† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupChambersburg, PAPennsylvaniaUnited States
German29.9%21.6%12.5%
Irish10.6%14.8%9.4%
American10.0%4.4%5.3%
English9.5%8.3%9.5%
Italian3.9%10.6%4.8%
Polish2.2%5.4%2.2%
Scottish1.7%1.1%1.3%
French1.6%—1.6%
Puerto Rican2.2%3.7%1.8%
Mexican2.1%1.4%11.3%
Guatemalan1.2%0.2%0.5%
Dominican0.5%1.4%0.7%
Peruvian0.2%——
Venezuelan0.2%——
Spaniard0.2%——
Spanish0.2%——
African American†2.3%8.7%9.9%
Sierra Leonean0.2%——
Asian Indian0.2%1.2%1.4%
Chinese0.2%0.9%1.3%
Vietnamese0.1%0.3%0.6%
Korean0.1%0.2%0.4%
Japanese0.1%—0.2%
Thai0.1%——
Nepalese0.1%——
Indonesian0.1%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Chambersburg, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
42.1
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
7.3%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.3%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Chambersburg, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$77,003
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.5%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
24.7%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Chambersburg, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.6%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
5.1%
5.6%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.1%
0.9%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Chambersburg, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Catholic
5.6%
21.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
14.9%
9.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
67.2%
53.1%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
9.2%
10.3%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Chambersburg, PA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−7.0%
1896
−20.2%
1900
−17.7%
1904
−25.8%
1908
−18.9%
1912
+15.6%
1916
−2.9%
1920
−24.2%
1924
−24.2%
1928
−68.2%
1932
−8.0%
1936
+6.9%
1940
−1.4%
1944
−20.6%
1948
−24.4%
1952
−29.9%
1956
−26.7%
1960
−29.1%
1964
+17.6%
1968
−21.9%
1972
−42.5%
1976
−15.2%
1980
−29.0%
1984
−40.6%
1988
−37.1%
1992
−22.7%
1996
−23.3%
2000
−37.0%
2004
−43.1%
2008
−32.6%
2012
−38.3%
2016
−45.8%
2020
−43.1%
2024
−43.0%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
28.1%Harris23,543
71.1%Trump59,604
0.5%Oliver457 +1
R+43.0
D+0.1
R+41.5
83,884
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican71.1%59,604
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic28.1%23,543
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%457
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%280
R
27.8%Biden22,422
70.9%Trump57,245
1.4%
R+43.1
D+2.7
R+47.6
80,783
R
24.8%Clinton17,465
70.6%Trump49,768
4.6%
R+45.8
R+7.5
R+47.9
70,506
R
30.0%Obama18,995
68.3%Romney43,260
1.7%
R+38.3
R+5.7
R+42.2
63,320
R
33.3%Obama21,169
65.8%McCain41,906
0.9%
R+32.6
D+10.5
R+39.9
63,641
R
28.3%Kerry16,562
71.4%Bush41,817
0.3%
R+43.1
R+6.2
R+40.7
58,569
R
30.4%Gore14,922
67.4%Bush33,042
2.2%
R+37.0
R+13.7
R+37.5
49,019
R
33.5%Clinton14,980
56.8%Dole25,392
9.7%
R+23.3
R+0.6
R+31.8
44,730
R
30.7%Clinton13,440
53.4%Bush23,387
16.0%
R+22.7
D+14.4
R+28.3
43,834
R
31.2%Dukakis12,368
68.3%Bush27,086
0.5%
R+37.1
D+3.5
R+29.4
39,644
R
29.6%Mondale11,480
70.1%Reagan27,243
0.3%
R+40.6
R+11.6
R+22.4
38,845
R
32.8%Carter12,061
61.8%Reagan22,716
5.3%
R+29.0
R+13.8
R+19.3
36,741
R
41.4%Carter14,643
56.5%Ford20,009
2.1%
R+15.2
D+27.4
R+17.2
35,389
R
27.5%McGovern9,456
70.0%Nixon24,093
2.5%
R+42.5
R+20.7
R+19.4
34,415
R
32.5%Humphrey11,451
54.4%Nixon19,146
13.1%
