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Carlisle, PA

21,335 Population
5.5 square miles 3,856.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,547 ±$2,285 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: $42,772 ±$594
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$59,742 ±$4,068 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: $79,281 ±$1,121
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

17.4% ±3.6% (3,207  ±656) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 10% 57,862 (±0.6% / ±3,212)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

18.9 minutes ±1.5 (177,785  ±19,415) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 22.7 5,663,225 (±0.3 / ±101,806)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

8,719 ±448 Number of households
  • the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 243,182 ±1,015
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.1 ±0.1 (18,368  ±177) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 2.4 577,782 (±0 / ±330)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

3.1% ±1.7% (167  ±94) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 5.1% 6,885 (±0.5% / ±607)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

9,233 ±505 Number of housing units
  • the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 257,534 ±370
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$212,400 ±$17,470 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: $239,100 ±$2,274
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

22.5% ±3.2% (4,755  ±666.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 12.9% 76,228 (±0.6% / ±3,453.4)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

92.8% ±4.3% (12,277  ±800.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 92.2% 384,309 (±1.2% / ±4,805.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
37.8% ±3.5% (5,005  ±510.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 35.4% 147,388 (±0.7% / ±2,824.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

8.5% ±2.2% (1,812  ±476) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 7.7% 45,723
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

7.7% ±1.5% (1,315  ±268) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 7.7% 36,142 (±0.3% / ±1,485)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
1,315 Total veterans ±268 1,152 Male ±261 163 Female ±79

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