Independence Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Distinguish Template:Infobox settlement Independence Township is an American township which is located in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The population was 2,246 at the time of the 2020 census.<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2022"/>
It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
Geography
[edit]Independence Township is located in the southeastern portion of Beaver County. According to the United States Census Bureau, Independence Township has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert, or 1.01%, is water.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Recreation
[edit]A portion of Raccoon Creek State Park and a portion of the Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 189 are located at the western end of Independence Township.<ref>https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/advanced-viewer/ The National Map, retrieved October 2, 2018.</ref><ref>Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 189, retrieved October 2, 2018.</ref>
Surrounding neighborhoods
[edit]Independence Township has four borders, including the townships of Hanover to the west, Raccoon to the northwest, Hopewell to the northeast and Findlay (Allegheny County) to the southeast.
Demographics
[edit]Template:US Census population As of the 2000 census,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> there were 2,802 people, 1,007 households, and 785 families residing in the township.
The population density was Template:Convert. There were 1,069 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert.
The racial makeup of the township was 97.82% White, 0.18% African American, 0.11% Native American, 0.18% from other races, and 1.71% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.61% of the population.
There were 1,007 households, out of which 38.7% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 64.1% were married couples living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.0% were non-families. 17.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.1% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.17.
Within the township, the population was spread out, with 27.6% who were under the age of eighteen, 6.6% aged between eighteen and twenty-four, 32.4% between twenty-five and forty-four, 23.7% between forty-five and to sixty-four, and 9.7% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-seven years.
For every one hundred females there were 102.7 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen and older, there were 102.0 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $40,372, and the median income for a family was $47,153. Males had a median income of $34,911 compared with that of $27,045 for females.
The per capita income for the township was $17,946.
Roughly 5.1% of families and 7.7% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 10.3% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 2.9% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.
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