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Population (year 2000): 773. Estimated
population in July 2005: 725 (-6.2% change)
Males: 381 (49.3%), Females: 392 (50.7%)
Dauphin County
Zip code:
17018
Median resident age: 39.2 years
Median household income: $44,219 (year 2000)
Median house value: $92,200 (year 2000)
Races in Dauphin:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.8%)
- Two or more races (1.0%)
- Hispanic (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (42.8%), Irish (12.0%), Dutch
(9.7%), United States (9.7%), Italian (8.8%), English (5.4%).
Elevation: 375 feet
Land area: 0.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Dauphin
- High school or higher: 83.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.7%
- Unemployed: 2.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Dauphin borough
- Never married: 25.2%
- Now married: 58.2%
- Separated: 0.3%
- Widowed: 5.0%
- Divorced: 11.3%
1.6% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -148 (-16.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Dauphin:
- SCCI HOSPITAL HARRISBURG (about 6 miles; HARRISBURG,
PA)
- HARRISBURG STATE HOSPITAL (about 8 miles;
HARRISBURG, PA)
- PINNACLE HEALTH SYSTEM (about 9 miles; HARRISBURG,
PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Dauphin:
- HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL (about 18 miles;
HARRISBURG, PA; ID: MDT)
- LANCASTER (about 48 miles; LANCASTER, PA; ID: LNS)
- WILLIAMSPORT RGNL (about 60 miles; WILLIAMSPORT, PA;
ID: IPT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Dauphin:
- CAPITAL CITY (about 12 miles; HARRISBURG, PA; ID:
CXY)
- CARLISLE (about 21 miles; CARLISLE, PA; ID: N94)
- KAMPEL (about 24 miles; WELLSVILLE, PA; ID: 2N5)
Amtrak station near Dauphin:
- 9 miles: HARRISBURG (4TH & CHESTNUT STS.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack
bar, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term
parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand,
intercity bus service, public transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Dauphin:
- HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE-HARRISBURG (about
6 miles; HARRISBURG, PA; Full-time enrollment: 4,653)
- MESSIAH COLLEGE (about 16 miles; GRANTHAM, PA; FT
enrollment: 2,761)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN ST HARRISBURG
(about 18 miles; MIDDLETOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 2,064)
- DICKINSON COLLEGE (about 22 miles; CARLISLE, PA; FT
enrollment: 2,098)
- YORK COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA (about 34 miles; YORK, PA;
FT enrollment: 4,541)
- BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY (about 42 miles; LEWISBURG, PA;
FT enrollment: 3,534)
- GETTYSBURG COLLEGE (about 43 miles; GETTYSBURG, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,216)
Public primary/middle school in Dauphin:
- MIDDLE PAXTON EL SCH (Students: 351; Grades:
KG - 06)
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