Food Stamps in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Borough)

Income On and Off Food Stamps#1

Median income among households that do and do not receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Cumberland County and Shippensburg
Shippensburg
Cumberland County
$0k$20k$40k$60kCountAllOn Food StampsNot On Food Stamps$29,898.000000$62,640.000000$29,898.000000$29.9k2,076$20,776.000000$21,479.000000$20,776.000000$20.8k352$31,018.000000$67,173.000000$31,018.000000$31.0k1,724
Count number of households in category

Characteristics of Households Receiving Food Stamps#2

Households with given characteristics as a percentage of all households that receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Cumberland County and Shippensburg
Shippensburg
Cumberland County
0%10%20%30%40%50%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty245.738636%50.607345%45.738636%45.7%41.282%41.3%27.272727%28.107345%27.272727%27.3%50.262%50.3%14.204545%17.048023%14.204545%14.2%29.940%29.9%57.954545%44.180791%57.954545%58.0%41.803%41.8%33.238636%27.669492%33.238636%33.2%18.425%18.4%46.875000%44.731638%46.875000%46.9%31.670%31.7%
% households on food stamps as a percentage of all households with the given characteristic
1at least one qualifying person 2income in last 12 months below poverty level

Characteristics of Households Not Receiving Food Stamps#3

Households with given characteristics as a percentage of all households that do not receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Cumberland County and Shippensburg
Shippensburg
Cumberland County
0%10%20%30%40%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty213.283063%25.820557%13.283063%13.3%58.718%58.7%5.510441%3.750797%5.510441%5.5%49.738%49.7%6.786543%19.960636%6.786543%6.8%70.060%70.1%16.473318%20.904486%16.473318%16.5%58.197%58.2%30.046404%40.497199%30.046404%30.0%81.575%81.6%20.649652%5.129668%20.649652%20.6%68.330%68.3%
% households not on food stamps as a percentage of all households with the given characteristic
1at least one qualifying person 2income in last 12 months below poverty level

On Food Stamps by Race#4

Percentage of given ethno-racial group on food stamps.
Scope: households in Cumberland County and Shippensburg
Shippensburg
Cumberland County
0%10%20%30%Count%Black1Hispanic2White3All RacesMixed1Other139.215686%30.082580%39.215686%39.2%20231.283422%231%24.324324%16.573557%24.324324%24.3%9143.458231%143%17.365591%6.188122%17.365591%17.4%323102.417522%102%16.955684%7.336712%16.955684%17.0%352100.000000%100%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%30.364807%00.000000%0%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%23.239437%00.000000%0%
Count number of households on food stamps in given ethno-racial group
% percentage more or less than the population at large
1including Hispanic 2white Hispanic 3non-Hispanic white

Food Stamps by County Subdivision in the Harrisburg Area

There are 103 county subdivisions in the Harrisburg Area. This section compares Shippensburg to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in the Harrisburg Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Shippensburg. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 2,275.

