County · Pennsylvania

Adams County, Pennsylvania

Adams County, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 82 out of 100 (very high), ranking #577 of 3,143 US counties. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #13 of 67 counties. It ranks best on homicide rate (low), mental health care shortage (low) and income inequality (Gini index) (low). It ranks worst on new business applications (low), effective property tax rate (high) and child care cost burden (high).

82Very high

Quality-of-life score: #577 of 3,143 counties
Pennsylvania: #13 of 67 in PA
Population: 107,594 (2025)
Land area: 519 mi²
Density: 207.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 42001

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety97#97/3,096
Economy79#659/3,143
Housing52#1,503/3,140
Health78#695/3,144
Healthcare84#490/3,143
Environment52#1,483/3,108
Education74#808/3,144
Infrastructure60#1,259/3,144
Community85#469/3,144
Leisure & amenities34#2,077/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Adams County, Pennsylvania ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
98/100Pennsylvania 4.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
96/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.399
96/100Pennsylvania 0.474United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Flu vaccinations · high53.0%
94/100Pennsylvania 52.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Primary care shortage · low0.0
94/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Poverty rate · low7.7%
94/100Pennsylvania 11.6%United States 12.1%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

New business applications · low8.2 /1k
13/100Pennsylvania 12.4 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Effective property tax rate · high1.22%
16/100Pennsylvania 1.25%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Child care cost burden · high35.3%
17/100Pennsylvania 34.6%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Pharmacies · low0.8 /10k
19/100Pennsylvania 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Grocery stores · low1.0 /10k
19/100Pennsylvania 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Comfortable days · low23.7%
21/100Pennsylvania 23.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

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, Adams County, Pennsylvania improved on 10 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 18 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: 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

Students / teacher−3.5×14.7× → 11.2×
Homicides−100%3.3 /100k → 0.0 /100k
Overdose deaths−61%23.1 /100k → 9.0 /100k
Unemployment−3.4 points7.1% → 3.7%
Bachelor's++3.5 points22.3% → 25.8%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Adams County, Pennsylvania 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%	Within the margin of error	58%
Average commute time	28.3 min2015-2019	28.2 min2020-2024	−0.1 min	Within the margin of error	60%
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	63%
Broadband subscriptions	81.0%2015-2019	90.0%2020-2024	+9 points	Improved	42%
Child poverty rate	10.2%2019	10.7%2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	19%
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	86%
Effective property tax rate	1.41%2015-2019	1.22%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	72%
Firearm deaths	12.5 /100k2020	13.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+4.8%	Within the margin of error	41%
Grocery stores	1.2 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−12%	Within the margin of error	26%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.6 /10k2020	0.4 /10k2025	−36%	Within the margin of error	13%
High school diploma or higher	88.8%2015-2019	91.4%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	3.2×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	78%
Homicide rate	3.3 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−100%	Improved	92%
Income adjusted for local prices	$50,6482019	$63,1522024	+25%	Improved	11%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3952015-2019	0.3992020-2024	+0.005	Within the margin of error	45%
Median household income	$67,7062019	$85,8542024	+27%	Improved	60%
New business applications	5.5 /1k2020	8.2 /1k2025	+51%	Improved	58%
Pharmacies	0.9 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	−3.5%	Within the margin of error	54%
Poverty rate	7.6%2019	7.7%2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	−4.1%	Within the margin of error	29%
Public transit commuters	0.4%2015-2019	0.2%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	44%
Rent as share of income	28.4%2015-2019	27.8%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Rent-burdened households	45.5%2015-2019	44.0%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Restaurants and bars	7.7 /10k2020	6.2 /10k2025	−19%	Within the margin of error	15%
Students per teacher	14.7×2019	11.2×2024	−3.5×	Improved	97%
Suicide rate	15.4 /100k2020	19.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+28%	Within the margin of error	14%
Traffic deaths	12.1 /100k2015-2019	11.9 /100k2020-2024	−1.7%	Within the margin of error	58%
Unemployment rate	7.1%2020	3.7%2025	−3.4 points	Improved	70%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.7%2019	7.9%2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	21%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 1857 counties 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; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Adams County, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Adams County, 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, Adams County, Pennsylvania itself moved +3 points in standing on average over the same 30 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)

Adams County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania 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)

Adams County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own79%32,214
Rent21%8,627

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

52,567 workers (±797)

Adams County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania 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 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.

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

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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $45.1M on contracts performed in Adams County, Pennsylvania: $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.

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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 Adams County, Pennsylvania: $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%

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Adams County, Pennsylvania compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Adams County, Pennsylvania
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Adams County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Adams County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2017	$777	$1,436
FY2018	$390	$1,552
FY2019	$361	$1,654
FY2020	$725	$1,880
FY2021	$377	$1,810
FY2022	$290	$1,917
FY2023	$989	$2,079
FY2024	$799	$2,047
FY2025	$438	$2,165
FY2026	$419 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Adams County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Adams County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2017	$560	$93.28
FY2018	$133	$105
FY2019	$214	$128
FY2020	$616	$145
FY2021	$311	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Adams County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Adams County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$540	$5,748
FY2022	$392	$5,221
FY2023	$1,081	$5,364
FY2024	$1,018	$5,501
FY2025	$495	$5,732
FY2026	$561

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Adams County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Adams County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$50.76	$298
FY2022	$53.31	$357
FY2023	$38.48	$301
FY2024	$137	$319
FY2025	$45.94	$360
FY2026	$141

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Adams County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Adams County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$58.85	$239
FY2022	$56.78	$185
FY2023	$73.03	$229
FY2024	$94.02	$229
FY2025	$66.03	$249
FY2026	$66.61

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Adams County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Adams County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$28.19	$2,304
FY2022	$23.20	$2,197
FY2023	$24.27	$2,274
FY2024	$28.14	$2,267
FY2025	$0.46	$2,397
FY2026	$0.51

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Adams County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Adams County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$626	$1,186
FY2022	$194	$465
FY2023	$6.04	$76.52
FY2024	$17.63	$120
FY2025	$144	$148
FY2026	$5.26

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Adams County, Pennsylvania
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Adams County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Adams County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Construction contracts · FY2020

$616 per resident in FY2020, against an earlier average of $303 (2× that).

