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Lower Swatara township, Dauphin County, PA

9,796 Population
12.3 square miles 796.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Dauphin County: 39.4 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$49,316 ±$8,292 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Dauphin County: $42,294 ±$1,041
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$87,163 ±$10,270 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Dauphin County: $76,242 ±$1,935
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9% ±4.1% (816  ±370) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dauphin County: 12.9% 36,661 (±0.9% / ±2,532)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.9 minutes ±0.9 (96,900  ±13,498) 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

3,905 ±266 Number of households
  • Dauphin County: 121,358 ±730
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (9,096  ±33) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Dauphin County: 2.3 283,018 (±0 / ±125)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.8% ±5.1% (152  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Dauphin County: 4.8% † 3,185 (±0.7% / ±491)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,170 ±251 Number of housing units
  • Dauphin County: 127,828 ±159
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$234,600 ±$22,101 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Dauphin County: $236,400 ±$3,814
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.9% ±3.5% (949  ±332.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dauphin County: 12.4% 35,647 (±0.9% / ±2,596.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.6% ±9% (6,408  ±701.8) 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)
33.1% ±5.3% (2,291  ±386.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Dauphin County: 34.4% 69,288 (±1% / ±2,084.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about 90 percent of 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

3% ±1.1% (297  ±107) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Dauphin County: 9.8% 28,406
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±3.1% (558  ±249) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Dauphin County: 6.6% 14,873 (±0.5% / ±1,068)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
558 Total veterans ±249 464 Male ±210 94 Female ±80

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