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Cost of living in McSherrystown, Pennsylvania

McSherrystown, Pennsylvania has about 3,114 people. Typical rent is $1,387 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $61,159 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

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Typical rent is $1,387 a month.

McSherrystown is a borough in Pennsylvania. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $61,159 a year.

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People
3,114
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,387
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$61,159
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$176,100
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,354
Gettysburg, PA MSA

McSherrystown, Pennsylvania has about 3,114 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $176,100.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Adams County is $1,354 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in McSherrystown. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Gettysburg, PA metro area, prices sit at 95.4 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Pennsylvania taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.3% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not McSherrystown's exact store tax.

Some places in Pennsylvania add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.99% of income. That is not a McSherrystown bill.

In July 2026, a typical Pennsylvania home paid 21.72¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not McSherrystown's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Pennsylvania in the table we use.

Among 873 places we list in Pennsylvania with a rent figure, 193 have higher typical rent than McSherrystown.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.