Compared with 5 similar counties

Adams County, Pennsylvania
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Job growth: change since 2019points

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/42001

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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.

Adams County, 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

Metro area

The metro or micro area Adams County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Gettysburg, PA68Central county

Cities and towns in Adams County

Places whose residents live mostly in Adams County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
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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Calendar years	Adams County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−3.6%	−4.2%
2015	−0.9%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.6%	+3.3%
2018	+6.6%	+6.8%
2019	+10.9%	+10.5%
2020	+19.1%	+19.4%
2021	+24.1%	+26.1%
2022	+30.6%	+30.6%
2023	+35.2%	+35.0%
2024	+39.5%	+41.0%
2025	+45.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Adams County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−4.9%	−5.5%
2015	−1.2%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.6%	+4.1%
2018	+6.9%	+8.9%
2019	+9.3%	+13.5%
2020	+18.5%	+20.8%
2021	+24.2%	+32.1%
2022	+25.8%	+35.4%
2023	+29.8%	+42.9%
2024	+34.6%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Adams County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	2.7/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.4/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.4/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.4/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.2/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.2/1k	4.4/1k
2021	4.1/1k	5.2/1k
2022	3.7/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.2/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.8/1k	4.3/1k
2025	4.4/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Adams County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	+0.9%	−6.9%
2015	+1.5%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.6%	+4.7%
2018	+5.4%	+7.5%
2019	+13.5%	+14.0%
2020	+18.1%	+16.9%
2021	+22.1%	+21.0%
2022	+28.3%	+29.7%
2023	+29.2%	+34.9%
2024	+43.9%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Adams County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	10.8%	15.5%
2015	8.5%	14.7%
2016	9.4%	14.0%
2017	8.2%	13.4%
2018	8.0%	13.1%
2019	7.6%	12.3%
2020	8.0%	11.9%
2021	8.6%	12.8%
2022	8.6%	12.6%
2023	9.3%	12.5%
2024	7.7%	12.1%

Calendar years	Adams County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	4.7%	6.2%
2015	4.3%	5.3%
2016	4.1%	4.9%
2017	3.9%	4.4%
2018	3.6%	3.9%
2019	3.4%	3.7%
2020	7.1%	8.1%
2021	4.4%	5.4%
2022	3.4%	3.7%
2023	3.0%	3.6%
2024	3.2%	4.0%
2025	3.7%	4.3%

Calendar years	Adams County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−6.3% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−3.5% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.3% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+6.5% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+10.5% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+20.9% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+31.9% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+43.0% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+48.7% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+56.7% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+63.8% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Adams County, Pennsylvania	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	—	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	—	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	—	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	—	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	—	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	—	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	— (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	— (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	— (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	— (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Adams County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	10.2%	13.5%
2015	7.9%	10.9%
2016	7.1%	10.0%
2017	7.5%	10.2%
2018	7.1%	10.4%
2019	7.7%	10.8%
2020	8.0%	10.4%
2021	7.6%	10.2%
2022	7.0%	9.5%
2023	6.8%	9.5%
2024	7.9%	9.8%

Calendar years	Adams County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	4.7/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.2/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.6/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.0/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.2/1k	10.7/1k
2019	5.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.5/1k	13.1/1k
2021	6.7/1k	16.2/1k
2022	7.4/1k	15.1/1k
2023	8.9/1k	16.2/1k
2024	7.9/1k	15.4/1k
2025	8.2/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Adams County, Pennsylvania	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+0.9 points	+0.1 points	−0.6 points to +1.6 points
Year −2	0.0 points	+0.1 points	−0.8 points to +1.4 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−8.1 points	−8.3 points	−11.9 points to −6.5 points
Year +1	+2.6 points	+2.6 points	+0.6 points to +4.8 points
Year +2	+0.3 points	+1.5 points	+0.3 points to +3.2 points

Year	Adams County, Pennsylvania	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+0.3 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people	−1.2 per 1,000 people to +0.8 per 1,000 people
Year −2	+0.0 per 1,000 people	+0.1 per 1,000 people	−0.7 per 1,000 people to +0.8 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people to 0.0 per 1,000 people
Year 0	+0.0 per 1,000 people	−0.2 per 1,000 people	−1.9 per 1,000 people to +0.4 per 1,000 people
Year +1	+2.0 per 1,000 people	+0.1 per 1,000 people	−2.2 per 1,000 people to +1.2 per 1,000 people
Year +2	+1.6 per 1,000 people	+0.6 per 1,000 people	−0.4 per 1,000 people to +1.3 per 1,000 people

Year	Adams County, Pennsylvania	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−8.4 points	−10.2 points	−12.8 points to −7.1 points
Year −2	+2.3 points	+1.4 points	+0.8 points to +2.1 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−0.2 points	−0.6 points	−1.1 points to +0.6 points
Year +1	−2.0 points	−0.6 points	−2.2 points to +0.6 points
Year +2	−0.4 points

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