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Schlusser, Pennsylvania.

A community in Cumberland County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Cumberland County’s.

Living in Schlusser, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Schlusser, in Cumberland County, had 6,806 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $92,234 a year and half less, against $87,494 across Cumberland County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 82% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 18% are rented. Unemployment in Cumberland County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 6,806 in the 2020 census; median age 43.6
Household income $92,234 the median, give or take $20,113 · Cumberland County: $87,494
Unemployment 3.3% Cumberland County, August 2026; 4.4% a year before
Homes 82% lived in by their owners; 18% rented
  • 2,274households
  • 36%of adults have a degree
  • 8%below the poverty line
  • 22 mintypical commute
  • 6%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care36%
  • Shops (retail)16%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities10%
  • Other services8%
  • Professional and business services7%
  • Building trades5%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Cumberland County had 137,858 jobs in 2025, 0.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 38° and 20°; warmest in July, 86° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 38° 20° F M A M J J 86° 62° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 38° and 20°; warmest in July, 86° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 38° 20° F M A M J J 86° 62° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 38° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 62°. About 28 inches of snow and 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Carlisle Wtp weather station, a mile away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Cumberland County

  1. Cumberland Valley SDSchool district1,351FTE
  2. Giant Company OfficeBusiness services1,333
  3. Holy Spirit HospitalGeneral hospital1,161FTE
  4. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage976
  5. UPSCouriers and express delivery services940
  6. Messiah UniversityUniversity or college935
  7. Dickinson CollegeUniversity or college895
  8. CorporateManagement of companies and enterprises788

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 321 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 47,306 people in all across the county; Schlusser has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Winter weatherRelatively high
  2. Strong windRelatively high
  3. Inland floodingRelatively high
  4. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  5. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Schlusser’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Cumberland County.