HousingPermits

Metro area in Pennsylvania · part of the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA combined area

Chambersburg, PA

The Chambersburg metro area authorized 1,033 new housing units in 2025. Relative to population, the rate was 6.4 units per 1,000 residents in 2025, the highest rate of the 32 metro areas based in the Middle Atlantic states. Permits rose 66% between 2024 and 2025, the third-largest increase among the 32 metro areas based in the Middle Atlantic states.

04008001,2001,6002004: 1,199 units (1,095 single-family, 84 in 2–4 unit, 20 in 5+ unit buildings)2005: 1,082 units (955 single-family, 65 in 2–4 unit, 62 in 5+ unit buildings)2006: 869 units (779 single-family, 40 in 2–4 unit, 50 in 5+ unit buildings)2007: 1,084 units (673 single-family, 129 in 2–4 unit, 282 in 5+ unit buildings)2008: 761 units (564 single-family, 30 in 2–4 unit, 167 in 5+ unit buildings)2009: 508 units (398 single-family, 14 in 2–4 unit, 96 in 5+ unit buildings)2010: 570 units (513 single-family, 28 in 2–4 unit, 29 in 5+ unit buildings)2011: 227 units (211 single-family, 10 in 2–4 unit, 6 in 5+ unit buildings)2012: 373 units (188 single-family, 14 in 2–4 unit, 171 in 5+ unit buildings)2013: 285 units (264 single-family, 10 in 2–4 unit, 11 in 5+ unit buildings)2014: 356 units (251 single-family, 44 in 2–4 unit, 61 in 5+ unit buildings)2015: 231 units (231 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2016: 327 units (285 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 42 in 5+ unit buildings)2017: 412 units (342 single-family, 12 in 2–4 unit, 58 in 5+ unit buildings)2018: 423 units (349 single-family, 4 in 2–4 unit, 70 in 5+ unit buildings)2019: 293 units (284 single-family, 2 in 2–4 unit, 7 in 5+ unit buildings)2020: 330 units (281 single-family, 34 in 2–4 unit, 15 in 5+ unit buildings)2021: 382 units (337 single-family, 20 in 2–4 unit, 25 in 5+ unit buildings)2022: 410 units (312 single-family, 42 in 2–4 unit, 56 in 5+ unit buildings)2023: 737 units (643 single-family, 24 in 2–4 unit, 70 in 5+ unit buildings)2024: 623 units (478 single-family, 33 in 2–4 unit, 112 in 5+ unit buildings)2025: 1,033 units (576 single-family, 82 in 2–4 unit, 375 in 5+ unit buildings)200420072010201320162019202220252004 high · 1,1992011 low · 22705001,0001,5002004: 1,199 units (1,095 single-family, 84 in 2–4 unit, 20 in 5+ unit buildings)2005: 1,082 units (955 single-family, 65 in 2–4 unit, 62 in 5+ unit buildings)2006: 869 units (779 single-family, 40 in 2–4 unit, 50 in 5+ unit buildings)2007: 1,084 units (673 single-family, 129 in 2–4 unit, 282 in 5+ unit buildings)2008: 761 units (564 single-family, 30 in 2–4 unit, 167 in 5+ unit buildings)2009: 508 units (398 single-family, 14 in 2–4 unit, 96 in 5+ unit buildings)2010: 570 units (513 single-family, 28 in 2–4 unit, 29 in 5+ unit buildings)2011: 227 units (211 single-family, 10 in 2–4 unit, 6 in 5+ unit buildings)2012: 373 units (188 single-family, 14 in 2–4 unit, 171 in 5+ unit buildings)2013: 285 units (264 single-family, 10 in 2–4 unit, 11 in 5+ unit buildings)2014: 356 units (251 single-family, 44 in 2–4 unit, 61 in 5+ unit buildings)2015: 231 units (231 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2016: 327 units (285 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 42 in 5+ unit buildings)2017: 412 units (342 single-family, 12 in 2–4 unit, 58 in 5+ unit buildings)2018: 423 units (349 single-family, 4 in 2–4 unit, 70 in 5+ unit buildings)2019: 293 units (284 single-family, 2 in 2–4 unit, 7 in 5+ unit buildings)2020: 330 units (281 single-family, 34 in 2–4 unit, 15 in 5+ unit buildings)2021: 382 units (337 single-family, 20 in 2–4 unit, 25 in 5+ unit buildings)2022: 410 units (312 single-family, 42 in 2–4 unit, 56 in 5+ unit buildings)2023: 737 units (643 single-family, 24 in 2–4 unit, 70 in 5+ unit buildings)2024: 623 units (478 single-family, 33 in 2–4 unit, 112 in 5+ unit buildings)2025: 1,033 units (576 single-family, 82 in 2–4 unit, 375 in 5+ unit buildings)2004200820122016202020252004 high · 1,199

