Official Name: | Wood Township, Pennsylvania |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Image Map1: | Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Huntingdon County.svg |
Mapsize1: | 250px |
Map Caption1: | Map of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Huntingdon |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Title1: | Incorporated |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 42.61 |
Area Land Km2: | 42.61 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 16.45 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 16.45 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 606 |
Population Density Km2: | 16.69 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 43.22 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Pop Est As Of: | 2022 |
Population Est: | 600 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 42-061-86080 |
Wood Township is a township that is located in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 606 at the time of the 2020 census.[2]
The Robertsdale Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 16.4 square miles (42.6 km2), all land.
As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 713 people, 277 households, and 206 families residing in the township.
The population density was 43.4sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 383 housing units at an average density of 23.3/sq mi (9.0/km2).
The racial makeup of the township was 99.30% White, 0.14% Native American, 0.28% from other races, and 0.28% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.70% of the population.
There were 277 households, out of which 34.3% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 61.0% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.3% were non-families. 23.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.1% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 2.99.
Within the township, the population was spread out, with 25.2% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 10.1% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 24.7% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 24.7% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 15.3% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-eight years.
For every one hundred females, there were 100.8 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 98.1 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $29,167, and the median income for a family was $38,438. Males had a median income of $28,654 versus $20,375 for females.
The per capita income for the township was $13,512.
Approximately 9.2% of families and 14.6% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 16.3% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 16.0% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.