| Official Name: | Liverpool Township, Pennsylvania |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Image Map1: | Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Perry County.svg |
| Mapsize1: | 250px |
| Map Caption1: | Map of Perry County, PennsylvaniaLiverpool Township is one of six municipalities encompassed by the Greenwood School District. |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Perry |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1755 |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated |
| Established Date1: | 123 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 54.24 |
| Area Land Km2: | 54.16 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.07 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 20.94 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 20.91 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.03 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 1037 |
| Population Density Km2: | 19.42 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 50.31 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Area Code: | 717 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Est: | 963 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-099-43976 |
Liverpool Township is a township in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,037 at the 2020 census.[3] It is not to be confused with the borough of Liverpool, which is adjacent.
In 1823, Liverpool Township was partitioned from adjoining Greenwood Township, which diminished the importance of Centerville while increasing that of Liverpool (which incorporated as a borough in 1832) within Liverpool Township, and Millerstown in Greenwood Township. The Red Covered Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 21.0 square miles (54.4 km2), of which 21.0 square miles (54.4 km2) is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km2) (0.10%) is water. The borough of Liverpool which separated from the township is located along part of the southeastern border. The unincorporated, agrarian community of Pfoutz Valley is located in the northwest of the township,[4] [5] and stretches into the northeastern sections of adjoining Greenwood Township.[6]
As of the census[7] of 2010, there were 1057 people, 356 households, and 281 families living in the township. The population density was 46sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 402 housing units at an average density of 19.1/sq mi (7.4/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 98.65% White, 1.24% African American, and 0.10% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.10% of the population.
There were 356 households, out of which 34.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.5% were married couples living together, 3.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.8% were non-families. 18.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.06.
In the township the population was spread out, with 26.7% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 29.0% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 97.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.4 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $41,389, and the median income for a family was $46,250. Males had a median income of $34,615 versus $22,407 for females. The per capita income for the township was $18,261. About 1.9% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.3% of those under age 18 and 12.9% of those age 65 or over.