Editing Mount Gretna Heights, Pennsylvania

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'''Mount Gretna Heights''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Lebanon County, Pennsylvania|Lebanon County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States, adjacent to the borough of [[Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania|Mount Gretna]]. The population was 323 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4251576&tid=DECENNIALSF12010.P1| title=Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Mount Gretna Heights CDP, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| website=data.census.gov| accessdate=October 15, 2020}}</ref>

==Geography==
Mount Gretna Heights is located in southern Lebanon County at {{coord|40|14|55|N|76|28|2|W|region:US_type:city}} (40.248671, -76.467090),<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> in the southwestern part of [[West Cornwall Township, Pennsylvania|West Cornwall Township]]. It is bordered to the southwest by Mount Gretna borough. [[Pennsylvania Route 117]] runs along the northwest edge of the CDP, leading northeast {{convert|4|mi|0}} to [[Cornwall, Pennsylvania|Cornwall]] and southwest {{convert|3|mi|0}} to [[Colebrook, Pennsylvania|Colebrook]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|0.32|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, all land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Places: Pennsylvania|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_42.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 15, 2020}}</ref> The community is at the headwaters of [[Conewago Creek (east)|Conewago Creek]], a southwest-flowing tributary of the [[Susquehanna River]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 297
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 360 people, 168 households, and 111 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|2,815.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 292 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,283.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.28% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.56% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.83% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.83% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.28% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.22% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.39% of the population.

There were 168 households, out of which 19.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.9% were non-families. 29.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.63.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 15.8% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 33.6% from 45 to 64, and 18.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.2 males.

As of 2000, the median income for a household in the CDP was $46,354, and the median income for a family was $54,750. Males had a median income of $33,750 versus $36,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $25,996. None of the families and 4.6% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including no under eighteens and 6.3% of those over 64.

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{{Lebanon County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Pennsylvania]]