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Shippensburg borough, Cumberland County, PA

4,392 Population
1.3 square miles 3,350.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cumberland County: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,405 ±$6,448 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cumberland County: $46,149 ±$996
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,610 ±$9,824 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Cumberland County: $87,494 ±$2,786
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.8% ±4.8% (464  ±207) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cumberland County: 7.5% 19,066 (±0.7% / ±1,661)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.1 minutes ±3 (40,565  ±8,619) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Cumberland County: 21.8 2,354,300 (±0.5 / ±67,488)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,177 ±254 Number of households
  • Cumberland County: 106,427 ±704
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.2 (4,328  ±34) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cumberland County: 2.4 255,041 (±0 / ±229)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.1% ±8.3% (103  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Cumberland County: 4.7% † 2,851 (±0.7% / ±420)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,272 ±266 Number of housing units
  • Cumberland County: 111,278 ±111
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$197,200 ±$43,483 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cumberland County: $277,600 ±$4,540
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.2% ±7.9% (652  ±338) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cumberland County: 12.9% 34,313 (±0.8% / ±2,106.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.8% ±16.6% (2,769  ±535.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cumberland County: 93.8% 175,063 (±1.7% / ±3,202.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.4% ±9.1% (814  ±283.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cumberland County: 40% 74,706 (±1.1% / ±2,043.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • 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

3.7% ±3.2% (161  ±139) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Cumberland County: 7.5% 20,165
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

14.4% ±7.6% (490  ±261) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cumberland County: 8.3% 17,679 (±0.5% / ±1,112)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
490 Total veterans ±261 413 Male ±211 77 Female ±68

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