Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Township
Ross Furnace
Map of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Highlighting Fairfield Township
Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Westmoreland County
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Westmoreland
Settled	1769
Incorporated	April 6, 1773
Area
• Total	60.8 sq mi (157 km2)
• Land	60.5 sq mi (157 km2)
• Water	0.3 sq mi (0.8 km2)
Population (2000)
• Total	2,536
• Density	41.9/sq mi (16.2/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Website	http://www.fairfieldtwp.com

Fairfield Township is a township in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,536 at the 2000 census.

History

The Ross Furnace was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.^[1]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 60.8 square miles (157 km²), of which, 60.5 square miles (157 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km²) of it (0.48%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 2,536 people, 950 households, and 737 families residing in the township. The population density was 41.9 people per square mile (16.2/km²). There were 1,141 housing units at an average density of 18.9/sq mi (7.3/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 98.74% White, 0.39% African American, 0.28% Native American, 0.04% Asian, 0.08% from other races, and 0.47% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.43% of the population.

There were 950 households out of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.9% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.4% were non-families. 19.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the township the population was spread out with 24.6% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 103.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.0 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $32,927, and the median income for a family was $37,177. Males had a median income of $37,422 versus $23,750 for females. The per capita income for the township was $18,284. About 12.1% of families and 15.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.5% of those under age 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over.

References

Municipalities and communities of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States County seat: Greensburg Cities Arnold Greensburg Jeannette Latrobe Lower Burrell Monessen New Kensington Boroughs Adamsburg Arona Avonmore Bolivar Delmont Derry Donegal East Vandergrift Export Hunker Hyde Park Irwin Laurel Mountain Ligonier Madison Manor Mount Pleasant Murrysville New Alexandria New Florence New Stanton North Belle Vernon North Irwin Oklahoma Penn Scottdale Seward Smithton South Greensburg Southwest Greensburg Sutersville Trafford‡ Vandergrift West Leechburg West Newton Youngstown Youngwood Townships Allegheny Bell Cook Derry Donegal East Huntingdon Fairfield Hempfield Ligonier Loyalhanna Mount Pleasant North Huntingdon Penn Rostraver St. Clair Salem Sewickley South Huntingdon Unity Upper Burrell Washington CDPs Bradenville Calumet Collinsburg Crabtree Fellsburg Grapeville Harrison City Herminie Hostetter Lawson Heights Level Green Loyalhanna Lynnwood-Pricedale‡ Mammoth Millwood Norvelt St. Vincent College Slickville Webster Wyano Yukon Unincorporated communities Acme Baggaley Blackstone Boquet Bovard Brenizer Carbon Greenwald Hannastown Hopewell Hutchinson Kecksburg Laughlintown Lloydsville Luxor Marguerite Morewood Moween Pandora Peanut Reagantown Ruffs Dale Scab Hill Seger Southwest Stahlstown Standard Shaft Salina Tarrs Trauger Turkeytown United Ghost towns Cokeville West Overton Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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Coordinates: 40°23′00″N 79°07′59″W / 40.38333°N 79.13306°W / 40.38333; -79.13306