Mount Carmel Township, Pennsylvania Explained

Official Name:Mount Carmel Township, Pennsylvania
Mapsize:250px
Image Map1:Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Northumberland County.svg
Mapsize1:250px
Map Caption1:Map of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Subdivision Name:United States
Established Title:Settled
Established Title1:Incorporated
Established Date1:1854
Government Type:Board of Supervisors (3)

Aaron Domanski

Charles Gasperetti

Matthew Susnoskie

Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:55.75
Area Total Sq Mi:21.53
Area Land Km2:55.29
Area Land Sq Mi:21.35
Area Water Km2:0.47
Area Water Sq Mi:0.18
Population Total:3139
Population Density Km2:55.06
Population Density Sq Mi:142.60
Website:Township Site
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Pop Est As Of:2016
Population Est:3044
Blank Info:42-097-51504

Mount Carmel Township is a township that is located in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The population at the time of the 2010 Census was 3,139,[2] which was an increase over the figure of 2,701 that was tabulated during the 2000.

History

Established in 1854, this American township was named after Mount Carmel in Israel and was formed from part of Coal Township.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 22mi2, of which 21.8mi2 is land and 0.2mi2 (0.82%) is water.

It contains the boroughs of Mount Carmel, Kulpmont, and Marion Heights within its borders.

Its villages include: Atlas, Beaverdale, Connorsville, Den Mar Gardens, Diamondtown, Dooleyville, Locust Gap, Merriam, Mount Carmel Estates, Natalie, Oak Ridge Estates, Reliance, Shady Acres, and Strong.[3]

Demographics

As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 2,701 people, 1,086 households, and 729 families residing in the township.

The population density was 47.8/km2. There were 1,250 housing units at an average density of 22.1/km2.

The racial makeup of the township was 99.56% White, 0.11% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.04% from other races, and 0.26% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.11% of the population.

There were 1,086 households, out of which 27.0% had children under the age of eighteen who were living with them, 51.3% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.8% were non-families. Out of all of the households that were documented, 30.3% were made up of individuals, and 17.6% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.93.

Within the township, the population was spread out, with 20.9% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 5.5% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 23.4% who were aged twenty-five to sixty-four, 24.8% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 25.4% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-five years.

For every one hundred females, there were 88.0 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 82.3 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $28,438, and the median income for a family was $35,847. Males had a median income of $31,713 compared with that of $23,047 for females.

The per capita income for the township was $15,376.

Approximately 9.4% of families and 10.8% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 12.0% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 13.1% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. August 14, 2017.
  2. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Mount Carmel Township, Pennsylvania. U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. August 22, 2016. https://archive.today/20200212211026/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table. February 12, 2020. dead.
  3. Web site: Home . September 22, 2014 . January 1, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140101093011/http://mountcarmeltownship.org/ . dead .
  4. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. January 31, 2008.