Upper Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

For other townships in Pennsylvania with similar names, see Mahanoy Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation).

Upper Mahanoy Township, Pennsylvania
Township
Line Mountain in Upper Mahanoy Township Line Mountain in Upper Mahanoy Township
Map of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania highlighting Upper Mahanoy Township Map of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania highlighting Upper Mahanoy Township
Map of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Northumberland
Settled	1777
Incorporated	1806
Government
• Type	Board of Supervisors
Area
• Total	23.4 sq mi (60.5 km2)
Population (2000)
• Total	599
• Density	25.6/sq mi (9.9/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	570

Upper Mahanoy Township is a township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 599 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Scenery of Upper Mahanoy Township

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Scenery of Upper Mahanoy Township

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 23.4 square miles (60.5 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 599 people, 223 households, and 171 families residing in the township. The population density was 25.6 people per square mile (9.9/km²). There were 247 housing units at an average density of 10.6/sq mi (4.1/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 99.67% White, 0.17% African American, and 0.17% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.67% of the population.

There were 223 households out of which 34.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.7% were married couples living together, 5.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.3% were non-families. 18.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the township the population was spread out with 26.4% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 107.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.2 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $34,250, and the median income for a family was $38,500. Males had a median income of $30,500 versus $22,188 for females. The per capita income for the township was $13,387. About 5.2% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.2% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over.