Official Name: | Ringtown, Pennsylvania |
Settlement Type: | Borough |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Ringtown |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Schuylkill |
Government Type: | Borough Council |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Albert Breznik |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | 1833 |
Established Title1: | Incorporated |
Established Date1: | 1909 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 1.14 |
Area Land Km2: | 1.14 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.44 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.44 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 721 |
Population Density Km2: | 634.99 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 1646.12 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 40.8575°N -76.2336°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 17967 |
Area Code: | 570 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 42-65000 |
Ringtown is a borough that is located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is approximately five miles north to northwest of Shenandoah and seventeen miles west to southwest of Hazleton.
Ringtown is located at 40.8575°N -76.2336°W (40.857604, −76.233718).[3]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.4sqmi, all land.
At the time of the 2000 census, there were 826 people, 319 households and 231 families located in the borough.
The population density was . There were 340 housing units at an average density of .
The racial make-up of the borough was 98.79% White, 0.12% African American, 0.48% Asian and 0.61% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.61%.
Of the 319 households documented by the census, 30.4% had children who were under the age of eighteen living with them, 59.2% had married couples living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.3% had residents classified as non-families. Of all households, 23.2% were one-person households and 12.9% had one person living alone who was aged sixty-five or older.
The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.09.
The age distribution of residents documented by the census was 24.7% who were under the age of eighteen, 6.4% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 25.7% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 22.5% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 20.7% who were aged sixty-five or older. The median age was thirty-nine years.
For every one hundred females, there were 89.4 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 92.6 males.
The median household income was $36,563 and the median family income was $43,125. The median income for males was $32,685, as compared to $22,000 for females.
The per capita income was $20,345.
Approximately 2.6% of families and 4.6% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 4.4% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 11.2% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.