| Independence Township, Pennsylvania | |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Mapsize: | 260px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Beaver |
| Government Type: | Township Commissioners |
| Leader Title: | Chairman |
| Leader Name: | Daniel V. McLaughlin |
| Leader Title1: | Supervisor |
| Leader Name1: | Wayne R. Potts |
| Leader Title2: | Supervisor |
| Leader Name2: | John J. Fratangeli |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated |
| Established Date1: | 1848 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 60.65 |
| Area Land Km2: | 60.03 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.61 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 23.42 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 23.18 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.24 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 2246 |
| Population Density Km2: | 40.49 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 104.88 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Website: | Website |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Est: | 2215 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-007-36776 |
Independence Township is an American township which is located in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The population was 2,246 at the time of the 2020 census.[2]
It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
Independence Township is located in the southeastern portion of Beaver County. According to the United States Census Bureau, Independence Township has a total area of 60.6km2, of which 60km2 is land and 0.6km2, or 1.01%, is water.[3]
A portion of Raccoon Creek State Park and a portion of the Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 189 are located at the western end of Independence Township.[4] [5]
Independence Township has four borders, including the townships of Hanover to the west, Raccoon to the northwest, Hopewell to the northeast and Findlay (Allegheny County) to the southeast.
As of the 2000 census,[6] there were 2,802 people, 1,007 households, and 785 families residing in the township.
The population density was 122.5sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 1,069 housing units at an average density of 46.7sp=usNaNsp=us.
The racial makeup of the township was 97.82% White, 0.18% African American, 0.11% Native American, 0.18% from other races, and 1.71% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.61% of the population.
There were 1,007 households, out of which 38.7% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 64.1% were married couples living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.0% were non-families. 17.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.1% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.17.
Within the township, the population was spread out, with 27.6% who were under the age of eighteen, 6.6% aged between eighteen and twenty-four, 32.4% between twenty-five and forty-four, 23.7% between forty-five and to sixty-four, and 9.7% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-seven years.
For every one hundred females there were 102.7 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen and older, there were 102.0 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $40,372, and the median income for a family was $47,153. Males had a median income of $34,911 compared with that of $27,045 for females.
The per capita income for the township was $17,946.
Roughly 5.1% of families and 7.7% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 10.3% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 2.9% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.