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Census Tract 247, Dauphin, PA

6,453 Population
78.4 square miles 82.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.2 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Dauphin: 33.8 † ±7
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Dauphin County: 39.4 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$52,343 ±$6,905 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Dauphin: $35,211 † ±$5,708
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Dauphin County: $42,294 ±$1,041
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$75,122 ±$12,514 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Dauphin: $45,625 † ±$39,519
  • about the same as the amount in Dauphin County: $76,242 ±$1,935
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

6.4% ±3.2% (413  ±209) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Dauphin: 12.9% † 139 (±10.6% / ±122)
  • about half the rate in Dauphin County: 12.9% 36,661 (±0.9% / ±2,532)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

24.4 minutes ±5.9 (55,045  ±8,977) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Dauphin: 18.9 † 7,635 (±11.2 / ±2,690)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Dauphin County: 21.5 2,524,315 (±0.3 / ±66,561)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

2,970 ±251 Number of households
  • Dauphin: 524 † ±157
  • Dauphin County: 121,358 ±730
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.2 ±0.2 (6,450  ±374) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Dauphin: 2.1 1,075 (±0.2 / ±339)
  • 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

6.5% ±5.4% (64  ±55) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Dauphin: 3.8% † 13 (±4.1% / ±16)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Dauphin County: 4.8% † 3,185 (±0.7% / ±491)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

3,211 ±220 Number of housing units
  • Dauphin: 555 † ±157
  • Dauphin County: 127,828 ±159
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$249,600 ±$29,859 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Dauphin: $198,800 † ±$46,782
  • a little higher than the amount in Dauphin County: $236,400 ±$3,814
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

3.3% ±2.8% (211  ±179.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Dauphin: 10.1% † 107 (±9.7% / ±108.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Dauphin County: 12.4% 35,647 (±0.9% / ±2,596.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

96.6% ±9% (4,847  ±556.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Dauphin: 99.5% † 765 (±38.1% / ±200.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Dauphin County: 91.2% 183,513 (±1.7% / ±3,488.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
42.8% ±7.8% (2,150  ±419.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Dauphin: 56.1% † 431 (±17% / ±177.7)
  • 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

0.8% ±0.8% (51  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dauphin: 1.2% † 13 (±1.2% / ±13)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Dauphin County: 9.8% 28,406
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

12.2% ±5.8% (640  ±309) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Dauphin: 5.1% † 41 (±2.6% / ±24)
  • nearly double the rate in Dauphin County: 6.6% 14,873 (±0.5% / ±1,068)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
640 Total veterans ±309 425 Male ±192 215 Female ±298

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