Chambersburg is home to 22,319 people in Pennsylvania. 43% of homes are owner-occupied. Density works out to 3,223 people per square mile. That trails the Pennsylvania median by roughly 27%. Getting to work takes 17 minutes on average. The typical home is worth $215,000, having more than doubled since 2000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $56,576, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
27% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 36%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Chambersburg
What changed most since 1990
Hispanic share1.2% → 22.6%(+21.4 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Homes owned by their occupants51.5% → 42.7%(−8.8 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
White share89.9% → 65.6%(−24.3 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Chambersburg's population equals 14% of Franklin County's. Its number of households without a car equals 32% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 28% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)22.9%(319)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)30.8%(429)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era33.2%(462)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.4%(75)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.1%(15)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,392 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Chambersburg, decade by decade
Chambersburg population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
16,647
$56,558
$154,324
15.7%
23.2
2000
17,862
$58,905
$157,573
17.9%
36.2
2010
20,268
$55,453
$219,670
20.9%
57.4
2020
21,903
$56,874
$190,169
23.2%
70.9
2024
22,319
$56,576
$215,000
27.3%
64.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
