Blooming Valley, Pennsylvania

Geography

Blooming Valley is located near the geographic center of Crawford County at (41.680217, -80.042107). It is bordered to the north and west by Woodcock Township, to the east by Richmond and Randolph townships, and to the south by East Mead Township.

Pennsylvania Routes 77 and 198 intersect in the center of town. PA 77 leads southwest 6 mi to Meadville, the county seat, and northeast 30 mi to Corry. PA 198 leads northwest 7 mi to Saegertown and southeast 6 mi to Guys Mills.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 5.09 km2, of which 5.03 km2 is land and 0.06 km2, or 1.13%, is water.

Natural features

The Borough of Blooming Valley lies on the divide between Blooming Valley Run and Sugar Creek, whose waters eventually flow to French Creek. The two streams are separated by a swampy area. The elevation of the borough ranges from 1,219 ft at Blooming Valley Run to 1,530 ft near the eastern boundary.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 378 people, 144 households, and 109 families residing in the borough. The population density was 194.5 PD/sqmi. There were 156 housing units at an average density of 80.3 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the borough was 98.94% White, 0.79% African American, and 0.26% from two or more races.

There were 144 households, out of which 35.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.3% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.3% were non-families. 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 27.5% under the age of 18, 3.7% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 108.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.5 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $46,944, and the median income for a family was $48,750. Males had a median income of $40,139 versus $21,458 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $17,334. About 1.8% of families and 3.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.4% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

References

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