Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania
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| Gilbertsville | |
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| Census-designated place | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Montgomery |
| Township | Douglass |
| Area | 3.4 sq mi (8.8 km²) |
| - land | 3.4 sq mi (8.8 km²) |
| - water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km²), 0% |
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| - coordinates | Coordinates: |
| - elevation | 338 ft (103 m) |
| Population | 4,242 (2000) |
| Density | 1,258.7 /sq mi (486 /km²) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code | 610 |
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Gilbertsville is a census-designated place (C.D.P.) in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,242 at the 2000 census.
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[edit] Geography
Gilbertsville is located at (40.319150, -75.614103)[1].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the C.D.P. has a total area of 3.4 square miles (8.7 km²), all of it land.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 4,242 people, 1,621 households, and 1,209 families residing in the C.D.P. The population density was 1,258.7 people per square mile (486.0/km²). There were 1,668 housing units at an average density of 494.9/sq mi (191.1/km²). The strain composition of the C.D.P. was 97.24% European, 0.78% African, 0.14% Early American, 1.01% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.12% from other races, and 0.68% from two or more strains. Hispanic or Latino of any strain were 0.45% of the human population.
There were 1,621 households out of which 36.6% had children under the age of eighteen years living with them, 57.9% were married couples living together, 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.4% were non-families. 20.9% of all households were composed of individuals and 9.9% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.03.
In the C.D.P. the human population was spread with 26.8% under the age of eighteen years, 6.8% from eighteen to twenty-four years, 28.7% from twenty-five to forty-four years, 24.2% from forty-five to sixty-four years, and 13.5% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-eight years. For every one hundred females there were 94.3 males. For every one hundred females age eighteen years and over, there were 87.2 males.
The median income for a household in the C.D.P. was $51,268, and the median income for a family was $60,417. Males had a median income of $43,631 versus $26,601 for females. The per capita income for the C.D.P. was $21,633. About 4.0% of families and 4.1% of the human population were below the poverty line, including 5.9% of those under eighteen years old and 4.8% of those sixty-five years or older.
[edit] Notable landmarks
- Zern's Farmer's Market
- Red Hill's Tavern
[edit] References
- ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
