The median owner-occupied home in Cumberland County had a real-estate tax bill of $3,180 (± $71) a year, compared with $3,241 in Pennsylvania and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $261,900 (± $4,656), compared with $240,500 in Pennsylvania and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Cumberland County | Pennsylvania | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 264,422 | 12,986,518 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $3,180 ± $71 | $3,241 ± $13 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $261,900 ± $4,656 | $240,500 ± $622 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $85,634 ± $2,746 | $76,081 ± $310 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 1.21% ± 0.03 points | 1.35% ± 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 71.4% ± 1.3 points | 69.3% ± 0.3 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 31.9% ± 1.1 points | 33.5% ± 0.1 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 18.2% ± 1.3 points | 19.7% ± 0.2 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
Cities, towns and villages in Cumberland County (11)
Incorporated places with their own local government. A place that crosses a county line is listed in each county it touches and marked “partly”; its page shows figures for the whole place.
- Camp Hill
- Carlisle
- Lemoyne
- Mechanicsburg
- Mount Holly Springs
- New Cumberland
- Newburg borough (Cumberland County)
- Newville
- Shippensburg (partly in this county)
- Shiremanstown
- Wormleysburg
Census-designated places in Cumberland County (7)
Unincorporated communities that the Census Bureau defines for statistics. They have no city government of their own.
Towns and townships in Cumberland County (28)
- Camp Hill borough
- Carlisle borough
- Cooke
- Dickinson
- East Pennsboro
- Hampden
- Lemoyne borough
- Lower Allen
- Lower Frankford
- Lower Mifflin
- Mechanicsburg borough
- Middlesex
- Mount Holly Springs borough
- New Cumberland borough
- Newburg borough
- Newville borough
- North Middleton
- North Newton
- Shippensburg
- Shiremanstown borough
- Silver Spring
- South Middleton
- South Newton
- Upper Allen
- Upper Frankford
- Upper Mifflin
- West Pennsboro
- Wormleysburg borough
Recognized by the Census Bureau, but no property tax figure published (8)
These places appear in the Census Bureau’s list of places and governmental units in Cumberland County, but its 2019–2023 survey publishes no median property tax bill for them (usually because too few households were sampled). They are listed here so that no place is overlooked. The county figures above are the closest available estimate.
- Carlisle Barracks CDP
- Hopewell township
- Messiah College CDP
- Middlesex township
- Monroe township
- Penn township
- Shippensburg University CDP
- Southampton township
Other named communities in Cumberland County (134)
These names come from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which records historical and local names of populated places: small settlements, neighborhoods, rural localities and former towns. The Census Bureau does not report them as cities, towns or census-designated places, so no figures exist for them at this level. The county figures above are the closest available estimate. A name can appear for a place that no longer exists or that lies inside a larger place.
- Allen
- Allendale
- Allenview
- Barnitz
- Bears Crossroads
- Big Spring
- Blosserville
- Bonny Brook
- Bowmansdale
- Brandtsville
- Brookside
- Brushtown
- Caprivi
- Carlisle Junction
- Carlisle Springs
- Cedar Cliff
- Chestnut Crossroads
- Churchtown
- Cleversburg
- Cleversburg Junction
- Cobblesville
- Country Estates
- Coventry Close
- Coyle
- Craighead
- Cumminsville
- Dillsburg Junction
- Donnellytown
- Doubling Gap
- Drexel Hills
- Drytown
- Dykeman Spring
- Eberlys Mill
- Elliotts Mill
- Elliottson
- Entlerville
- Flintlock Ridge
- Fort Couch
- Good Hope
- Good Hope Mill
- Goodyear
- Grandview Acres
- Grantham
- Greason
- Green Lane Farms
- Green Spring
- Grieder
- Hatton
- Hays Grove
- Heberlig
- Hickorytown
- Highland Park
- Hockersville
- Hogestown
- Holliday
- Howell
- Hunters Run
- Huntsdale
- Hustons Mill
- Keiters Mill
- Kerrsville
- Kimberly Meadows
- Kingtown
- Kingwood
- Knob Point
- Le High Park
- Lees Cross Roads
- Leidighs
- Limekiln Acres
- Lisburn
- Locust Point
- Longsdorf
- McCrea
- Middle Spring
- Montsera
- Mooredale
- Moors Mill
- Mount Allen
- Mount Allen Estates
- Mount Hope
- Mount Rock
- Mount View
- Mount Zion
- Mountain View Estates
- Myerstown
- Nantilly
- New Lancaster
- Oakville
- Oakwood Park
- Orchard Crest
- Orchard Terrace
- Overview
- Peace Church
- Pine Grove Furnace
- Raven Hill
- Reservoir Hill
- Ridgeland
- Rose Garden
- Rossmoyne
- Rossmoyne Manor
- Roxbury
- Shepherdstown
- Sherwood Park
- Sporting Hill
- Spring Run Acres
- Spring Run Manor
- Springville
- Starners
- Stoughstown
- Summerdale
- Sunnyland
- Toland
- Treemont
- Trindle Springs
- Tusculum
- Upper Mill
- Uriah
- Valley Stream Estates
- Walnut Bottom
- Waseka Acres
- Washington
- Washington Heights
- Webercroft
- Wertzville
- West Creek Hills
- West Enola
- West Hill
- Westwood Village
- White Hill
- White Rock Acres
- Williams Grove
- Winding Heights
- Winding Hill
- Windsor Park