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Shippensburg, PA Urban Area

16,594 Population
9.9 square miles 1,683.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,617 ±$3,150 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,331 ±$8,554 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14% ±4% (2,003  ±587) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.1 minutes ±1.6 (157,555  ±18,134) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,297 ±500 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (14,293  ±767) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.7% ±2.7% (253  ±122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,847 ±497 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$204,300 ±$19,097 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.6% ±3% (3,371  ±515.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.8% ±4.3% (8,462  ±757.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26% ±4.3% (2,503  ±454.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters 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

4.1% ±1.8% (680  ±294) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.8% ±2.3% (1,197  ±323) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,197 Total veterans ±323 1,039 Male ±275 158 Female ±79

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