R+21.9
R+39.5
R+21.2
35,195
D
58.7%Johnson19,332
41.1%Goldwater13,525
0.3%
D+17.6
D+46.7
R+5.0
32,942
R
35.4%Kennedy12,088
64.5%Nixon22,010
0.1%
R+29.1
R+2.4
R+29.2
34,134
R
36.6%Stevenson11,060
63.3%Eisenhower19,121
0.0%
R+26.7
D+3.2
R+11.3
30,193
R
34.9%Stevenson8,868
64.8%Eisenhower16,474
0.3%
R+29.9
R+5.5
R+19.2
25,416
R
37.4%Truman7,352
61.8%Dewey12,151
0.8%
R+24.4
R+3.9
R+28.9
19,664
R
39.6%Roosevelt8,807
60.1%Dewey13,380
0.3%
R+20.6
R+19.1
R+28.0
22,250
R
49.2%Roosevelt12,713
50.6%Willkie13,084
0.2%
R+1.4
R+8.3
R+11.4
25,840
D
53.1%Roosevelt15,632
46.3%Landon13,616
0.6%
D+6.9
D+14.8
R+17.4
29,413
R
45.0%Roosevelt9,338
53.0%Hoover10,992
2.1%
R+8.0
D+60.3
R+25.8
20,758
R
15.5%Smith3,027
83.7%Hoover16,345
0.7%
R+68.2
R+44.1
R+50.8
19,518
R
34.7%Davis5,770
58.8%Coolidge9,791
6.5%
R+24.2
D+0.1
D+1.0
16,645
R
36.2%Cox5,020
60.4%Harding8,376
3.3%
R+24.2
R+21.3
D+2.0
13,857
R
46.0%Wilson5,336
48.9%Hughes5,674
5.2%
R+2.9
R+18.5
R+6.1
11,612
D
39.1%Wilson4,505
23.5%Taft2,710
37.4%
D+15.6
D+34.5
R+4.0
11,523
R
39.2%Bryan4,682
58.0%Taft6,938
2.8%
R+18.9
D+6.9
R+9.3
11,952
R
36.0%Parker4,114
61.8%Roosevelt7,062
2.3%
R+25.8
R+8.0
R+6.1
11,435
R
40.2%Bryan4,500
58.0%McKinley6,483
1.8%
R+17.7
D+2.5
R+10.2
11,182
R
38.6%Bryan4,425
58.8%McKinley6,747
2.6%
R+20.2
R+13.3
R+14.2
11,472
R
45.6%Cleveland4,965
52.6%Harrison5,725
1.8%
R+7.0
—
R+8.6
10,891
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
28.4%23,591
68.8%57,217
83,121
2022
R
28.6%18,718
68.6%44,819
65,353
2018
R
31.6%17,385
66.8%36,735
55,027
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+38.9
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+43.0
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 4.1 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Chambersburg, PA in Chambersburg, PA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+377
2012
−135
2013
+3
2014
+45
2015
+23
2016
+155
2017
+280
2018
−81
2019
+306
2021
+868
2022
+502
2023
+839
2024
+800
2025
+972
Franklin County, home to Chambersburg, has delivered Republican presidential margins above 30 points in recent cycles, yet its population has grown steadily as proximity to the Hagerstown and D.C. corridors draws new residents.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 17.6 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 68.2 points in 1928. The 2024 margin was 43.0 points.
A population of 157,379, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,003 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Warsaw, IN and Gettysburg, PA.
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How did Chambersburg, PA, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Chambersburg, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 43.0 points (R+43.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 83,884 votes cast, 23,543 went Democratic and 59,604 went Republican.
When did Chambersburg, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Chambersburg, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Chambersburg, PA, Pennsylvania?
Chambersburg, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 157,379 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Chambersburg, PA, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Chambersburg, PA, Pennsylvania is $77,003 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Chambersburg, PA, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Chambersburg, PA, Pennsylvania from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 31 went Republican.
