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Shippensburg, PA

5,620 Population
2 square miles 2,770.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,589 ±$5,620 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: $43,785 ±$654
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,503 ±$12,305 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: $80,919 ±$1,437
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.9% ±4.6% (601  ±261) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 10.1% 59,377 (±0.5% / ±2,939)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.8 minutes ±1.5 (47,640  ±9,169) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 22.5 5,481,465 (±0.2 / ±96,006)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,791 ±367 Number of households
  • the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 246,084 ±979
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.3 (5,556  ±447) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 2.4 583,828 (±0 / ±304)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.8% ±7.2% (123  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 4.7% 6,451 (±0.5% / ±618)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,936 ±352 Number of housing units
  • the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 259,155 ±186
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$177,700 ±$46,703 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: $253,100 ±$3,694
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.8% ±6.1% (652  ±338) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 12.1% 72,446 (±0.6% / ±3,449.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.7% ±12.4% (3,611  ±606.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 92.2% 388,515 (±1.1% / ±4,821.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
35% ±9.5% (1,392  ±401.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 35.8% 150,757 (±0.7% / ±3,046.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.3% ±2.6% (183  ±144) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 8.2% 49,351
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

13.1% ±6% (583  ±274) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 7.5% 35,453 (±0.3% / ±1,532)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
583 Total veterans ±274 506 Male ±227 77 Female ±68

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