Demographics of Hanover borough, Pennsylvania

Hanover borough, Pennsylvania had 16,684 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +216 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Hanover borough, in four figures

16,684
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 16,584 ±29.; +1.3%
Change since July 2020: +216 people.; 41.2 ±2.2
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $61,293 ±$7,213
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Hanover borough, Pennsylvania's population grew 1.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Hanover borough, Pennsylvania's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Hanover borough, Pennsylvania's population grew 1.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Hanover borough, Pennsylvania's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	16,468	100.0	100.0
2021	16,535	100.4	100.2
2022	16,579	100.7	100.7
2023	16,639	101.0	101.6
2024	16,680	101.3	102.5
2025	16,684	101.3	103.1

Population of Hanover borough, Pennsylvania on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	16,468	—
2021	16,535	+67
2022	16,579	+44
2023	16,639	+60
2024	16,680	+41
2025	16,684	+4

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 41.2 ±2.2: for men 36.6 ±4.1 and for women 45.0 ±4.8. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Hanover borough by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Under 5	783 ±240	4.7% ±1.4	5.2% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,641 ±407	15.9% ±2.5	15.2% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,434 ±327	8.6% ±2.0	9.0% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	4,160 ±491	25.1% ±3.0	25.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	4,530 ±556	27.3% ±3.4	25.6% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	3,036 ±390	18.3% ±2.4	19.5% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $61,293 ±$7,213, and income per person $35,446 ±$3,169, in 2024 dollars. The median is $77,971 ±$342 in Pennsylvania and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Hanover borough by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Under $25,000	1,049 ±231	14.0% ±3.0	15.1% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,060 ±411	27.6% ±5.3	17.4% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,452 ±288	19.4% ±3.7	15.9% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	957 ±257	12.8% ±3.4	12.8% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,274 ±310	17.1% ±4.1	17.7% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	242 ±107	3.2% ±1.4	9.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	435 ±185	5.8% ±2.5	11.8% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Hanover borough by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Pennsylvania	United States
All ages	2,365 ±607	14.5% ±3.7	11.7% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	715 ±249	21.9% ±6.7	15.6% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,067 ±291	11.6% ±3.1	11.0% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	583 ±173	15.3% ±4.2	10.1% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Hanover borough, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Hanover borough	Pennsylvania	United States
Housing units	8,029 ±408	5,806,452 ±672	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	93.0% ±6.5	90.8% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	7.0% ±2.8	9.2% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	53.4% ±3.9	69.3% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	46.6% ±4.0	30.7% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$212,800 ±$8,651	$254,500 ±$767	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,137 ±$55	$1,209 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1956 ±3	1965 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Hanover borough by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Hispanic or Latino	2,106 ±608	12.7% ±3.7	8.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	12,937 ±616	78.0% ±3.7	73.0% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	258 to 856	1.6% to 5.2%	10.3% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	40 to 448	0.2% to 2.7%	3.8% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 19	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 35	0% to 0.2%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 70	0% to 0.4%	0.5% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	698 ±207	4.2% ±1.2	3.6% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Hanover borough by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Born in the state	9,800 ±609	59.1% ±3.7	70.6% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	5,504 ±622	33.2% ±3.8	19.8% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	123 to 431	0.7% to 2.6%	1.9% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,003 ±389	6.0% ±2.3	7.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	695 ±280	4.2% ±1.7	4.3% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	100 to 516	0.6% to 3.1%	3.4% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Hanover borough among the places of Pennsylvania

40th of 273 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Pennsylvania page.

Places of Pennsylvania near Hanover borough in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Lansdale borough	19,011 ±43
Johnstown city	18,087 ±48
Colonial Park CDP	18,032 ±1,808
McKeesport city	17,380 ±31
Fullerton CDP	16,724 ±823
Hanover borough	16,584 ±29
Hermitage city	16,041 ±34
Horsham CDP	16,005 ±808
Weigelstown CDP	15,485 ±875
Franklin Park borough	15,235 ±29
Whitehall borough	14,811 ±35

Rankings this appears in

No. 24 Places in Pennsylvania by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 25 Places in Pennsylvania by median age
No. 28 Places in Pennsylvania by poverty rate
No. 52 Places in Pennsylvania by foreign-born share
No. 86 Places in Pennsylvania by median rent
No. 104 Places in Pennsylvania by per capita income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026