Official Name: | Ashville, Pennsylvania |
Settlement Type: | Borough |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Image Map1: | Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Cambria County.svg |
Mapsize1: | 250px |
Map Caption1: | Map of Cambria County, Pennsylvania |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA#North America |
Pushpin Label: | Ashville |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Cambria |
Government Type: | Borough Council |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | 1842 |
Established Title1: | Incorporated |
Established Date1: | 1887 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.47 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.47 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.18 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.18 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 213 |
Population Density Km2: | 450.27 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 1163.93 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 40.5592°N -78.5481°W |
Elevation Ft: | 1680 |
Postal Code Type: | Zip code |
Postal Code: | 16613 |
Area Code: | 814 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 42-03296 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1215008 |
Ashville is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. However, it is much closer to Altoona and is often considered a suburb of the latter. The population was 213 at the 2020 census.[2]
Ashville is located in northeastern Cambria County. It is in the valley of Clearfield Creek, a northward-flowing tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River, and the trace of the eastern continental divide either passes through or is just east of town,[3] in the abutting Gallitzin Township to the south.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough of Ashville has a total area of 0.46sqkm, all land.[2]
As of the census[4] of 2010, there were 227 people, 102 households, and 62 families residing in the borough. The population density was 1289.9sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 111 housing units at an average density of 630.8sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the borough was 97.4% White, 0.9% Black or African American, 0.4% Native Hawaiian, 0.9% from other races, and 0.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.9% of the population.
There were 102 households, out of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.3% were married couples living together, 19.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.6% were non-families. 39.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.87.
In the borough the population was spread out, with 24.2% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 23.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 102.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.5 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $38,409, and the median income for a family was $45,208. Males had a median income of $35,417 versus $36,667 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $22,999. About 12.3% of families and 15.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.7% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those sixty five or over.