFY2020
39.8MFY2021
30.7MFY2022
105.8MFY2023
85.6M

Top industries (NAICS)

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing · 3241$20.6M46%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$10.6M24%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$6.3M14%
Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty food manufacturing · 3114$2.8M6.2%
Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$2.2M4.9%
Support activities for crop production · 1151

Largest awards

SITE R PUBLIC WORKS SUPPORT FACILITY$30.5M
GRUNLEY CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.· Adams County, PA· Construction & real property· Mar 17, 2023 – May 21, 2026· W912DR23F0123
SOPAF BUILDING B$27.1M
GRUNLEY CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.· Adams County, PA· Construction & real property· Sep 30, 2024 – Feb 2, 2026· W912DR24F0420
DESIGN-BUILD CONSTRUCTION FOR DOMESTIC RESERVOIR RENOVATION$24.1M
CHEROKEE CRC LLC· Adams County, PA· Construction & real property· Sep 27, 2024 – May 29, 2026· HQ003424F0722
HORIZONTAL VOICE AND DATA CABLING

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.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $772.1M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Gettysburg, PA metro area: $7,176 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $772.1M; −0.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,176; US $12,955
Loan face value: $44.6M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$568.3M74%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$54.7M7.1%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$50.4M6.5%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$35.7M4.6%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$9.9M1.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$9.4M1.2%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$6.7M0.9%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$3.9M0.5%

Top recipients (organizations)

PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$15.1M2.0%
HARRISBURG, PA
ADAMS CO HOUSING AUTHORITY$4M0.5%
GETTYSBURG, PA
GETTYSBURG COLLEGE$2.7M0.4%
GETTYSBURG, PA
OAHS HANOVER VILLAGE LLC$994.6K0.1%
HANOVER, PA
LINCOLN INTERMEDIATE UNIT 12$817.3K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$668M87%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$57.5M7.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$15.1M2.0%
Department of Transportation
Farm Service Agency$13.2M1.7%
Department of Agriculture
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

Assistance by fiscal year

609.2MFY2021
608MFY2022
650.9MFY2023
712.3MFY2024
776.1MFY2025
772.1MFY2026

County aggregates

94%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Gettysburg, PA

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Adams CountyCentral county82107,594

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

GettysburgPrincipal city8,254

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Pennsylvania

Areas based in Pennsylvania, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved10

Declined4

Metro and micro areas like Gettysburg, PA metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Gettysburg, PA

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Pennsylvania

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved10

Declined4

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Look up any occupation

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought