| Official Name: | Jackson Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Mapsize: | 250x200px |
| Image Map1: | Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Lebanon County.svg |
| Mapsize1: | 250x200px |
| Map Caption1: | Map of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lebanon |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1700 |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated |
| Established Date1: | 1813 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 62.51 |
| Area Land Km2: | 62.30 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.20 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 24.13 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 24.05 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.08 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 9352 |
| Population Density Km2: | 141.23 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 365.79 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Area Code: | 717 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Est: | 9336 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-075-37392 |
Jackson Township is an American township that is located in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. The population was 9,352 at the time of the 2020 census.[2]
The John Immel House and Tulpehocken Manor Plantation are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 23.9sqmi, of which 23.8sqmi is land and 0.1sqmi (0.54%) is water.
As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 6,338 people, 2,397 households, and 1,824 families residing in the township.
The population density was 266.4sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 2,478 housing units at an average density of 104.1sp=usNaNsp=us.
The racial makeup of the township was 98.60% White, 0.28% African American, 0.09% Native American, 0.36% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.30% from other races, and 0.35% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.76% of the population.
There were 2,397 households, out of which 28.8% had children under the age of 18eighteen living with them; 67.6% were married couples living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.9% were non-families. 20.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.5% 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 3.03.
Within the township, the population was spread out, with 23.9% under the age of eighteen, 7.6% from eighteen to twenty-four, 23.7% from twenty-five to y-four, 24.8% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 20.0% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-one years.
For every one hundred females there were 93.3 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 92.0 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $40,469, and the median income for a family was $45,213. Males had a median income of $32,015 compared with that of $22,654 for females.
The per capita income for the township was $18,166.
Approximately 4.6% of families and 6.3% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 10.5% of those who were under the age eighteen and 7.4% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.