Bressler is a
Village
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and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) located in
Swatara Township,
Dauphin County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Pennsylvania
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. The community was formerly part of the census-designated place of
Bressler-Enhaut-Oberlin, before splitting into three separate CDPs for the
2010 census. As of the 2010 census the population of Bressler was 1,437.
Bressler is located in southern Dauphin County, in the southwestern part of Swatara Township. It is part of the
Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area
The Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area, officially the Harrisburg–Carlisle, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, and also referred to as the Susquehanna Valley, is defined by the Office of Management and Budget as an area consi ...
. It is bordered to the south by the borough of
Steelton, to the west by
Enhaut, and to the north by
Oberlin. It is southeast of downtown
Harrisburg
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.
Demographics
As of the
2020 U.S. census, there were 1,437 people living in the CDP. The racial makeup of the CDP was 68.9% White, 17.6% Black, 0.1% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.1% from some other race and 2.5% from two or more races. 10.3% were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
References
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Census-designated places in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Census-designated places in Pennsylvania