Noxen Township | |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Image Map1: | Pennsylvania in United States (US48).svg |
Map Caption1: | Location of Pennsylvania in the United States |
Coordinates: | 41.4167°N -76.0831°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Wyoming |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1895 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 74.45 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 28.75 |
Area Land Km2: | 74.37 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 28.71 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.08 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.03 |
Elevation Ft: | 1611 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 919 |
Pop Est As Of: | 2021 |
Population Est: | 916 |
Population Density Km2: | 11.51 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 29.81 |
Timezone1: | EST |
Utc Offset1: | -5 |
Timezone1 Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -4 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 18636 |
Area Code: | 570 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 42-131-55736 |
Blank2 Name Sec2: | Wikimedia Commons |
Noxen Township is a township that is located in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 919 at the time of the 2020 census.[2]
The Noxen School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 28.73 square miles (74.4 km2), of which 28.7 square miles (74 km2) is land and 0.03 square mile (0.1 km2) (0.1%) is water.
As of the census[3] of 2010, there were 902 people, 363 households, and 237 families residing in the township.
The population density was 31.4sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 427 housing units at an average density of 14.9/sq mi (5.8/km2).
The racial makeup of the township was 98.8% White, 0.2% Native American, 0.1% from other races, and 0.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.3% of the population.
There were 363 households, out of which 33.6% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 47.9% were married couples living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.7% were non-families. 28.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.8% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.03.
Within the township, the population was spread out, with 24.8% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 58.9% who were aged eighteen to sixty-four, and 16.3% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was 41.4 years.
The median income for a household in the township was $46,932, and the median income for a family was $50,455. Males had a median income of $39,375 compared with that of $24,125 for females.
The per capita income for the township was $20,386.
Approximately 5.8% of families and 9.2% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 19.9% of those who were under the age of eighteen. No residents who were aged sixty-five or older were reported as living in poverty.