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Lower Paxton township, Dauphin County, PA

54,088 Population
28.2 square miles 1,920.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±1 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 ±0.1

Economics

$44,202 ±$1,880 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Dauphin County: $41,055 ±$868
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$89,507 ±$4,816 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Dauphin County: $74,159 ±$1,698
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

6% ±1.7% (3,203  ±896) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Dauphin County: 12.3% 34,738 (±0.9% / ±2,577)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

21 minutes ±1 (484,950  ±31,590) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Dauphin County: 21.9 2,631,540 (±0.4 / ±66,790)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

21,858 ±610 Number of households
  • Dauphin County: 119,763 ±734
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.5 ±0.1 (53,707  ±43) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Dauphin County: 2.4 280,910 (±0 / ±195)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

4.8% ±1.6% (608  ±201) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Dauphin County: 5.2% † 3,378 (±0.7% / ±472)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

22,591 ±624 Number of housing units
  • Dauphin County: 127,259 ±170
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$267,300 ±$7,086 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Dauphin County: $222,300 ±$3,491
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

12.4% ±1.8% (6,658  ±978.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dauphin County: 13.9% 39,418 (±1% / ±2,787.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

93.7% ±3.5% (35,543  ±1,521.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dauphin County: 91.5% 182,521 (±1.8% / ±3,583.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
39.2% ±2.5% (14,851  ±1,001.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dauphin County: 34.3% 68,415 (±1% / ±1,949.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

13.7% ±1.8% (7,414  ±951) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Dauphin County: 9.1% 26,260
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

8.1% ±1.1% (3,403  ±479) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dauphin County: 6.9% 15,348 (±0.4% / ±856)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
3,403 Total veterans ±479 3,020 Male ±473 383 Female ±137

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