Union Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

Coordinates: 41°01′00″N 80°22′28″W / 41.01667°N 80.37444°W / 41.01667; -80.37444
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Union Township
EDT)
Area code724
Websiteuniontownshiplawrencecounty.com
Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
20005,103—
20105,1901.7%
20204,997−3.7%
2022 (est.)4,906[3]−1.8%
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

Union Township is a township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,997 at the time of the 2020 census,[5] a decline from the figure of 5,190 as of 2010.[6]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 9.7 square miles (25.0 km2), of which 9.6 square miles (24.9 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.41%, is water.

Unincorporated communities in the township include Harbor, Harbor Bridge, Parkstown, Belmar Park, Westview Heights, Oakwood, and Oakland.

Demographics

As of the census[7] of 2000, there were 5,103 people, 2,121 households, and 1,495 families residing in the township.

The population density was 530.3 inhabitants per square mile (204.7/km2). There were 2,227 housing units at an average density of 231.4 per square mile (89.3/km2).

The racial makeup of the township was 94.92%

Latino
of any race were 0.53% of the population.

There were 2,121 households, out of which 23.3% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 55.2% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.5% were non-families. 26.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.1% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the township the population was spread out, with 18.9% under the age of eighteen, 6.9% from eighteen to twenty-four, 24.3% from twenty-five to forty-four, 26.5% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 23.5% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-five years.

For every one hundred females there were 91.4 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 89.0 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $36,074, and the median income for a family was $41,909. Males had a median income of $32,297 compared with that of $21,378 for females.

The per capita income for the township was $16,717.

Roughly 3.9% of families and 5.6% of the population were living below the

poverty line
, including 5.6% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 4.7% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

References

  1. ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Aug 14, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Turkey Hill Topo Map, Lawrence County PA (New Castle South Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  4. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  5. ^ Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Union township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  7. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

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