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McSherrystown borough, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
McSherrystown borough is a Census borough of 3,114 people across 0.51 square miles of land, in Adams County. Median household income is $61,159, 48.2 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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McSherrystown
What McSherrystown is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area0.51 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land6,083
- County holding the largest share of its areaAdams County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
McSherrystown
How many people live in McSherrystown
- Population3,114
- Median age31.0
- Population under 18817 plus or minus 243
- Share under 1826.2 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Population 65 and over487 plus or minus 149
- Share 65 and over15.6 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Households1,185
- Family households626
- Share of households that are families52.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
McSherrystown
Income and work in McSherrystown
- Median household income$61,159 plus or minus $20,676
- Per capita income$28,600
- Civilian labor force1,732
- Employed1,590
- Unemployed142 plus or minus 136
- Unemployment rate8.2 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Adults 25 and over1,810
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher11.0 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.8 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
McSherrystown
Housing in McSherrystown
- Housing units1,228
- Occupied units1,185
- Vacant units43 plus or minus 63
- Vacancy rate3.5 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Owner occupied571 plus or minus 158
- Renter occupied614 plus or minus 182
- Ownership rate48.2 percent plus or minus 12.1
- Median owner-occupied home value$176,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,387
- Annual rent as a share of median income27.2 percent plus or minus 9.9
- Single family units919 plus or minus 202
- Share single family74.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more309 plus or minus 138
- Share in buildings of two or more25.2 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1973
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
McSherrystown
How McSherrystown gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,576
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,000 plus or minus 298
- Share commuting under 15 minutes63.5 percent plus or minus 14.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more272 plus or minus 118
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more17.3 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Drove alone86.4 percent
- Carpooled11.0 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.4 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Worked from home0.9 percent plus or minus 1.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
McSherrystown
Flood risk in McSherrystown
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number421245
- Currently effective map date02/18/09
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Adams County, not McSherrystown
Adams County context, not McSherrystown figures
These are Adams County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as McSherrystown measurements.
- Establishments in Adams County1,967
- Employment at those establishments, Adams County27,990
- Covered employment, Adams County33,195
- Average annual pay, Adams County$54,542
- Average weekly wage, Adams County$1,049
- Housing units permitted, Adams County403
- Of those, single family, Adams County403
- County product, 2024, Adams County$4,729,052,000
- County product change over the prior year, Adams County3.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Adams County$71,105
Every figure in this section is published for Adams County as a whole and is not a measurement of McSherrystown. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
McSherrystown questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in McSherrystown, Pennsylvania?
3,114, in 1,185 households. McSherrystown borough covers 0.51 square miles of land, which is 6,083 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is McSherrystown in?
Adams County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in McSherrystown?
$61,159. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $176,100. Median gross rent is $1,387 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is McSherrystown in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. McSherrystown appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 421245, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page McSherrystown figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Adams County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of McSherrystown.
Is zoning published for McSherrystown?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.