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Lykens borough, Dauphin County, PA

1,878 Population
1.2 square miles 1,539.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±4.8 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

$33,559 ±$5,487 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Dauphin County: $42,294 ±$1,041
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$73,318 ±$16,251 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Dauphin County: $76,242 ±$1,935
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23% ±12.1% (430  ±244) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Dauphin County: 12.9% 36,661 (±0.9% / ±2,532)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.9 minutes ±12.9 (20,800  ±5,537) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Dauphin County: 21.5 2,524,315 (±0.3 / ±66,561)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

828 ±188 Number of households
  • Dauphin County: 121,358 ±730
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.7 (1,878  ±400) Persons per household
  • a little less than 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

8.8% ±9.6% (26  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Dauphin County: 4.8% † 3,185 (±0.7% / ±491)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

970 ±180 Number of housing units
  • Dauphin County: 127,828 ±159
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$107,300 ±$24,691 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Dauphin County: $236,400 ±$3,814
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.3% ±3% (100  ±59.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Dauphin County: 12.4% 35,647 (±0.9% / ±2,596.1)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.3% ±24.5% (1,211  ±227.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Dauphin County: 91.2% 183,513 (±1.7% / ±3,488.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.7% ±4.8% (176  ±75.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Dauphin County: 34.4% 69,288 (±1% / ±2,084.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about one-third 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

0.3% ±0.4% (5  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Dauphin County: 9.8% 28,406
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.6% ±4.3% (154  ±69) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Dauphin County: 6.6% 14,873 (±0.5% / ±1,068)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
154 Total veterans ±69 142 Male ±69 12 Female ±13

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