Single-family2–4 units5+ units

Its 2025 total reached 86% of the 2004 high, the third-closest to a series peak among the 32 metro areas based in the Middle Atlantic states.

Boom, bust and since

Its peak year is shared by 98 other metro areas, among them Dothan, Monroe, MI, Janesville. Annual permits fell from 1,199 during the mid-2000s boom to 227 in 2011, a drop of 81%. The nearest bust profile in the Middle Atlantic states was Atlantic City's (81%). The 2021–2025 pace of 637 units a year is 39% below the 2004–2006 pace.

Houses or apartments

In Chambersburg, 74% of the units authorized in 2021–2025 were single-family houses and 20% were in buildings of five or more units, against 34% nationally. The closest match in building mix among the 386 other metro areas is Hickory (20% in five-plus buildings). That share has risen sharply since 2004–2006, when it stood at 4.2%. Duplexes to fourplexes are unusually common here: 6.3% of units, against 3.5% nationally. Units in five-plus buildings peaked in 2025 (375), single-family houses in 2004 (1,095).

2021–202573.7%74%6.3%20.0%20%2004–200689.8%90%6.0%4.2%US, 2021–202562.6%63%3.5%34.0%34%2021–202573.7%74%6.3%20.0%20%2004–200689.8%90%6.0%4.2%US, 2021–202562.6%63%3.5%34.0%34%

Busiest permit offices

Across the metro area, 18 permit offices authorized new housing in 2021–2025. The busiest was Chambersburg borough, with 855 units or 27% of the total, followed by Guilford township with 596. Among the three largest, Guilford township put 61% of its units in five-plus buildings, Chambersburg borough 3.5%.

  • Chambersburg borough27% (855 units)
  • Guilford township19% (596 units)
  • Antrim township13% (417 units)
  • Washington township12% (389 units)
  • Hamilton township6.9% (219 units)
  • Greene township5.8% (185 units)
  • Waynesboro borough5.2% (166 units)
  • Greencastle borough2.2% (69 units)

Share of the units authorized in the metro area, 2021–2025.

The wider Washington-Baltimore-Arlington region

The Census Bureau groups Chambersburg with 5 neighboring metro areas in the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA combined area. Metro areas in it authorized 35,852 units a year in 2021–2025 (micropolitan parts not counted); Chambersburg accounted for 1.8%. The others, with their yearly averages: Washington (25,128), Baltimore (6,809), Hagerstown (1,818), Winchester (1,011), Lexington Park (450).

Similar in size

Metro area2004–20252025 unitsPer 1,000 a year5+ share
Logan, UT-ID1,1767.322%
Kahului-Wailuku, HI9025.140%
Chambersburg, PA1,0334.020%
Decatur, AL4061.99.2%
Jackson, MI3031.418%

Rates and shares: 2021–2025.

Put Chambersburg beside Kahului

Every yearly figure behind the chart, split by building size: yearly-units.csv. State view: Pennsylvania. Counting rules.