| Official Name: | Sankertown, Pennsylvania |
| Settlement Type: | Borough |
| Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania |
| Pushpin Label: | Sankertown |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Cambria |
| Government Type: | Borough council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated |
| Established Date1: | 1906 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.76 |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.76 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.29 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.29 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 675 |
| Population Density Km2: | 803.51 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 2081.36 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 40.47°N -78.5919°W |
| Elevation Ft: | 2060 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 16630[2] |
| Area Code: | 814 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2019 |
| Population Est: | 614 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-67920 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1215032 |
Sankertown is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 675 at the 2010 census.[3]
Sankertown is located in eastern Cambria County at 40.47°N -78.5919°W (40.470113, -78.592050).[4] It is bordered to the south by the borough of Cresson and is 8miles east of Ebensburg, the county seat. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.76km2, all land.[3]
Sankertown has a basketball court and a baseball field.
As of the census of 2000, there were 680 people, 248 households, and 177 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2434.4sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 265 housing units at an average density of 948.7sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the borough was 99.12% White, 0.44% African American, 0.29% Asian, and 0.15% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.29% of the population.
There were 248 households, out of which 28.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.0% were married couples living together, 12.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.6% were non-families. 24.6% 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 2.63 and the average family size was 3.06.
In the borough the population was spread out, with 21.0% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 101.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.7 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $35,208, and the median income for a family was $42,143. Males had a median income of $31,172 versus $17,333 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $13,728. About 9.2% of families and 10.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.5% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over.