Editing Progress, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Progress, Pennsylvania
|official_name            = 
|settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place]]
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    =

<!-- Images -->
|image_skyline            = US 22 wb in Progress, PA, May 2024.jpg
|imagesize                = 
|image_caption            = Westbound [[US 22 (PA)|US 22]] (Walnut Street) in Progress
|image_flag               = 
|image_seal               =

<!-- Maps -->
|image_map                = Dauphin County Pennsylvania incorporated and unincorporated areas Progress highlighted.svg
|mapsize                  = 300px
|map_caption              = Location in [[Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Dauphin County]] and state of [[Pennsylvania]]

<!-- Location -->
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Pennsylvania]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Pennsylvania|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Dauphin]]
|subdivision_type3        = [[Township (Pennsylvania)|Townships]]
|subdivision_name3        = [[Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Susquehanna]], [[Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania|Lower&nbsp;Paxton]]
|government_footnotes     = 
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = 
|leader_name              = 
|leader_title1            = 
|leader_name1             = 
|established_title        = 
|established_date         =

<!-- Area -->
|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='42'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 16, 2022}}</ref>
|area_magnitude           = 
|area_total_km2           = 7.81
|area_land_km2            = 7.81
|area_water_km2           = 0.00

<!-- Population -->
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:42&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 16, 2022}}</ref>
|population_total         = 11168
|population_density_km2   = 1430.24

<!-- General information -->
|timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
|utc_offset               = -5
|timezone_DST             = EDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -4
|elevation_footnotes      = 
|elevation_ft             = 500
|coordinates              = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|type=point|coord={{coord|40.28680|-76.83908}}|zoom=13}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 17109
|area_code                = [[Area codes 717 and 223|717 and 223]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 42-62736
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 1184434
|website                  = 
|footnotes                = 
|pop_est_as_of = 
|pop_est_footnotes = 
|population_est = 
|area_total_sq_mi = 3.02
|area_land_sq_mi = 3.02
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
|population_density_sq_mi = 3704.15
}}
'''Progress''' ({{IPAc-en|'|p|r|oʊ|g|r|ɛ|s}}, {{respell|PRO|gress}}) is an [[unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) mainly in [[Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Susquehanna Township]] but also in [[Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania|Lower Paxton Township]], [[Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Dauphin County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 11,168 at the 2020 census.<ref name="DecennialCensus" /> It is part of the [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]]&ndash;[[Carlisle, Pennsylvania|Carlisle]] [[Harrisburg metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
When Susquehanna Township was founded in 1815, Progress was the only established settlement in the south end. Daniel Shell laid out the community sometime in the 18th Century, where it was known by a few names: Jacob's Plains, Mud Town, Shellstown, and finally Progress. Originally most of the Township's population resided in Progress. Trolley cars ran along present day [[U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 22]] until 1936, when the road was widened for increasing automobile traffic.<ref name="Susq Twp">{{Cite book|title=History and Comment on Susquehanna Township: Celebrating 50 years as a First Class Township|year=2002}}</ref>

Progress was named for the progressive spirit of its original inhabitants, though the pronunciation is different.<ref>{{cite book|title=Notes and Queries, Historical, Biographical and Genealogical, Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wyxBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA19|year=1895|publisher=Harrisburg Publishing Company|page=19}}</ref>

==Geography==
Progress is located in southeastern Susquehanna Township at Walnut and Shell Streets and extends east into the western part of Lower Paxton Township. It is bordered to the east by [[Colonial Park, Pennsylvania|Colonial Park]] and to the southwest by the borough of [[Penbrook, Pennsylvania|Penbrook]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|7.3|km2|order=flip}}, all  land.<ref name="Census 2010"/> The axis roads are Jonestown Road ([[U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 22]], running northeast–southwest) and [[Pennsylvania Route 543|Progress Avenue]] (running north–south), which interchanges with [[Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania|Interstate 81]] a short distance to the north. [[Interstate 83]] serves as the eastern boundary, separating Progress from Colonial Park, and with access from Exit 48 (Union Deposit Road) and Exit 50 (U.S. Route 22). US 22 leads west {{convert|3|mi|0}} into downtown Harrisburg.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1990= 9654
|2000= 9647
|2010= 9765
|2020= 11168
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4262736| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Progress CDP, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=December 22, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213051050/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4262736| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web |title=1990 Census of Population: General Population Characteristics |url=https://www.census.gov/library/publications/1992/dec/cp-1.html?attachment-list-3219a7e603:page=2#attachment-list-3219a7e603 |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Census.gov |language=en}}</ref>}}
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 9,647 people in 4,386 households, including 2,557 families, in the CDP.  The population density was {{convert|3,498.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 4,569 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,656.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the CDP was 75.18% White, 18.97% African American, 0.16% Native American, 1.91% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 1.29% from other races, and 2.45% from two or more races.  Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.86%.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>

There were 4,386 households, 24.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.5% were married couples living together, 12.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.7% were non-families. 35.3% of households were made up of individuals, and 13.6% were one person aged 65 or older.  The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.82.

The age distribution was 20.6% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 19.1% 65 or older.  The median age was 41 years.  For every 100 females, there were 83.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.0 males.

The median household income was $41,641 and the median family income was $54,177. Males had a median income of $36,407 versus $31,002 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $22,533. About 6.9% of families and 7.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.9% of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

{{Geographic Location (8-way)
|Centre = Progress
|North = [[Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania|Lower Paxton Township]]
|Northeast = [[Colonial Park, Pennsylvania|Colonial Park]]
|East = [[Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania|Lower Paxton Township]]
|Southeast = [[Lawnton, Pennsylvania|Lawnton]], [[Rutherford, Pennsylvania|Rutherford]]
|South = [[Paxtang, Pennsylvania|Paxtang]]
|Southwest = [[Penbrook, Pennsylvania|Penbrook]], [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]]
|West = [[Edgemont, Pennsylvania|Edgemont]], [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]]
|Northwest = Windsor Farms, Beaufort Farms
|image =
}}

{{Dauphin County, Pennsylvania}}

{{authority control}}

[[Category:Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Pennsylvania]]