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Swatara township, Lebanon County, PA

5,059 Population
21.6 square miles 234.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±4.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Lebanon County: 41.1 ±0.4
  • 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

$37,416 ±$5,036 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Lebanon County: $39,628 ±$1,111
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$79,944 ±$17,126 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Lebanon County: $78,425 ±$2,044
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.3% ±3.1% (168  ±159) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Lebanon County: 10.1% † 14,171 (±1.1% / ±1,571)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.9 minutes ±3.6 (47,800  ±10,020) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lebanon County: 22.1 1,332,175 (±0.5 / ±43,146)
  • 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

1,984 ±181 Number of households
  • Lebanon County: 56,712 ±463
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (5,059  ±42) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Lebanon County: 2.5 140,353 (±0 / ±153)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.9% ±4.1% (28  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Lebanon County: 5.5% † 1,696 (±0.9% / ±292)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,073 ±169 Number of housing units
  • Lebanon County: 59,921 ±86
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$250,900 ±$24,352 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Lebanon County: $242,000 ±$5,362
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.7% ±3.5% (287  ±175.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lebanon County: 9.3% † 13,281 (±1.1% / ±1,572.1)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.4% ±10.2% (3,105  ±410.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lebanon County: 88.5% 88,260 (±1.9% / ±1,924.5)
  • 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)
13.6% ±4.5% (488  ±162.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lebanon County: 24.3% 24,194 (±1.1% / ±1,045.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about two-fifths 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

4.2% ±2.6% (211  ±129) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Lebanon County: 4.4% 6,272
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.9% ±4.3% (409  ±163) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lebanon County: 7.7% 8,552 (±0.5% / ±549)
  • 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)
409 Total veterans ±163 393 Male ±162 16 Female ±24

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