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Swatara township, Dauphin County, PA

27,764 Population
13 square miles 2,127.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±1.9 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

$35,772 ±$2,483 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dauphin County: $41,055 ±$868
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$75,297 ±$6,260 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Dauphin County: $74,159 ±$1,698
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

8.5% ±1.9% (2,221  ±493) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dauphin County: 12.3% 34,738 (±0.9% / ±2,577)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

19.8 minutes ±2.2 (223,205  ±30,594) 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

10,763 ±464 Number of households
  • Dauphin County: 119,763 ±734
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.4 ±0.1 (26,125  ±80) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Dauphin County: 2.4 280,910 (±0 / ±195)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

1.9% ±1.5% (118  ±94) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Dauphin County: 5.2% † 3,378 (±0.7% / ±472)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

11,205 ±461 Number of housing units
  • Dauphin County: 127,259 ±170
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$202,200 ±$8,978 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dauphin County: $222,300 ±$3,491
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

13.3% ±3.5% (3,680  ±977.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Dauphin County: 13.9% 39,418 (±1% / ±2,787.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

87.8% ±5.1% (17,715  ±1,142.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Dauphin County: 91.5% 182,521 (±1.8% / ±3,583.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
26.3% ±3.3% (5,302  ±678.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Dauphin County: 34.3% 68,415 (±1% / ±1,949.5)
  • about three-quarters of 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

15.7% ±3.1% (4,349  ±853) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Dauphin County: 9.1% 26,260
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6% ±1.2% (1,361  ±276) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dauphin County: 6.9% 15,348 (±0.4% / ±856)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
1,361 Total veterans ±276 1,204 Male ±252 157 Female ±84

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