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Steelton borough, Dauphin County, PA

6,267 Population
1.9 square miles 3,306.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Dauphin County: 39.4 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,441 ±$8,100 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Dauphin County: $41,055 ±$868
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$55,963 ±$7,953 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Dauphin County: $74,159 ±$1,698
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

22.3% ±8.4% (1,388  ±524) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Dauphin County: 12.3% 34,738 (±0.9% / ±2,577)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

20.1 minutes ±1 (50,135  ±7,898) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dauphin County: 21.9 2,631,540 (±0.4 / ±66,790)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

2,539 ±220 Number of households
  • Dauphin County: 119,763 ±734
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.5 ±0.2 (6,248  ±21) 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

6.4% ±5.2% (106  ±87) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Dauphin County: 5.2% † 3,378 (±0.7% / ±472)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

2,673 ±206 Number of housing units
  • Dauphin County: 127,259 ±170
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$124,200 ±$12,076 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Dauphin County: $222,300 ±$3,491
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

7.8% ±4.7% (481  ±287.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dauphin County: 13.9% 39,418 (±1% / ±2,787.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

90.6% ±9.2% (3,653  ±488.3) 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)
15.7% ±4.6% (633  ±191.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Dauphin County: 34.3% 68,415 (±1% / ±1,949.5)
  • about half 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

1.6% ±1.2% (98  ±72) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Dauphin County: 9.1% 26,260
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6.3% ±3% (296  ±143) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dauphin County: 6.9% 15,348 (±0.4% / ±856)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
296 Total veterans ±143 282 Male ±141 14 Female ±16

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