New Columbus, Pennsylvania

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement New Columbus is a borough that is located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 219 at the time of the 2020 census.<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021">Template:Cite web</ref>

History

A small farming town that is located in western Luzerne County (just south of Ricketts Glen State Park), New Columbus was first settled in 1819. It was later incorporated as a borough in 1859.

The community has changed little since its founding; farming is still a major way of life for most of the borough.

Geography

New Columbus is located at Template:Coord (41.1734, -76.2935).<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref>

There are small clusters of houses scattered throughout the borough; most of the community consists of farmland. Downtown New Columbus, which consists of a few homes and businesses, is located at the intersection of Old Tioga Turnpike and Academy Street. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of Template:Convert, all of it land.

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Demographics

Template:US Census population As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 215 people, 86 households, and 63 families residing in the borough. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 96 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert.

The racial makeup of the borough was 100.00% white. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.40% of the population.

There were eighty-six households, out of which 31.4% had children under the age of eighteen living with them, with 60.5% living together as married couples, 9.3% documented as a female householder with no husband present, and 25.6% which were documented as non-families. Additionally, individuals 22.1% of all households were made up of individuals with 11.6% that had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.5 and the average family size was 2.94.

Within the borough, the population was spread out, with 25.1% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 5.1% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 31.2% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 18.6% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 20.0% who were sixty-five years of age or older.

The median age of residents was thirty-six years. For every one hundred females there were eighty-seven males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were roughly ninety-six males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $38,594, and the median income for a family was $39,844. Males had a median income of $31,250 compared with that of $21,071 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $15,981.

Only 2.7% of the population lived below the poverty line. None of those living in poverty were under the age of eighteen or living with families; however, 8.7% of those who were documented as impoverished were aged sixty-four or older.

As of 2017, the population of New Columbus was 222.<ref name="USCensusEst2017">Template:Cite web</ref>