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Hershey CDP, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Hershey CDP is a Census CDP of 14,242 people across 14.30 square miles of land, in Dauphin County. Median household income is $78,587, 53.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 25 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $6.3 m.
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Hershey
What Hershey is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area14.3 sq mi
- Water area0.12 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land996
- County holding the largest share of its areaDauphin County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hershey
How many people live in Hershey
- Population14,242
- Median age38.6
- Population under 182,410
- Share under 1816.9 percent
- Population 65 and over3,017 plus or minus 634
- Share 65 and over21.2 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Households5,791
- Family households3,408
- Share of households that are families58.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hershey
Income and work in Hershey
- Median household income$78,587
- Per capita income$49,882
- Civilian labor force7,890
- Employed7,525
- Unemployed365 plus or minus 133
- Unemployment rate4.6 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Adults 25 and over10,272
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher50.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree21.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hershey
Housing in Hershey
- Housing units5,982
- Occupied units5,791
- Vacant units191 plus or minus 111
- Vacancy rate3.2 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Owner occupied3,109
- Renter occupied2,682
- Ownership rate53.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$379,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,268
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.4 percent
- Single family units3,782
- Share single family63.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,187
- Share in buildings of two or more36.6 percent
- Mobile homes13 plus or minus 23
- Median year structure built1970
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hershey
How Hershey gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute6,218
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,560 plus or minus 951
- Share commuting under 15 minutes57.3 percent plus or minus 13.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,135 plus or minus 235
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more18.3 percent
- Drove alone63.7 percent
- Carpooled7.4 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Public transport0.3 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Walked8.2 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Worked from home16.4 percent plus or minus 6.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hershey
SBA loans in Hershey (7(a))
- Approvals25
- Gross approval$6,320,000
- Average approval$252,800
- Median approval$140,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$760,000
- Largest approval$1,340,000
- Jobs supported170
- Jobs per approval6.8
- Loans with a final outcome6
- Paid in full5
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more12.0 percent
- Share to franchises24.0 percent
- Distinct lenders13
- Distinct industries by NAICS20
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 6 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Hershey
SBA loans in Hershey (504)
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$5,478,000
- Average approval$684,750
- Median approval$448,000
- Largest approval$2,425,000
- Jobs supported69
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Dauphin County, not Hershey
Dauphin County context, not Hershey figures
These are Dauphin County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Hershey measurements.
- Establishments in Dauphin County6,951
- Employment at those establishments, Dauphin County157,994
- Covered employment, Dauphin County190,296
- Average annual pay, Dauphin County$68,012
- Average weekly wage, Dauphin County$1,308
- Housing units permitted, Dauphin County499
- Of those, single family, Dauphin County287
- County product, 2024, Dauphin County$28,909,442,000
- County product change over the prior year, Dauphin County4.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Dauphin County$56,269
Every figure in this section is published for Dauphin County as a whole and is not a measurement of Hershey. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Hershey questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Hershey, Pennsylvania?
14,242, in 5,791 households. Hershey CDP covers 14.30 square miles of land, which is 996 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Hershey in?
Dauphin County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Hershey?
$78,587. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $379,200. Median gross rent is $1,268 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Hershey businesses?
25 7(a) approvals totalling $6.3 m, across 13 lenders, median approval $140,000, plus 8 504 approvals worth $5.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Hershey, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Hershey borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Hershey. only 6 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Hershey figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Dauphin County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Hershey.
Is zoning published for Hershey?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.