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Shippensburg borough, Franklin County, PA

1,462 Population
0.7 square miles 2,038.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±8.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 42.2 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,856 ±$12,655 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $39,149 ±$1,114
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$73,971 ±$2,551 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Franklin County: $74,946 ±$1,764
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

8.1% ±6.6% (118  ±104) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin County: 7.8% † 11,995 (±0.8% / ±1,298)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

14.9 minutes ±9.6 (10,835  ±4,472) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Franklin County: 24 1,612,930 (±0.9 / ±67,578)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

646 ±244 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 63,028 ±476
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±1.1 (1,462  ±469) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 2.5 154,791 (±0 / ±57)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

9.3% ±12.8% (27  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Franklin County: 4.8% † 1,589 (±1% / ±316)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

646 ±244 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 66,787 ±96
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$161,800 ±$43,295 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Franklin County: $236,300 ±$4,420
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

94.9% ±15.4% (943  ±313.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin County: 90.7% 100,198 (±2% / ±2,197.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
56.3% ±22.9% (560  ±279.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Franklin County: 24% 26,471 (±1.1% / ±1,188.7)
  • more than 1.5 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

1.5% ±2.3% (22  ±34) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Franklin County: 3.9% 6,131
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

4% ±4.3% (48  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 8.8% 10,768 (±0.6% / ±734)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
48 Total veterans ±54 48 Male ±54 N/A Female ±11

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