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Steelton-Highspire School District, PA

8,996 Population
2.6 square miles 3,441.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dauphin County: 39.4 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,291 ±$5,989 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Dauphin County: $41,055 ±$868
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$53,640 ±$6,037 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Dauphin County: $74,159 ±$1,698
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

19.8% ±6.1% (1,771  ±544) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Dauphin County: 12.3% 34,738 (±0.9% / ±2,577)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

20.3 minutes ±1.1 (77,235  ±9,922) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dauphin County: 21.9 2,631,540 (±0.4 / ±66,790)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

3,900 ±302 Number of households
  • Dauphin County: 119,763 ±734
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.2 (8,977  ±35) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Dauphin County: 2.4 280,910 (±0 / ±195)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

5.8% ±3.9% (141  ±97) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dauphin County: 5.2% † 3,378 (±0.7% / ±472)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

4,138 ±299 Number of housing units
  • Dauphin County: 127,259 ±170
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$119,000 ±$9,433 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Dauphin County: $222,300 ±$3,491
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

16.7% ±6.3% (1,479  ±556.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dauphin County: 13.9% 39,418 (±1% / ±2,787.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

91% ±6.7% (5,321  ±551.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dauphin County: 91.5% 182,521 (±1.8% / ±3,583.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
14.8% ±3.5% (866  ±213.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Dauphin County: 34.3% 68,415 (±1% / ±1,949.5)
  • about two-fifths of 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

2.6% ±1.3% (229  ±117) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Dauphin County: 9.1% 26,260
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

8.2% ±3.1% (565  ±216) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dauphin County: 6.9% 15,348 (±0.4% / ±856)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
565 Total veterans ±216 522 Male ±205 43 Female ±43

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