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Census Tract 243, Dauphin, PA

3,405 Population
1.2 square miles 2,844.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±5.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Hershey: 38.6 † ±5.2
  • about the same as the figure in Dauphin County: 39.4 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$58,486 ±$10,442 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Hershey: $49,882 ±$3,992
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Dauphin County: $42,294 ±$1,041
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$84,821 ±$25,611 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hershey: $78,587 ±$7,362
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Dauphin County: $76,242 ±$1,935
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

12.4% ±6% (421  ±213) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hershey: 17.6% † 2,480 (±3.6% / ±525)
  • a little less than the rate in Dauphin County: 12.9% 36,661 (±0.9% / ±2,532)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

20 minutes ±3.7 (26,285  ±6,805) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Hershey: 16.2 100,600 (±0.9 / ±14,519)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dauphin County: 21.5 2,524,315 (±0.3 / ±66,561)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

1,509 ±127 Number of households
  • Hershey: 5,791 ±395
  • Dauphin County: 121,358 ±730
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.3 ±0.2 (3,388  ±456) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Hershey: 2.2 12,564 (±0.2 / ±807)
  • a little less than the figure in Dauphin County: 2.3 283,018 (±0 / ±125)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

4.2% ±3.9% (30  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Hershey: 2.5% † 89 (±1.3% / ±52)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dauphin County: 4.8% † 3,185 (±0.7% / ±491)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

1,635 ±137 Number of housing units
  • Hershey: 5,982 ±376
  • Dauphin County: 127,828 ±159
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$526,800 ±$75,137 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Hershey: $379,200 ±$32,349
  • more than double the amount in Dauphin County: $236,400 ±$3,814
  • more than double the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

20.2% ±7.1% (683  ±259) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hershey: 22.8% † 3,231 (±7.4% / ±1,062.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Dauphin County: 12.4% 35,647 (±0.9% / ±2,596.1)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

92.8% ±10.1% (2,169  ±316.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hershey: 92.4% 9,491 (±7.8% / ±1,146.9)
  • 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)
50.6% ±6.5% (1,183  ±191.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hershey: 50.2% 5,158 (±2.8% / ±534)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Dauphin County: 34.4% 69,288 (±1% / ±2,084.3)
  • about 1.4 times 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

5.1% ±3.7% (175  ±129) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hershey: 13.1% † 1,862 (±3.7% / ±530)
  • about half the rate in Dauphin County: 9.8% 28,406
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

6.3% ±2.5% (167  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Hershey: 4.5% † 527 (±1.1% / ±129)
  • a little less than the rate in Dauphin County: 6.6% 14,873 (±0.5% / ±1,068)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
167 Total veterans ±70 160 Male ±68 7 Female ±11

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