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Lykens township, Dauphin County, PA

1,748 Population
26.5 square miles 66 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.2 ±6.2 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Dauphin County: 39.4 ±0.3
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,471 ±$2,941 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Dauphin County: $41,055 ±$868
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$73,438 ±$10,218 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Dauphin County: $74,159 ±$1,698
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

8.1% ±3.7% (141  ±69) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dauphin County: 12.3% 34,738 (±0.9% / ±2,577)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

25.5 minutes ±7.3 (16,480  ±3,341) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Dauphin County: 21.9 2,631,540 (±0.4 / ±66,790)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

517 ±69 Number of households
  • Dauphin County: 119,763 ±734
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
3.4 ±0.3 (1,748  ±282) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Dauphin County: 2.4 280,910 (±0 / ±195)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

16.2% ±6.7% (61  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Dauphin County: 5.2% † 3,378 (±0.7% / ±472)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

547 ±73 Number of housing units
  • Dauphin County: 127,259 ±170
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$188,100 ±$39,761 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Dauphin County: $222,300 ±$3,491
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

3.8% ±2.8% (64  ±48.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Dauphin County: 13.9% 39,418 (±1% / ±2,787.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

65.8% ±2.1% (592  ±85.6) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Dauphin County: 91.5% 182,521 (±1.8% / ±3,583.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
8.9% ±3.8% (80  ±36.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Dauphin County: 34.3% 68,415 (±1% / ±1,949.5)
  • about one-quarter 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

1.7% ±1.5% (30  ±26) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Dauphin County: 9.1% 26,260
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

3.2% ±1.8% (35  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Dauphin County: 6.9% 15,348 (±0.4% / ±856)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
35 Total veterans ±20 31 Male ±20 4 Female ±4

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