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Census Tract 242, Dauphin, PA

2,992 Population
2.5 square miles 1,220.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Palmdale: 30.3 † ±6.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dauphin County: 39.4 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$41,499 ±$9,643 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Palmdale: $27,536 † ±$6,882
  • about the same as the amount in Dauphin County: $42,294 ±$1,041
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$71,417 ±$14,515 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Palmdale: $62,628 † ±$28,946
  • a little less than the amount in Dauphin County: $76,242 ±$1,935
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

17.1% ±11.8% (494  ±346) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Palmdale: 27.1% † 392 (±21.5% / ±336)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Dauphin County: 12.9% 36,661 (±0.9% / ±2,532)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

26.7 minutes ±8.8 (32,730  ±13,056) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Palmdale: 33.4 † 18,965 (±17.7 / ±12,091)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Dauphin County: 21.5 2,524,315 (±0.3 / ±66,561)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

1,181 ±168 Number of households
  • Palmdale: 545 † ±156
  • Dauphin County: 121,358 ±730
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.5 ±0.5 (2,925  ±383) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Palmdale: 2.8 † 1,498 (±0.6 / ±530)
  • a little higher than the figure in Dauphin County: 2.3 283,018 (±0 / ±125)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

8.1% ±9.2% (69  ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Palmdale: 11.8% † 53 (±15.5% / ±73)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Dauphin County: 4.8% † 3,185 (±0.7% / ±491)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

1,307 ±144 Number of housing units
  • Palmdale: 657 † ±158
  • Dauphin County: 127,828 ±159
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$234,500 ±$27,325 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Palmdale: $261,400 † ±$78,914
  • about the same as the amount in Dauphin County: $236,400 ±$3,814
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

22% ±11.1% (641  ±336.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Palmdale: 28.8% † 425 (±19% / ±319.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Dauphin County: 12.4% 35,647 (±0.9% / ±2,596.1)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

90.2% ±11% (1,748  ±291) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Palmdale: 82.5% † 712 (±13.1% / ±208.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Dauphin County: 91.2% 183,513 (±1.7% / ±3,488.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
42.8% ±9.3% (829  ±203.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Palmdale: 28.5% † 246 (±15.6% / ±147.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Dauphin County: 34.4% 69,288 (±1% / ±2,084.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

4.2% ±2.1% (125  ±66) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Palmdale: 3.3% † 51 (±1.3% / ±27)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Dauphin County: 9.8% 28,406
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

8% ±2.2% (172  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Palmdale: 11.3% † 107 (±4.8% / ±54)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dauphin County: 6.6% 14,873 (±0.5% / ±1,068)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
172 Total veterans ±53 165 Male ±53 7 Female ±15

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