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Census Tract 250, Dauphin, PA

2,928 Population
11 square miles 266.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±2.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lykens: 44.1 † ±4.8
  • 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

$33,174 ±$4,078 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Lykens: $33,559 † ±$5,487
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Dauphin County: $42,294 ±$1,041
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$72,596 ±$13,710 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Lykens: $73,318 † ±$16,251
  • a little less than the amount in Dauphin County: $76,242 ±$1,935
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

17.5% ±7.9% (509  ±239) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lykens: 23% † 430 (±12.1% / ±244)
  • about 1.4 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)

28.8 minutes ±7.9 (32,340  ±5,594) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Lykens: 29.9 † 20,800 (±12.9 / ±5,537)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Dauphin County: 21.5 2,524,315 (±0.3 / ±66,561)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

1,237 ±180 Number of households
  • Lykens: 828 † ±188
  • Dauphin County: 121,358 ±730
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.4 ±0.5 (2,928  ±352) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Lykens: 2.3 † 1,878 (±0.7 / ±400)
  • about the same as the figure in Dauphin County: 2.3 283,018 (±0 / ±125)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

10.6% ±7.9% (55  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lykens: 8.8% † 26 (±9.6% / ±30)
  • more than double the rate in Dauphin County: 4.8% † 3,185 (±0.7% / ±491)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

1,422 ±165 Number of housing units
  • Lykens: 970 † ±180
  • Dauphin County: 127,828 ±159
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$112,700 ±$14,289 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Lykens: $107,300 † ±$24,691
  • about half the amount in Dauphin County: $236,400 ±$3,814
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

4.5% ±2.2% (131  ±66.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lykens: 5.3% † 100 (±3% / ±59.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in Dauphin County: 12.4% 35,647 (±0.9% / ±2,596.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

86% ±3.1% (1,787  ±242.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lykens: 87.3% † 1,211 (±24.5% / ±227.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Dauphin County: 91.2% 183,513 (±1.7% / ±3,488.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
12.4% ±3.5% (257  ±80.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lykens: 12.7% † 176 (±4.8% / ±75.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in Dauphin County: 34.4% 69,288 (±1% / ±2,084.3)
  • about one-third of 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

1% ±1.1% (30  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Lykens: 0.3% † 5 (±0.4% / ±8)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Dauphin County: 9.8% 28,406
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

8.1% ±2.8% (184  ±68) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lykens: 10.6% † 154 (±4.3% / ±69)
  • about 25 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)
184 Total veterans ±68 172 Male ±68 12 Female ±13

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