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SheetPA-MCSHERRYSTOWN-PA · McSherrystown, PA 3,094 pop · income 51st pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around McSherrystown
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest McSherrystown on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Saluda · lowest
40,567
Saluda · lowest
40,567 median HH income
36.2% of the leader · rank #1
Willoughby · near
70,884
Willoughby · near
70,884 median HH income
63.2% of the leader · rank #2
McSherrystown · this city
70,890
McSherrystown · this city
70,890 median HH income
63.2% of the leader · rank #3
Los Banos · near
70,893
Los Banos · near
70,893 median HH income
63.2% of the leader · rank #4
Granville · near
70,893
Granville · near
70,893 median HH income
63.2% of the leader · rank #5
Manson · near
70,893
Manson · near
70,893 median HH income
63.2% of the leader · rank #6
El Cerro · highest
112,174
El Cerro · highest
112,174 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for McSherrystown on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 3,094.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
McSherrystown - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, McSherrystown places in the 51st percentile for household income and the 61st percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
51st
percentile, household income
39th
percentile, home value
54th
percentile, median rent
61st
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: McSherrystown, PA
Pennsylvania's McSherrystown is a small town, with 3,094 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $70,890 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 17.7%. Typical homes in McSherrystown are valued around $188,200, and the median resident age is 33.5 years. Educational attainment runs 15.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 62.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
McSherrystown reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 1081.1 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Pennsylvania tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 97.6 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,225 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Pennsylvania run around $260, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 67.4 out of 100 (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of McSherrystown's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from reported crime to housing and income to population change to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For McSherrystown, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in McSherrystown?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1081.1 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 53% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
How far does income reach against housing in McSherrystown?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 17.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Is McSherrystown growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +75 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +2.4% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for McSherrystown?
Within Pennsylvania, the closest population matches are Edgewood (3,089 residents, $102,361 income); Churchill (3,102 residents, $105,924 income); Mount Pocono (3,086 residents, $86,096 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Bon Secour, AL (3,094 residents); Wildwood Crest, NJ (3,094 residents); El Cerro, NM (3,093 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in McSherrystown?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 91.1%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
0.0%
Work from home
1.5%
Drive alone
91.1%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 1,499 workers age 16+.
Above median income · poverty 17.7% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.6 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Pennsylvania average
F
City profile score · McSherrystown, PA
38/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income C-
$70,890
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living C-
97.6 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime D
223 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
15.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
17.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
McSherrystown profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 50/100 (C-) · $70,890
Cost of living: 50/100 (C-) · 97.6 index
Violent crime: 44/100 (D) · 223 /100k
Bachelor's+ share: 20/100 (F) · 15.0%
Poverty rate: 18/100 (F) · 17.7%
Where McSherrystown sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
McSherrystown's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - McSherrystown highlighted among 26 peers.Read the chart values
McSherrystown, PA (this city): home $188,200, crime 1,081/100k
Wildwood Crest, NJ : home $526,600, crime 1,999/100k
Saluda, SC : home $81,500, crime 1,866/100k
Edgewood, PA : home $319,200, crime 2,274/100k
Churchill, PA : home $226,000, crime 300/100k
Strasburg, PA : home $328,100, crime 259/100k
New York, NY : home $751,700, crime 3,039/100k
Los Angeles, CA : home $879,500, crime 2,212/100k
Chicago, IL : home $315,200, crime 4,012/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
San Antonio, TX : home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Indianapolis, IN : home $207,000, crime 4,214/100k
San Francisco, CA : home $1,380,500, crime 4,526/100k
Seattle, WA : home $912,100, crime 5,783/100k
Denver, CO : home $586,700, crime 5,755/100k
Oklahoma City, OK : home $215,100, crime 3,570/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Washington, DC : home $724,600, crime 4,514/100k
How does McSherrystown compare to other US cities?
McSherrystown measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income51% higher than other cities
Home value39% pricier than other cities
Median rent54% pricier than other cities
Safety61% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Pennsylvania, McSherrystown ranks #239 of 402 Pennsylvania cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares McSherrystown against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Pennsylvania only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Pennsylvania-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places McSherrystown near the bottom of Pennsylvania's cities
Among the 1,865 Pennsylvania cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, McSherrystown ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares McSherrystown only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#779 of 1,765
56th percentile in Pennsylvania
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,865
0th percentile in Pennsylvania
Median Home Value
#732 of 1,790
59th percentile in Pennsylvania
Poverty Rate
#221 of 1,856
88th percentile in Pennsylvania
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,339 of 1,861
28th percentile in Pennsylvania
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Pennsylvania only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
51st percentile nationally for median household income · 61st percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
McSherrystown's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
McSherrystown's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How McSherrystown's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$188,200Among the most affordablemore affordable than 61% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
McSherrystown's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#4,791 of 15,516
More affordable than 69% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#4,228 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.7×, McSherrystown sits in the affordable band:
national rank #4,791 of 15,516 and #4,228 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$70,890McSherrystown, PA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context McSherrystown, PA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for McSherrystown, PA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)15.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)17.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)62.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,094
Median Income
$70,890
Median Home Value
$188,200
Median Age
33.5
Poverty Rate
17.7%
Labor force participation
62.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
15.0%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1081.1
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
222.6
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
858.5
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
McSherrystown's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
3,075 residents
2021
3,089 residents
2022
3,100 residents
2023
3,123 residents
2024
3,137 residents
2025
3,150 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
91.1%
Carpool
6.5%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.1%
Work from Home
1.5%
Other
0.8%
Based on 1,499 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Pennsylvania statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $260
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Pennsylvania at $260 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $52 ).
These are Pennsylvania statewide averages, not a meter reading for McSherrystown. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Pennsylvania's BEA cost-of-living index is 97.6 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around McSherrystown is $1,225/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Pennsylvania statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 67.4 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Pennsylvania statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county McSherrystown sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How McSherrystown compares to similar-size Pennsylvania cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.