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Mechanicsburg Area School District, PA

34,682 Population
16 square miles 2,172.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Cumberland County: 40.3 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$47,777 ±$2,881 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Cumberland County: $45,365 ±$865
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$91,745 ±$7,971 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cumberland County: $85,634 ±$2,746
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

5.3% ±1.5% (1,690  ±464) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cumberland County: 7.8% 19,473 (±0.6% / ±1,604)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

21.2 minutes ±1.8 (309,365  ±32,215) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Cumberland County: 22.1 2,423,810 (±0.5 / ±65,656)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

13,912 ±464 Number of households
  • Cumberland County: 105,187 ±670
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.1 (31,849  ±288) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Cumberland County: 2.4 251,371 (±0 / ±207)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

2.8% ±1.3% (242  ±116) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cumberland County: 5% † 2,977 (±0.6% / ±371)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

14,285 ±468 Number of housing units
  • Cumberland County: 110,265 ±144
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$247,200 ±$9,550 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Cumberland County: $261,900 ±$4,656
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

13.9% ±2.6% (4,761  ±906.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Cumberland County: 13% 34,148 (±0.8% / ±2,053.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

96.6% ±4.5% (22,786  ±1,180.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cumberland County: 93.5% 171,954 (±1.7% / ±3,100.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
46% ±3.3% (10,842  ±810.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cumberland County: 39.6% 72,797 (±1.1% / ±2,027.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

5.2% ±1.2% (1,790  ±405) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cumberland County: 7.2% 18,894
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

9.3% ±2% (2,585  ±561) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cumberland County: 8.4% 17,666 (±0.6% / ±1,192)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
2,585 Total veterans ±561 2,243 Male ±388 342 Female ±292

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