Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $1,749 (1.1%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $1,609 (1.2%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Adams County is $504 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $603 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $812 a month.
Cities in this county include: Gettysburg
, Littlestown
, Carroll Valley
, McSherrystown
, Midway
, Lake Meade
, New Oxford
, Bonneauville
, East Berlin
, Lake Heritage
.
2005 air pollution in Adams County:
Carbon Monoxide: 0 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.091 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.080 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m3):
13.6 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m3):
36 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Neighboring
counties: Carroll County, Maryland
, Frederick County, Maryland
, Cumberland County
, Franklin County
, York County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Adams County: Church
Station
(A),
Round Hill
(B),
Gettysburg Park
(C),
Table Rock Station
(D),
Lefevre
(E),
Sells Station
(F),
Texas
(G),
Granite Hill
(H),
Granite Hill Station
(I),
The Angle
(J),
Center Mills Station
(K),
The Peach Orchard
(L),
The Wheatfield
(M),
Heintzlemans
(N),
Camp Nawakwa
(O),
Limerock Mill
(P),
Fairfield Station
(Q),
Lincoln Speedway
(R),
Hoffman Orphanage
(S)
Shopping Center: North
Gettysburg Shopping Center
(1).
Churches in Adams County include: Mount
Joy Church
(A),
Mount Carmel Church
(B),
Saint Marks Church
(C),
Saint Johns Church
(D),
Saint James Church
(E),
Latimore Church
(F),
Gardners Church
(G),
Grace Church
(H),
Barts Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Evergreen
Cemetery
(1),
Saint Marys Cemetery
(2),
Lower Marsh Creek Cemetery
(3),
Pine Bank Cemetery
(4),
McClelland Cemetery
(5),
Mount Tabor Cemetery
(6),
Blacks Cemetery
(7)
Lakes and reservoirs: Kaiser
Lake
(A),
Zinkand Pond
(B),
Chambersburg Reservoir
(C),
Caledonia Lake
(D),
Lake Meade
(E),
Hanover Reservoir
(F),
Long Pine Run Reservoir
(G),
Carbaugh Reservoir
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Poplar
Spring Creek
(A),
Green Run
(B),
Quaker Run
(C),
Rattling Run
(D),
Gardner Run
(E),
Saw Mill Run
(F),
Sharps Run
(G),
South Branch Conewago Creek
(H),
Latimore Creek
(I)
Parks in Adams County include: Gettysburg
National Military Park
(1),
Eisenhower National Historic Site
(2),
State Game Lands Number 249
(3),
Cavalry Field
(4),
Adams County Fair Grounds
(5)
Post offices: Greenstone
Post Office
(A),
Round Hill Post Office
(B),
Green Mount Post Office
(C),
Graefenburg Post Office
(D),
Wenks Post Office
(E)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
2.9% | | Pennsylvania: | 4.1% |
Current college students: 4,694
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 79.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 16.7%
Number of foreign born residents: 3,130 (36% naturalized citizens)
| Adams
County: |
3.4% | | Whole
state: | 4.1% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 1,059
- 1990
to 1994: 478
- 1985
to 1989: 478
- 1980
to 1984: 274
- 1975
to 1979: 155
- 1970
to 1974: 212
- 1970
to 1974: 104
- 1965
to 1969: 370
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Mean travel time to work: 25.1 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 53.9%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 25,867
- One,
attached: 2,407
- Two:
1,606
- 3
or 4: 1,335
- 5
to 9: 785
- 10
to 19: 305
- 20
or more: 400
- Mobile
homes: 3,100
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 26
Housing units in Adams County with a mortgage: 13,383 (1,538 second mortgage, 2,419 home equity loan, 87 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6,451 Agriculture
in Adams County
Average size of farms: 144 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $110871
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $459.95
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 4.65%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 61.81%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $103366
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 64.11%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $74562
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 89.14%
Average age of principal farm operators: 53 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 15.01
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 26.79%
Corn for grain: 20307 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 13736 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 15171 harvested acres
Vegetables: 469 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 17219 acresAdams
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above Pennsylvania state average. It is 2.4 times above overall U.S. average.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(14%)
- Educational
services (5%)
- Food
(5%)
- Public
administration (5%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Accommodation
and food services (4%)
- Machinery
(4%)
|
Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (15%)
