| Official Name: | Point Township, Pennsylvania |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Mapsize: | 250x200px |
| Image Map1: | Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Northumberland County.svg |
| Mapsize1: | 250x200px |
| Map Caption1: | Map of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Northumberland |
| Government Type: | Board of Supervisors |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1756 |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated |
| Established Date1: | 1786 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 71.24 |
| Area Land Km2: | 65.16 |
| Area Water Km2: | 6.08 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 27.50 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 25.16 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 2.35 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 3685 |
| Population Density Km2: | 56.37 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 146.00 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Area Code: | 570 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2016 |
| Pop Est Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Est: | 3673 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-097-61832 |
Point Township is a township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population at the 2010 Census was 3,685,[3] a decline from the figure of 3,722 tabulated in 2000.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 27.4 square miles (70.8 km2), of which 25.2 square miles (65.2 km2) is land and 2.2 square miles (5.7 km2) (8.01%) is water. The township includes the census-designated place of Kapp Heights and surrounds, but excludes, the borough of Northumberland.
As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 3,722 people, 1,443 households, and 1,057 families residing in the township. The population density was 148sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 1,523 housing units at an average density of 60.5sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the township was 98.55% White, 0.35% African American, 0.21% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.11% from other races, and 0.40% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.70% of the population.
There were 1,443 households, out of which 27.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.4% were married couples living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.7% were non-families. 21.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.81.
In the township the population was spread out, with 20.2% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 28.1% from 45 to 64, and 21.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.2 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $43,276, and the median income for a family was $49,211. Males had a median income of $34,054 versus $22,708 for females. The per capita income for the township was $20,251. About 4.2% of families and 5.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.7% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.