Editing Carbondale Township, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Township in Pennsylvania, US}}
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'''Carbondale Township''' is a township in [[Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania|Lackawanna County]], [[Pennsylvania]] and is respectively named for the adjoining city of [[Carbondale, PA|Carbondale]]. The township is located near [[Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton]]. The population was 1,126 at the 2020 census.<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>  The village of Childs is located in Carbondale township.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|14.0|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|13.8|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.2|sqmi|km2}}  (1.65%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2010= 1115
|2020= 1126
|estyear=2021
|estimate=1125
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=May 14, 2011 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2010, there were 1,115 people, 461 households, and 321 families residing in the township. The population density was {{convert|80.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 495 housing units at an average density of {{convert|35.9|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the township was 97.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.2% [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black]], 0.1% American Indian, 0.3% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]] and 0.9% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.69% of the population.

There were 461 households, out of which 25.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.4% were non-families. 25.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the township the population was spread out, with 18.7% under the age of 18, 63.9% from 18 to 64, and 17.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44.5 years.

The median income for a household in the township was $50,909, and the median income for a family was $63,125. Males had a median income of $44,338 versus $32,019 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $25,322. About 3.5% of families and 3.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 2.7% of those under age 18 and 1.7% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Townships in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Townships in Pennsylvania]]