| Lake Latonka, Pennsylvania | |
| Settlement Type: | census-designated place |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mercer |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 7.15 |
| Area Land Km2: | 6.10 |
| Area Water Km2: | 1.05 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 951 |
| Population Density Km2: | 155.89 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 16137[3] |
| Area Code: | 724 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-40982 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.76 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.35 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.41 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 403.82 |
Lake Latonka is a census-designated place in Coolspring and Jackson Townships in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States.[4] It surrounds the Lake Latonka reservoir. The population was 951 at the 2020 census.[5] It is part of the Hermitage micropolitan area.
As of the 2020 census, there were 951 people, 346 families, and 610 housing units in Lake Latonka. The median age in the CDP was 55.5 years old. 28.9% of the population was 65 years old or older, with 19.1% being between the ages of 65 to 74, 9.1% between the ages of 75 to 84, and 0.7% were 85 or older. The racial demographics of the CDP were 96.5% White, 0.1% African American, 0.5% Asian, 0.1% from some other race, and 2.7% from two or more races. Hispanic and Latino people made up 1% of the population.[6]
The ancestry of the CDP was 19.6% German, 17.4% English, 14.4% Italian, 13.3% Irish, 8.0% Scotch-Irish, 5.7% French, 5.1% Polish, and 3.2% Hungarian.[7] 2.1% of the population spoke languages other than English at home, which are Asian and Pacific Islander languages. 1.1% of the population were foreign born.