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Census Tract 241.05, Dauphin, PA

5,218 Population
5.6 square miles 930.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hershey: 38.6 † ±5.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Dauphin County: 39.4 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$62,781 ±$8,750 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Hershey: $49,882 ±$3,992
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Dauphin County: $42,294 ±$1,041
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$104,434 ±$18,547 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Hershey: $78,587 ±$7,362
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Dauphin County: $76,242 ±$1,935
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

10.2% ±3.4% (515  ±178) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hershey: 17.6% † 2,480 (±3.6% / ±525)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dauphin County: 12.9% 36,661 (±0.9% / ±2,532)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

18.1 minutes ±1.9 (38,595  ±9,150) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hershey: 16.2 100,600 (±0.9 / ±14,519)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Dauphin County: 21.5 2,524,315 (±0.3 / ±66,561)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

2,374 ±212 Number of households
  • Hershey: 5,791 ±395
  • Dauphin County: 121,358 ±730
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.1 ±0.1 (5,051  ±521) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hershey: 2.2 12,564 (±0.2 / ±807)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dauphin County: 2.3 283,018 (±0 / ±125)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

3.1% ±2.8% (45  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hershey: 2.5% † 89 (±1.3% / ±52)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dauphin County: 4.8% † 3,185 (±0.7% / ±491)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

2,374 ±212 Number of housing units
  • Hershey: 5,982 ±376
  • Dauphin County: 127,828 ±159
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$399,900 ±$43,051 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Hershey: $379,200 ±$32,349
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Dauphin County: $236,400 ±$3,814
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

9.5% ±3% (489  ±164.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hershey: 22.8% † 3,231 (±7.4% / ±1,062.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Dauphin County: 12.4% 35,647 (±0.9% / ±2,596.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

100% ±9% (3,758  ±457.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hershey: 92.4% 9,491 (±7.8% / ±1,146.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dauphin County: 91.2% 183,513 (±1.7% / ±3,488.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
68.1% ±8.7% (2,559  ±388) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Hershey: 50.2% 5,158 (±2.8% / ±534)
  • about double the rate in Dauphin County: 34.4% 69,288 (±1% / ±2,084.3)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.5% ±3.6% (445  ±193) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hershey: 13.1% † 1,862 (±3.7% / ±530)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dauphin County: 9.8% 28,406
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

6.9% ±2.2% (300  ±98) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hershey: 4.5% † 527 (±1.1% / ±129)
  • a little higher than the rate in Dauphin County: 6.6% 14,873 (±0.5% / ±1,068)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
300 Total veterans ±98 274 Male ±92 26 Female ±40

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