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Shippensburg township, Cumberland County, PA

4,303 Population
2.5 square miles 1,734 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

20.9 ±0.4 Median age
  • about half the figure in Cumberland County: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about half the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about half the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,317 ±$4,369 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Cumberland County: $46,149 ±$996
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,445 ±$9,881 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Cumberland County: $87,494 ±$2,786
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27% ±9.3% (549  ±189) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Cumberland County: 7.5% 19,066 (±0.7% / ±1,661)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.3 minutes ±0.9 (27,240  ±3,331) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cumberland County: 21.8 2,354,300 (±0.5 / ±67,488)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

805 ±92 Number of households
  • Cumberland County: 106,427 ±704
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (2,033  ±39) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Cumberland County: 2.4 255,041 (±0 / ±229)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.7% ±1.1% (29  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Cumberland County: 4.7% † 2,851 (±0.7% / ±420)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,004 ±141 Number of housing units
  • Cumberland County: 111,278 ±111
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$158,600 ±$42,921 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Cumberland County: $277,600 ±$4,540
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

54% ±7.2% (2,311  ±307.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Cumberland County: 12.9% 34,313 (±0.8% / ±2,106.6)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.4% ±8.8% (890  ±164) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cumberland County: 93.8% 175,063 (±1.7% / ±3,202.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.1% ±5.3% (174  ±63.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cumberland County: 40% 74,706 (±1.1% / ±2,043.7)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.2% ±1.6% (96  ±69) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Cumberland County: 7.5% 20,165
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.9% ±1.3% (155  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Cumberland County: 8.3% 17,679 (±0.5% / ±1,112)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
155 Total veterans ±53 124 Male ±49 31 Female ±13

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