Highland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Highland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania | |
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FIPS code | 42-001-34424 |
Website | https://highland.adamscountypa.gov/ |
Highland Township is a township in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States, which was created in 1863 from parts of Hamiltonban, Cumberland, and Franklin townships.
The population was 997 at the time of the
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 12.2 square miles (31.5 km2), of which 12.1 square miles (31.4 km2) is land and 0.039 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.29%, is water.[3]
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
2000 | 825 | — | |
2010 | 943 | 14.3% | |
2020 | 997 | 5.7% |
As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 825 people, 317 households, and 244 families residing in the township.
The population density was 68.0 inhabitants per square mile (26.3/km2). There were 330 housing units at an average density of 27.2 per square mile (10.5/km2).
The racial makeup of the township was 97.33%
There were 317 households, out of which 30.9% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 66.2% were married couples living together, 5.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.0% were non-families. 18.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 2.98.
In the township the population was spread out, with 23.2% under the age of eighteen, 6.3% from eighteen to twenty-four, 27.6% from twenty-five to forty-four, 29.3% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 13.6% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-one years.
For every one hundred females, there were 98.3 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 96.3 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $50,066, and the median income for a family was $55,694. Males had a median income of $35,188 compared with that of $27,500 for females.
The per capita income for the township was $21,834.
Roughly 1.7% of families and 4.1% of the population were living below the
References
- ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
- ^ "Highland township, Adams County, Pennsylvania - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Highland township, Adams County, Pennsylvania". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.