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Hanover, PA

16,584 Population
3.7 square miles 4,486.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±2.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the York-Hanover, PA Metro Area: 41.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$35,446 ±$3,169 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the York-Hanover, PA Metro Area: $41,601 ±$556
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$61,293 ±$7,213 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the York-Hanover, PA Metro Area: $84,829 ±$1,522
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

14.5% ±3.7% (2,365  ±607) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the York-Hanover, PA Metro Area: 8.4% 37,988 (±0.6% / ±2,533)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

23.4 minutes ±2.2 (186,485  ±21,862) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the York-Hanover, PA Metro Area: 26.3 5,298,960 (±0.4 / ±96,389)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

7,469 ±360 Number of households
  • the York-Hanover, PA Metro Area: 181,583 ±763
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.2 ±0.1 (16,434  ±28) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the York-Hanover, PA Metro Area: 2.5 455,022 (±0 / ±117)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

3.4% ±2.3% (124  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the York-Hanover, PA Metro Area: 5.2% † 5,259 (±0.6% / ±570)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

8,029 ±408 Number of housing units
  • the York-Hanover, PA Metro Area: 189,857 ±264
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$212,800 ±$8,651 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the York-Hanover, PA Metro Area: $248,600 ±$2,723
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

11.8% ±2.7% (1,950  ±447.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the York-Hanover, PA Metro Area: 9.9% 45,229 (±0.5% / ±2,357.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

88.8% ±5.2% (10,412  ±751.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the York-Hanover, PA Metro Area: 92% 299,175 (±1.2% / ±3,784.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
15.9% ±2.4% (1,867  ±289.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the York-Hanover, PA Metro Area: 27.6% 89,837 (±0.6% / ±2,045.3)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.1% ±2.4% (1,003  ±389) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the York-Hanover, PA Metro Area: 4.2% 19,202
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

6.9% ±1.8% (902  ±234) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the York-Hanover, PA Metro Area: 7.3% 26,460 (±0.3% / ±1,139)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
902 Total veterans ±234 839 Male ±220 63 Female ±45

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