Centre Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English Template:Infobox settlement Template:Other Pennsylvania townships Centre Township is a township in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,516 at the 2020 census.<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2023"/>

History

The Little Buffalo Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.<ref name="nris">Template:NRISref</ref>

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (0.23%) is water.

Demographics

Template:US Census population As of the census<ref name="GR2">Template:Cite web</ref> of 2000, there were 2,209 people, 843 households, and 655 families living in the township. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 897 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the township was 98.87% White, 0.23% African American, 0.14% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.32% from other races, and 0.41% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.50% of the population.

There were 843 households, out of which 35.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.6% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.3% were non-families. 17.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the township the population was spread out, with 24.7% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 27.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 99.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.9 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $43,900, and the median income for a family was $49,393. Males had a median income of $33,750 versus $26,581 for females. The per capita income for the township was $19,057. About 3.8% of families and 6.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.9% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.

External links

• Official website