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Lower Paxton township, Dauphin County, PA

54,657 Population
28.2 square miles 1,941 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±1.3 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
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,591 ±$2,800 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Dauphin County: $42,294 ±$1,041
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$91,789 ±$2,998 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Dauphin County: $76,242 ±$1,935
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.1% ±1.4% (3,333  ±764) Persons below poverty line
  • about half 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)

21.4 minutes ±0.6 (484,435  ±30,240) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Dauphin County: 21.5 2,524,315 (±0.3 / ±66,561)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

22,025 ±755 Number of households
  • Dauphin County: 121,358 ±730
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (54,285  ±37) Persons per household
  • a little 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
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4% ±1.4% (505  ±182) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dauphin County: 4.8% † 3,185 (±0.7% / ±491)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

22,669 ±738 Number of housing units
  • Dauphin County: 127,828 ±159
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$284,700 ±$10,158 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Dauphin County: $236,400 ±$3,814
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14% ±2.3% (7,622  ±1,224.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dauphin County: 12.4% 35,647 (±0.9% / ±2,596.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.1% ±3.5% (35,185  ±1,582.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dauphin County: 91.2% 183,513 (±1.7% / ±3,488.2)
  • about the same as 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)
38.8% ±2.4% (14,818  ±992.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dauphin County: 34.4% 69,288 (±1% / ±2,084.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

14.1% ±1.6% (7,720  ±876) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Dauphin County: 9.8% 28,406
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.3% ±1.3% (3,063  ±541) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dauphin County: 6.6% 14,873 (±0.5% / ±1,068)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,063 Total veterans ±541 2,729 Male ±510 334 Female ±158

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