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Brecknock township, Lancaster County, PA

7,644 Population
24.7 square miles 309.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±3.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lancaster County: 39.4 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,243 ±$3,502 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lancaster County: $43,128 ±$611
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$99,238 ±$11,489 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lancaster County: $86,959 ±$1,323
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.2% ±1.9% (167  ±147) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Lancaster County: 8.2% 44,440 (±0.5% / ±2,685)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23 minutes ±2.5 (79,535  ±11,406) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Lancaster County: 23.8 5,820,485 (±0.3 / ±94,254)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,624 ±172 Number of households
  • Lancaster County: 212,748 ±813
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.2 (7,644  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lancaster County: 2.6 542,429 (±0 / ±106)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.5% ±7.1% (158  ±101) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lancaster County: 6.4% 7,863 (±0.4% / ±518)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,675 ±171 Number of housing units
  • Lancaster County: 219,224 ±92
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$348,100 ±$31,190 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Lancaster County: $301,100 ±$4,176
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.4% ±2.6% (330  ±192.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lancaster County: 10.3% 57,007 (±0.5% / ±2,995.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.3% ±8.1% (4,109  ±453.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lancaster County: 87.5% 332,692 (±1.1% / ±4,055.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.4% ±4.5% (1,054  ±227.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lancaster County: 32.4% 123,275 (±0.6% / ±2,431.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about three-fifths 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

2.9% ±1.8% (223  ±141) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Lancaster County: 5.8% 32,433
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.8% ±2.1% (326  ±116) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Lancaster County: 5.7% 24,325 (±0.2% / ±1,047)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
326 Total veterans ±116 293 Male ±113 33 Female ±36

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