Most Food Stamps by County Subdivision#5

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Shippensburg, selected other county subdivisions in the Harrisburg Area, and entities that contain Shippensburg
0%10%20%30%Count#HarrisburgSteeltonPenbrookHighspireShippensburg013200Tract 013200CarlisleLemoyneMiddletownShippensburgSwatara TownshipSwataraMiddle AtlanticNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaLower Swatara TownshipLower SwataraMarysvilleZIP Code 17257ZIP 17257Harrisburg and Carlisle Metro AreaHarrisburgShippensburg Area School DistrictShippensburgMillersburgCentre TownshipCentreEast Pennsboro TownshipE PennsboroMiddlesex TownshipMiddlesexWormleysburgHummelstownNew CumberlandCarroll TownshipCarrollWheatfield TownshipWheatfieldWest Pennsboro TownshipW PennsboroSusquehanna TownshipSusquehannaMiddle Paxton TownshipMiddle PaxtonSouthampton TownshipSouthamptonCumberland CountyCumberlandMechanicsburgLondonderry TownshipLondonderryUpper Allen TownshipUpper AllenLower Allen TownshipLower AllenNorth Middleton TownshipN MiddletonSaville TownshipSavilleDickinson TownshipDickinsonLower Paxton TownshipLower PaxtonCamp HillPenn TownshipSouth Middleton TownshipS MiddletonUpper Paxton TownshipUpper PaxtonHopewell TownshipHopewellConewago TownshipConewagoMonroe TownshipMonroeSouth Hanover TownshipS HanoverNorth Newton TownshipN NewtonDerry TownshipDerryPenn TownshipSilver Spring TownshipSilver SpgHampden TownshipHampdenShippensburg TownshipShippensburgEast Hanover TownshipE HanoverWest Hanover TownshipW HanoverRye TownshipHalifax TownshipHalifax34.192483%34.192483%34.2%6,832132.645403%32.645403%32.6%696219.370861%19.370861%19.4%234318.079096%18.079096%18.1%192416.955684%16.955684%17.0%352516.334107%16.334107%16.3%35215.820286%15.820286%15.8%1,162615.759850%15.759850%15.8%336714.380757%14.380757%14.4%562813.606494%13.606494%13.6%35213.523092%13.523092%13.5%1,221913.364894%13.364894%13.4%2,061,2852.06M13.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.983035%12.983035%13.0%644,209644k12.046749%12.046749%12.0%4021011.945392%11.945392%11.9%1401110.205428%10.205428%10.2%1,08310.193905%10.193905%10.2%22,89522.9k10.091913%10.091913%10.1%1,0879.591326%9.591326%9.6%115129.483667%9.483667%9.5%90139.478181%9.478181%9.5%821148.511497%8.511497%8.5%211158.497191%8.497191%8.5%121168.329101%8.329101%8.3%164178.299120%8.299120%8.3%283187.933662%7.933662%7.9%177197.927333%7.927333%7.9%96207.808456%7.808456%7.8%181217.720656%7.720656%7.7%838227.657658%7.657658%7.7%153237.351809%7.351809%7.4%191247.336712%7.336712%7.3%7,0807.052529%7.052529%7.1%290256.929283%6.929283%6.9%146266.829680%6.829680%6.8%486276.604718%6.604718%6.6%462286.217504%6.217504%6.2%287295.690073%5.690073%5.7%47305.136268%5.136268%5.1%98315.136145%5.136145%5.1%1,045325.134550%5.134550%5.1%166334.957397%4.957397%5.0%64344.705495%4.705495%4.7%286354.659091%4.659091%4.7%82364.272517%4.272517%4.3%37374.147031%4.147031%4.1%44383.892734%3.892734%3.9%90393.846154%3.846154%3.8%98403.559127%3.559127%3.6%31413.505007%3.505007%3.5%343423.355079%3.355079%3.4%36433.098324%3.098324%3.1%196443.014693%3.014693%3.0%357452.541106%2.541106%2.5%34462.335456%2.335456%2.3%55472.279202%2.279202%2.3%88482.015677%2.015677%2.0%18491.970109%1.970109%2.0%2950
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of county subdivision out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by County Subdivision in Pennsylvania

There are 2,574 county subdivisions in Pennsylvania. This section compares Shippensburg to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in Pennsylvania and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Shippensburg. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 27,333.

