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Penbrook, Pennsylvania.

A borough in Dauphin County. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Dauphin County’s.

Living in Penbrook, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Penbrook is a borough of 3,274 people in Dauphin County. Unemployment in Dauphin County was 4.1% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Dauphin County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 3,274 in the 2020 census; median age 34.1
Household income Too few homes in Penbrook for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 4.1% Dauphin County, August 2026; 5.4% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Penbrook for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,377households
  • 7%below the poverty line
  • 20 mintypical commute
  • 15%work from home

What people in Dauphin County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care26%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Professional and business services10%
  • Government8%
  • Manufacturing8%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Dauphin County had 190,394 jobs in 2025, 0.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 37° and 22°; warmest in July, 85° and 65° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 37° 22° F M A M J J 85° 65° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 37° and 22°; warmest in July, 85° and 65° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 37° 22° F M A M J J 85° 65° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 37° and lows near 22°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 65°. About 24 inches of snow and 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Harrisburg Northeast weather station, a mile away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Dauphin County

  1. Milton S. Hershey Medical CenterGeneral hospital6,685FTE
  2. Upmc Pinnacle HospitalsGeneral hospital4,482FTE
  3. Hersheypark Entertainment ComplexAmusement and theme parks2,950
  4. UPSCouriers and express delivery services2,941
  5. Pinnacle Health Medical ServicesOffices of physicians2,368
  6. Harrisburg Area Community CollegeTwo-year college2,087
  7. Commonwealth Charter Academy CSSchool district1,799FTE
  8. Central Dauphin SDSchool district1,789FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 303 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 57,633 people in all across the county; Penbrook has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Winter weatherRelatively high
  2. Strong windRelatively moderate
  3. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Penbrook’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Dauphin County.