- Educational
services (13%)
- Accommodation
and food services (8%)
- Finance
and insurance (4%)
- Food
(4%)
- Public
administration (4%)
- Social
assistance (3%)
|
Most
common occupations for males |
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (7%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
|
Most
common occupations for females
|
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Cashiers
(4%)
- Information
and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (3%)
|
Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(51%)
- Germany
(5%)
- United
Kingdom (5%)
- Korea
(4%)
- India
(4%)
- Philippines
(3%)
- Canada
(3%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Adams County:
|
- German
(43%)
- United
States or American (14%)
- Irish
(9%)
- English
(7%)
- Italian
(4%)
- Polish
(2%)
- Scotch-Irish
(2%)
|
|
Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 36,794 (81%)
- Carpooled:
4,784 (11%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 57 (0%)
- Subway
or elevated: 17 (0%)
- Railroad:
3 (0%)
- Taxi:
6 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
18 (0%)
- Bicycle:
46 (0%)
- Walked:
1,949 (4%)
- Other
means: 291 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 1,510 (3%)
|
People
in group quarters in Adams County, Pennsylvania
- 1914
people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 967
people in nursing homes
- 203
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 184
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 112
people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 104
people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 31
people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 27
people in religious group quarters
- 26
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 24
people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 10
people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 6
people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 3
people in other nonhousehold living situations
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $51,455.
6.36% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($44,933 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.36% | | Pennsylvania
average: |
4.99% |
0.08% of residents moved from foreign countries ($287 average AGI)
| Adams
County: |
0.08% | | Pennsylvania
average: | 0.12% |
2.75% relocated from other counties in Pennsylvania ($16,112 average AGI)
3.52% relocated from other states ($28,534 average AGI)
| Adams
County: |
3.52% | | Pennsylvania
average: |
2.15% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
York County, PA
|
1.70% ($34,331 average AGI) |
| from
Carroll County, MD
|
0.75% ($51,769) |
| from
Frederick County, MD
|
0.61% ($55,689) |
| from
Franklin County, PA
|
0.23% ($38,196) |
| from
Baltimore County, MD
|
0.21% ($51,494) |
| from
Cumberland County, PA
|
0.19% ($43,882) |
| from
Montgomery County, MD
|
0.16% ($79,328) |
5.76% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($37,107 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.76% | | Pennsylvania
average: |
5.08% |
0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($249 average AGI)
| Adams
County: |
0.06% | | Pennsylvania
average: | 0.05% |
3.45% relocated to other counties in Pennsylvania ($21,542 average AGI)
2.25% relocated to other states ($15,316 average AGI)
| Adams
County: |
2.25% | | Pennsylvania
average: | 2.30% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
York County, PA
|
2.04% ($35,705 average AGI) |
| to
Cumberland County, PA
|
0.41% ($37,590) |
| to
Franklin County, PA
|
0.27% ($36,781) |
| to
Carroll County, MD
|
0.24% ($32,798) |
| to
Frederick County, MD
|
0.15% ($35,053) |
| to
Lancaster County, PA
|
0.11% ($31,705) |
| to
Dauphin County, PA
|
0.10% ($38,205) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.2
Births
per 1000 population in Adams County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.3
Deaths
per 1000 population in Adams County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 6.7
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Adams County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 13,748 (12,285 aged, 1,463 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 87,643
- In
family households: 76,726 (20,146 male householders, 4,691 female householders)
20,824
spouses, 26,489 children (24,360 natural, 476 adopted, 1,653 stepchildren), 942 grandchildren, 494 brothers or sisters, 489 parents, 987 other relatives, 1,664 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 10,917 (4,193 male householders (3,079 living alone)), 4,617 female householders (4,097 living alone)), 2,107 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 3,649 (1,312 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 10,857 2-persons, 5,679 3-persons, 5,105 4-persons, 2,104 5-persons, 768 6-persons, 324 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 7,176 1-person, 1,344 2-persons, 169 3-persons, 74 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons.
16,735 married couples with children.
4,219 single-parent households (1,298 men, 2,921 women).