Most Food Stamps by County Subdivision#6

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Shippensburg, selected other county subdivisions in Pennsylvania, and entities that contain Shippensburg
0%10%20%30%40%Count#ReadingChesterYorkHarrisburgLancasterWilkes-BarreAllentownErieWilliamsportNorristownAltoonaPhiladelphiaScrantonBethlehemPittsburghShippensburg013200Tract 013200Penn Hills TownshipPenn HlsUpper Darby TownshipUpper DarbyShippensburgMiddle AtlanticNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaBristol TownshipBristolZIP Code 17257ZIP 17257Harrisburg and Carlisle Metro AreaHarrisburgBensalem TownshipBensalemShippensburg Area School DistrictShippensburgRidley TownshipRidleyMillcreek TownshipMillcreekHempfield TownshipHempfieldFalls TownshipFallsCumberland CountyCumberlandYork TownshipMonroevilleCheltenham TownshipCheltenhamAbington TownshipAbingtonWarminster TownshipWarminsterPlumRoss TownshipLower Paxton TownshipLower PaxtonNorth Huntingdon TownshipN HuntingdonMiddletown TownshipMiddletownSpring TownshipSpgState CollegeManheim TownshipManheimBethel ParkMount Lebanon TownshipMt LebanonShaler TownshipShalerUpper Merion TownshipUpper MerionRadnor TownshipRadnorHampden TownshipHampdenHaverford TownshipHaverfordCranberry TownshipCranberryLower Merion TownshipLower MerionMcCandless TownshipMcCandlessLower Macungie TownshipLower MacungieNorthampton TownshipNorthamptonTredyffrin TownshipTredyffrinLower Makefield TownshipLower Makefield44.333023%44.333023%44.3%12,86512.9k140.482343%40.482343%40.5%4,700235.934809%35.934809%35.9%5,843334.192483%34.192483%34.2%6,832430.655699%30.655699%30.7%6,522530.627692%30.627692%30.6%4,694629.085692%29.085692%29.1%12,06312.1k727.864170%27.864170%27.9%11,41411.4k826.477167%26.477167%26.5%2,841926.394203%26.394203%26.4%3,2421025.573382%25.573382%25.6%4,7501125.315915%25.315915%25.3%147,489147k1222.888490%22.888490%22.9%6,6341321.579593%21.579593%21.6%4,3991417.343865%17.343865%17.3%23,03323.0k1516.955684%16.955684%17.0%35216.334107%16.334107%16.3%35215.213388%15.213388%15.2%2,8091613.818242%13.818242%13.8%4,1891713.606494%13.606494%13.6%35213.364894%13.364894%13.4%2,061,2852.06M13.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.983035%12.983035%13.0%644,209644k11.671811%11.671811%11.7%2,2691810.205428%10.205428%10.2%1,08310.193905%10.193905%10.2%22,89522.9k10.120105%10.120105%10.1%2,3931910.091913%10.091913%10.1%1,0879.597783%9.597783%9.6%1,143208.762521%8.762521%8.8%1,977218.695652%8.695652%8.7%1,468228.314395%8.314395%8.3%1,061237.336712%7.336712%7.3%7,0806.938326%6.938326%6.9%819246.693760%6.693760%6.7%840256.620670%6.620670%6.6%950266.389883%6.389883%6.4%1,339276.355965%6.355965%6.4%821285.362805%5.362805%5.4%592295.243255%5.243255%5.2%721305.136145%5.136145%5.1%1,045315.081714%5.081714%5.1%625324.958781%4.958781%5.0%794334.770049%4.770049%4.8%502344.764657%4.764657%4.8%577354.613900%4.613900%4.6%717364.451902%4.451902%4.5%597374.279263%4.279263%4.3%597384.139236%4.139236%4.1%503393.407098%3.407098%3.4%408403.044521%3.044521%3.0%292413.014693%3.014693%3.0%357422.842407%2.842407%2.8%496432.743233%2.743233%2.7%300442.639621%2.639621%2.6%596452.637605%2.637605%2.6%311462.542580%2.542580%2.5%312471.840358%1.840358%1.8%255481.281192%1.281192%1.3%153490.677630%0.677630%0.7%8250
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of county subdivision out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by County Subdivision in the Northeast

There are 5,785 county subdivisions in the Northeast. This section compares Shippensburg to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in the Northeast and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Shippensburg. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 91,133.

