Summit Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania

Geography

Summit Township is in western Crawford County and contains the unincorporated community of Harmonsburg. The northern end of Conneaut Lake is in the southeastern part of the township, and Conneaut Lake Park is partially in the township along its southern border. The residential communities around the lake are part of the Conneaut Lakeshore census-designated place.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 67.4 sqkm, of which 66.9 sqkm is land and 0.5 sqkm, or 0.81%, is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,172 people, 902 households and 640 families residing in the township. The population density was 84.3 PD/sqmi. There were 1,333 housing units at an average density of 51.8 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the township was 99.45% White, 0.05% African American, 0.09% Native American, 0.05% Asian, and 0.37% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.51% of the population.

There were 902 households, of which 28.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.8% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.0% were non-families. 24.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.84.

In the township the population was spread out, with 22.8% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 27.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 104.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.4 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $35,475, and the median income for a family was $38,295. Males had a median income of $31,315 versus $21,125 for females. The per capita income for the township was $17,109. About 7.2% of families and 9.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.1% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.

References

References

1. "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
2. "Conneaut Lake Topo Map, Crawford County PA (Conneaut Lake Area)". Locality, LLC.
3. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2024". US Census Bureau.
4. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Summit township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder.
5. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
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