| Lake Heritage, Pennsylvania | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Mapsize: | 260px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Adams |
| Subdivision Type3: | Townships |
| Subdivision Name3: | Straban, Mount Pleasant, Mount Joy |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.39 |
| Area Land Km2: | 4.80 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.59 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 2158 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1163.97 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 500 |
| Coordinates: | 39.8122°N -77.1828°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 17325[3] |
| Area Code: | 717 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-40981 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1852860 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.08 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.85 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.23 |
| Population Density Km2: | 449.42 |
Lake Heritage is a census-designated place (CDP) in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its population was 2,158 at the 2020 census.[4]
Lake Heritage is a residential community surrounding a 154-acre artificial lake of the same name 2miles southeast of Gettysburg. The outlet of the lake flows into White Run, a tributary of Rock Creek, one of the headwater streams of the Monocacy River and part of the Potomac River watershed.
The CDP is located at 39.8122°N -77.1828°W (39.812194, -77.182876),[5] within three adjoining townships: Straban, Mount Pleasant, and Mount Joy.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.4km2, of which 1.8km2 is land and 0.6km2, or 24.76%, is water.[4]
As of the census[6] of 2000, there were 1,136 people, 445 households, and 356 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1724sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 508 housing units at an average density of 770.9sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.21% White, 1.06% African American, 0.44% Native American, 0.88% Asian, 0.70% from other races, and 0.70% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.02% of the population.
There were 445 households, out of which 33.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.9% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.8% were non-families. 16.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 2.84.
In the CDP the population was spread out, with 25.0% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 29.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 95.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.0 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $55,250, and the median income for a family was $66,250. Males had a median income of $42,258 versus $33,750 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $26,450. About 2.7% of families and 4.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.6% of those under age 18 and 3.4% of those age 65 or over.