Most Food Stamps by County Subdivision#7

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Shippensburg, selected other county subdivisions in the Northeast, and entities that contain Shippensburg
0%10%20%30%40%Count#Town of HartfordHartfordPatersonSpringfieldBronxRochesterBuffaloProvidenceSyracuseTown of WaterburyWaterburyLynnNewarkAllentownBrocktonTown of BridgeportBridgeportErieTown of New HavenNew HvnNew BedfordPhiladelphiaBrooklynLakewood TownshipLakewoodLowellWorcesterAlbanyElizabethTown of RamapoRamapoBostonPittsburghShippensburgYonkers013200Tract 013200Jersey CityManchesterQueensManhattanShippensburgMiddle AtlanticNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaStaten IslandQuincyZIP Code 17257ZIP 17257Harrisburg and Carlisle Metro AreaHarrisburgShippensburg Area School DistrictShippensburgTown of IslipTown of StamfordStamfordTown of GreeceGreeceCambridgeTown of BabylonBabylonCumberland CountyCumberlandTown of AmherstAmherstTown of BrookhavenBrookhavenToms River TownshipToms RivTown of HempsteadHempsteadWoodbridge TownshipWoodbridgeTown of HuntingtonHuntingtonEdison TownshipEdisonTown of GreenburghGreenburghTown of North HempsteadN HempsteadTown of Oyster BayOyster BayTown of SmithtownSmithtown41.537790%41.537790%41.5%19,04319.0k139.804428%39.804428%39.8%17,42217.4k237.003988%37.003988%37.0%20,69320.7k336.640787%36.640787%36.6%179,811180k434.826485%34.826485%34.8%29,88629.9k534.412955%34.412955%34.4%37,74037.7k632.144141%32.144141%32.1%19,67819.7k730.808773%30.808773%30.8%17,08117.1k830.441676%30.441676%30.4%12,09612.1k929.691086%29.691086%29.7%9,5731029.258268%29.258268%29.3%27,54927.5k1129.085692%29.085692%29.1%12,06312.1k1228.501766%28.501766%28.5%9,1181328.212562%28.212562%28.2%14,20714.2k1427.864170%27.864170%27.9%11,41411.4k1526.525268%26.525268%26.5%13,26913.3k1626.343812%26.343812%26.3%10,34110.3k1725.315915%25.315915%25.3%147,489147k1823.963174%23.963174%24.0%224,967225k1923.574016%23.574016%23.6%5,5962023.167678%23.167678%23.2%8,9742122.095544%22.095544%22.1%15,29115.3k2221.582487%21.582487%21.6%8,8242319.514573%19.514573%19.5%7,8072419.233644%19.233644%19.2%6,6912519.103130%19.103130%19.1%49,53949.5k2617.343865%17.343865%17.3%23,03323.0k2716.955684%16.955684%17.0%35216.679687%16.679687%16.7%12,17012.2k2816.334107%16.334107%16.3%35216.195840%16.195840%16.2%16,13316.1k2914.949843%14.949843%14.9%6,7663013.924220%13.924220%13.9%108,512109k3113.731890%13.731890%13.7%103,454103k3213.606494%13.606494%13.6%35213.364894%13.364894%13.4%2,061,2852.06M13.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.983035%12.983035%13.0%644,209644k12.543520%12.543520%12.5%20,82420.8k3310.627025%10.627025%10.6%4,2323410.205428%10.205428%10.2%1,08310.193905%10.193905%10.2%22,89522.9k10.091913%10.091913%10.1%1,0879.145754%9.145754%9.1%9,111358.981722%8.981722%9.0%4,285368.722887%8.722887%8.7%3,551378.428167%8.428167%8.4%3,666388.236290%8.236290%8.2%5,545397.336712%7.336712%7.3%7,0807.176033%7.176033%7.2%3,569407.005629%7.005629%7.0%11,26411.3k416.917276%6.917276%6.9%2,394426.305438%6.305438%6.3%15,24115.2k435.451322%5.451322%5.5%1,845444.454109%4.454109%4.5%3,052453.812606%3.812606%3.8%1,355463.675937%3.675937%3.7%1,216473.090064%3.090064%3.1%2,366483.027583%3.027583%3.0%2,968492.870620%2.870620%2.9%1,13850
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of county subdivision out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by County Subdivision in the United States

There are 35,600 county subdivisions in the United States. This section compares Shippensburg to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Shippensburg. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 547,300.

