Official Name: | Jordan Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Image Map1: | Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Clearfield County.svg |
Mapsize1: | 250px |
Map Caption1: | Map of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Clearfield |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | 1819 |
Established Title1: | Incorporated |
Established Date1: | 1835 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 60.47 |
Area Land Km2: | 60.25 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.23 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 23.35 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 23.26 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.09 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 476 |
Population Density Km2: | 7.64 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 19.77 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Area Code: | 814 |
Pop Est As Of: | 2022 |
Population Est: | 473 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 42-033-38432 |
Jordan Township is a township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 476 at the time of the 2020 census.[2]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 24.2sqmi, of which 24.2sqmi is land and 0.04sqmi (0.08%) is water.
As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 543 people, 198 households, and 152 families living in the township.
The population density was 22.4 people per square mile (8.7/km2). There were 259 housing units at an average density of 10.7/sq mi (4.1/km2).
The racial makeup of the township was 99.82% White and 0.18% African American.
There were 198 households, out of which 35.4% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 63.6% were married couples living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.2% were non-families. 20.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.6% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.16.
Within the township, the population was spread out, with 25.4% who were under the age of eighteen, 9.2% from eighteen to twenty-four, 30.2% from twenty-five to forty-four, 22.1% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 13.1% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-six years.
For every one hundred females, there were 104.1 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 100.5 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $29,375, and the median income for a family was $32,667. Males had a median income of $28,125 compared with that of $18,500 for females.
The per capita income for the township was $12,600.
Roughly 12.2% of families and 16.2% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 19.4% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 9.0% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.
Students in the township attend schools in the Valley School District.