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Hershey, PA

14,334 Population
14.3 square miles 1,002.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.2 ±10.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$51,671 ±$6,726 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: $42,772 ±$594
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$78,750 ±$10,014 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: $79,281 ±$1,121
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

9% ±9% (1,270  ±1,272) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 10% 57,862 (±0.6% / ±3,212)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

16.9 minutes ±0.8 (101,865  ±17,594) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters 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

5,595 ±421 Number of households
  • the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 243,182 ±1,015
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.2 (12,579  ±843) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 2.4 577,782 (±0 / ±330)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

3.9% ±2.2% (127  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 5.1% 6,885 (±0.5% / ±607)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

5,791 ±410 Number of housing units
  • the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 257,534 ±370
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$339,300 ±$26,291 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: $239,100 ±$2,274
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

23.3% ±7.4% (3,324  ±1,075.2) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 12.9% 76,228 (±0.6% / ±3,453.4)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

89.5% ±14.7% (9,203  ±1,628.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 92.2% 384,309 (±1.2% / ±4,805.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
49.1% ±4.4% (5,048  ±556.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 35.4% 147,388 (±0.7% / ±2,824.9)
  • about 1.4 times 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

13.9% ±2.6% (1,992  ±387) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 7.7% 45,723
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

4.9% ±1% (569  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 7.7% 36,142 (±0.3% / ±1,485)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
569 Total veterans ±118 543 Male ±117 26 Female ±20

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