94.5% of residents of Adams County speak English at home.
3.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $464,720,000 ($4727 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $37,687,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $236,849,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $77,919,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $8,621,000
Federal grants: $84,679,000
Federal procurement contracts: $22,874,000 ($12,074,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $33,779,000 ($7,318,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $3,341,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $53,166,000
Federal Government insurance: $75,639,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 5,439
| Here: |
55 per 1000 residents | | State: | 61
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 4,572
| Here: |
46 per 1000 residents | | State: | 54
per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +803
| Here: |
+8 per 1000 residents | | State: | +8
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +6,948
| Here: |
+70 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-2 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Adams County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 10.02 millions of gallons per day (25% from ground, 75% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built:
|
- 1999
to March 2000: 949
- 1995
to 1998: 3,141
- 1990
to 1994: 3,395
- 1980
to 1989: 5,878
- 1970
to 1979: 5,356
- 1960
to 1969: 3,129
- 1950
to 1959: 2,997
- 1940
to 1949: 1,849
- 1939
or earlier: 9,137
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Adams County, Pennsylvania: |
- 1
room: 5
- 2
rooms: 73
- 3
rooms: 345
- 4
rooms: 2,056
- 5
rooms: 5,360
- 6
rooms: 6,736
- 7
rooms: 4,908
- 8
rooms: 3,314
- 9
or more rooms: 3,056
|
Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Adams County, Pennsylvania: |
- 1
room: 122
- 2
rooms: 453
- 3
rooms: 1,107
- 4
rooms: 2,164
- 5
rooms: 1,809
- 6
rooms: 995
- 7
rooms: 601
- 8
rooms: 300
- 9
or more rooms: 248
|
Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Adams County: |
- no
bedroom: 5
- 1
bedroom: 489
- 2
bedrooms: 4,246
- 3
bedrooms: 15,482
- 4
bedrooms: 4,600
- 5
or more bedrooms: 1,031
|
Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Adams County: |
- no
bedroom: 152
- 1
bedroom: 1,705
- 2
bedrooms: 3,187
- 3
bedrooms: 2,046
- 4
bedrooms: 605
- 5
or more bedrooms: 104
|
Cars
and other vehicles available in Adams County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 768
- 1
vehicle: 5,600
- 2
vehicles: 12,502
- 3
vehicles: 4,965
- 4
vehicles: 1,514
- 5
or more vehicles: 504
|
Cars
and other vehicles available in Adams County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 996
- 1
vehicle: 3,608
- 2
vehicles: 2,548
- 3
vehicles: 473
- 4
vehicles: 113
- 5
or more vehicles: 61
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61% of Adams County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Pennsylvania.
| Adams
County: |
61.2% | | State
average: | 64.4% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 62779
- Northeast:
4983
- Midwest:
2736
- South:
15685
- West:
1419
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $94,400 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (29%)
- Utility
gas (29%)
- Electricity
(20%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Wood
(7%)
- Coal
or coke (2%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
|
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (42%)
- Electricity
(27%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood
(2%)
|
Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,404
| Here: |
12.8% | | Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 495
| Here: |
9.6% | | Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 2,371
| Here: |
57.4% | | Pennsylvania: |
37.3% |
Adams
County government finances in 2004:
- Charges
- All Other: $9,291,000
- Current
Operations - General - Other: $12,575,000
Health Services - Other: $9,284,000
Welfare - Other: $8,490,000
Corrections - Other: $8,410,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $4,174,000
Natural Resources - Other: $2,128,000
Central Staff Services: $2,007,000
Financial Administration: $1,915,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,271,000
Libraries: $857,000
General Public Buildings: $718,000
Housing & Community Development: $403,000
Regular Highways: $267,000
Police Protection: $45,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $29,000
Parks & Recreation: $23,000
Fire Protection: $12,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $2,412,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $1,703,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - All Other: $1,519,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $47,080,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $6,250,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $46,275,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $7,055,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $4,761,000
Interest Earnings: $512,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $10,984,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $13,530,000
All Other: $8,746,000
Housing & Community Development: $403,000
Highways: $267,000
- Tax
- Property: $16,935,000
Other Selective Sales: $852,000
NEC: $108,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $15,726,000
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