HousingPermits

Metro area in Pennsylvania · part of the Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA combined area

Gettysburg, PA

The Gettysburg metro area authorized 476 new housing units in 2025. Single-family houses made up 100% of the units authorized in 2021–2025, the highest share among the 387 US metro areas. Relative to population, the rate was 4.4 units per 1,000 residents in 2025, the third-highest rate of the 32 metro areas based in the Middle Atlantic states.

02004006008002004: 675 units (635 single-family, 8 in 2–4 unit, 32 in 5+ unit buildings)2005: 606 units (602 single-family, 4 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2006: 541 units (541 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2007: 388 units (384 single-family, 4 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2008: 278 units (278 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2009: 198 units (198 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2010: 306 units (284 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 22 in 5+ unit buildings)2011: 148 units (146 single-family, 2 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2012: 167 units (167 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2013: 200 units (200 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2014: 272 units (222 single-family, 10 in 2–4 unit, 40 in 5+ unit buildings)2015: 240 units (218 single-family, 4 in 2–4 unit, 18 in 5+ unit buildings)2016: 347 units (347 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2017: 249 units (249 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2018: 224 units (224 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2019: 220 units (220 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2020: 226 units (226 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2021: 438 units (438 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2022: 394 units (394 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2023: 338 units (338 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2024: 403 units (403 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2025: 476 units (476 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)200420072010201320162019202220252004 high · 6752011 low · 14802505007502004: 675 units (635 single-family, 8 in 2–4 unit, 32 in 5+ unit buildings)2005: 606 units (602 single-family, 4 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2006: 541 units (541 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2007: 388 units (384 single-family, 4 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2008: 278 units (278 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2009: 198 units (198 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2010: 306 units (284 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 22 in 5+ unit buildings)2011: 148 units (146 single-family, 2 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2012: 167 units (167 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2013: 200 units (200 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2014: 272 units (222 single-family, 10 in 2–4 unit, 40 in 5+ unit buildings)2015: 240 units (218 single-family, 4 in 2–4 unit, 18 in 5+ unit buildings)2016: 347 units (347 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2017: 249 units (249 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2018: 224 units (224 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2019: 220 units (220 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2020: 226 units (226 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2021: 438 units (438 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2022: 394 units (394 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2023: 338 units (338 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2024: 403 units (403 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2025: 476 units (476 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2004200820122016202020252004 high · 675

Single-family2–4 units5+ units

Its population grew 3.6% between 2020 and 2025, the second-fastest growth among the 32 metro areas based in the Middle Atlantic states.

Houses or apartments

The closest match in building mix among the 386 other metro areas is Alexandria (0% in five-plus buildings).

2021–2025100.0%100%2004–200697.6%98%0.7%1.8%US, 2021–202562.6%63%3.5%34.0%34%2021–2025100.0%100%2004–200697.6%98%0.7%1.8%US, 2021–202562.6%63%3.5%34.0%34%

Boom, bust and since

Gettysburg authorized the most units in 2004 (675); 2025 reached 70% of that. Its peak year is shared by 98 other metro areas, among them Williamsport, Bay City, Muncie. Annual permits fell from 675 during the mid-2000s boom to 148 in 2011, a drop of 78%. The nearest bust profile in the Middle Atlantic states was Allentown's (78%). The 2021–2025 pace of 410 units a year is 32% below the 2004–2006 pace. From 2024 to 2025 the count rose 18%.

The wider Harrisburg-York-Lebanon region

The Census Bureau groups Gettysburg with 3 neighboring metro areas in the Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA combined area. Metro areas in it authorized 3,955 units a year in 2021–2025 (micropolitan parts not counted); Gettysburg accounted for 10%. The others, with their yearly averages: Harrisburg (1,792), York (1,354), Lebanon (399).

Similar in size

Metro area2004–20252025 unitsPer 1,000 a year5+ share
Beckley, WV770.80%
Gettysburg, PA4763.80%
Kankakee, IL1131.12%
Sumter, SC3583.71.9%
Grand Forks, ND-MN2281.912%

Rates and shares: 2021–2025.

Put Gettysburg beside Kankakee

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