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East Hanover township, Dauphin County, PA

6,029 Population
40.2 square miles 150 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Dauphin County: 39.4 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$56,496 ±$15,870 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Dauphin County: $42,294 ±$1,041
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$99,922 ±$22,955 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Dauphin County: $76,242 ±$1,935
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.7% ±4.1% (341  ±245) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Dauphin County: 12.9% 36,661 (±0.9% / ±2,532)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.2 minutes ±0.8 (54,675  ±12,398) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Dauphin County: 21.5 2,524,315 (±0.3 / ±66,561)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,382 ±218 Number of households
  • Dauphin County: 121,358 ±730
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (6,024  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Dauphin County: 2.3 283,018 (±0 / ±125)
  • 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% ±1.9% (14  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Dauphin County: 4.8% † 3,185 (±0.7% / ±491)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,471 ±202 Number of housing units
  • Dauphin County: 127,828 ±159
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$316,700 ±$88,812 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Dauphin County: $236,400 ±$3,814
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.6% ±5.2% (519  ±313.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dauphin County: 12.4% 35,647 (±0.9% / ±2,596.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.6% ±11.9% (4,275  ±572.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Dauphin County: 91.2% 183,513 (±1.7% / ±3,488.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
36.5% ±8% (1,649  ±371.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Dauphin County: 34.4% 69,288 (±1% / ±2,084.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about the same as 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

6.6% ±4.3% (395  ±258) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dauphin County: 9.8% 28,406
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.6% ±2.5% (366  ±121) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dauphin County: 6.6% 14,873 (±0.5% / ±1,068)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
366 Total veterans ±121 339 Male ±117 27 Female ±43

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