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Upper Paxton township, Dauphin County, PA

4,009 Population
25.9 square miles 154.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.3 ±12.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Dauphin County: 39.4 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,732 ±$6,263 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Dauphin County: $41,055 ±$868
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$57,260 ±$19,215 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

18.5% ±15.2% (719  ±592) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Dauphin County: 12.3% 34,738 (±0.9% / ±2,577)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

33.5 minutes ±5.5 (44,300  ±13,082) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Dauphin County: 21.9 2,631,540 (±0.4 / ±66,790)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,738 ±143 Number of households
  • Dauphin County: 119,763 ±734
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.2 ±0.2 (3,888  ±38) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Dauphin County: 2.4 280,910 (±0 / ±195)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

6.5% ±4.4% (45  ±32) 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 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,839 ±159 Number of housing units
  • Dauphin County: 127,259 ±170
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$183,700 ±$28,608 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Dauphin County: $222,300 ±$3,491
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

8.6% ±4% (343  ±159.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dauphin County: 13.9% 39,418 (±1% / ±2,787.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

91.6% ±10.5% (2,760  ±333.6) 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)
16.6% ±4.9% (499  ±148.4) 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

1.3% ±1.1% (51  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Dauphin County: 9.1% 26,260
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6.2% ±1.8% (199  ±59) 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)
199 Total veterans ±59 197 Male ±58 2 Female ±5

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