Most Food Stamps by County Subdivision#8

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Shippensburg, selected other county subdivisions in the United States, and entities that contain Shippensburg
0%10%20%30%40%Count#DetroitBronxMilwaukeeMiamiBaltimorePhiladelphiaEl PasoSan Antonio CentralSan Antonio CntrlBrooklynFresnoOrlandoChicagoSan BernardinoTampaBostonColumbusSouthwest DallasSW DallasShippensburg013200Tract 013200Fort WorthAlbuquerqueAtlantaWashingtonTucsonHoustonQueensLas VegasManhattanShippensburgSacramentoPhoenixMiddle AtlanticNortheastTulsaUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaNortheast DallasNE DallasTownship 1:Charlotte1, CharlotteSeattleLong Beach-LakewoodLong Bch-LakewoodDenverAustinLos AngelesZIP Code 17257ZIP 17257Harrisburg and Carlisle Metro AreaHarrisburgShippensburg Area School DistrictShippensburgAnaheim-Santa Ana-Garden GroveAnaheim-Santa An…OntarioSalt Lake CitySalt Lk CityNorthwest HarrisNW HarrisEast San Gabriel ValleyE San Gabriel VlySan Fernando ValleySan Fernando VlySan DiegoCumberland CountyCumberlandNortheast TarrantNE TarrantTown of HempsteadHempsteadSeattle EastOceanside-EscondidoOceanside-Escond…San FranciscoSan JosePlano42.327373%42.327373%42.3%108,775109k136.640787%36.640787%36.6%179,811180k230.439719%30.439719%30.4%70,25070.3k326.918616%26.918616%26.9%90,50990.5k425.907118%25.907118%25.9%62,80362.8k525.315915%25.315915%25.3%147,489147k624.474984%24.474984%24.5%44,95145.0k724.405515%24.405515%24.4%55,00155.0k823.963174%23.963174%24.0%224,967225k920.437953%20.437953%20.4%45,71545.7k1020.198587%20.198587%20.2%44,63144.6k1119.820560%19.820560%19.8%206,645207k1219.710216%19.710216%19.7%44,79644.8k1319.376055%19.376055%19.4%50,49450.5k1419.103130%19.103130%19.1%49,53949.5k1517.573826%17.573826%17.6%58,55358.6k1617.250632%17.250632%17.3%55,99456.0k1716.955684%16.955684%17.0%35216.334107%16.334107%16.3%35215.901493%15.901493%15.9%47,09147.1k1815.784743%15.784743%15.8%39,68639.7k1915.004424%15.004424%15.0%35,78335.8k2014.960260%14.960260%15.0%41,37241.4k2114.937099%14.937099%14.9%51,79251.8k2214.236256%14.236256%14.2%164,852165k2313.924220%13.924220%13.9%108,512109k2413.780346%13.780346%13.8%91,44191.4k2513.731890%13.731890%13.7%103,454103k2613.606494%13.606494%13.6%35213.554775%13.554775%13.6%55,27855.3k2713.433314%13.433314%13.4%153,787154k2813.364894%13.364894%13.4%2,061,2852.06M13.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.071915%13.071915%13.1%30,77930.8k2913.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.983035%12.983035%13.0%644,209644k12.939884%12.939884%12.9%73,75173.8k3012.867008%12.867008%12.9%39,89339.9k3111.909058%11.909058%11.9%52,40752.4k3210.963747%10.963747%11.0%21,74121.7k3310.333295%10.333295%10.3%29,04429.0k3410.290689%10.290689%10.3%34,30034.3k3510.248119%10.248119%10.2%95,93595.9k3610.205428%10.205428%10.2%1,08310.193905%10.193905%10.2%22,89522.9k10.091913%10.091913%10.1%1,0879.585555%9.585555%9.6%46,82446.8k378.572006%8.572006%8.6%16,53316.5k388.561760%8.561760%8.6%27,90827.9k398.134682%8.134682%8.1%20,38620.4k407.755337%7.755337%7.8%20,50120.5k417.739421%7.739421%7.7%47,77847.8k427.450825%7.450825%7.5%60,92860.9k437.336712%7.336712%7.3%7,0806.406793%6.406793%6.4%13,11413.1k446.305438%6.305438%6.3%15,24115.2k456.012518%6.012518%6.0%13,74613.7k465.795555%5.795555%5.8%12,81612.8k475.164561%5.164561%5.2%18,42718.4k484.968853%4.968853%5.0%29,11429.1k493.859381%3.859381%3.9%7,72150
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of county subdivision out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

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State:
Pennsylvania
County:
Cumberland
Metro Area:
Harrisburg Area
Borough:
Shippensburg
Unincorporated Place:
Shippensburg University
ZIP Code:
17257
Unified School District:
Shippensburg
Congressional District:
PA-11
State Senate District:
PA-33
State House District:
PA-86
Neighboring Townships:
Shippensburg, Southampton, Southampton
Nearby Townships:
Greene, Hopewell, Lurgan, North Newton, Penn, South Newton, Upper Mifflin