Upper Allen Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Upper Allen Township, Pennsylvania
Township
A covered bridge at Messiah College in Upper Allen Township
Map of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania highlighting Upper Allen Township
Map of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Cumberland
Incorporated	1850
Government
• Type	Board of Commissioners
Area
• Total	13.3 sq mi (34 km2)
Population (2000)
• Total	15,338
• Density	1,156.5/sq mi (446.5/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	717

Upper Allen Township is a township in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 15,338 at the 2000 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 13.3 square miles (34.3 km²), all of it land.

Unincorporated communities and census-designated places in Upper Allen Township.

• Grantham, Pennsylvania

Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 15,338 people, 5,057 households, and 3,600 families residing in the township. The population density was 1,156.5 people per square mile (446.6/km²). There were 5,198 housing units at an average density of 391.9/sq mi (151.4/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 95.49% White, 1.28% African American, 0.09% Native American, 1.65% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.60% from other races, and 0.85% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.43% of the population.

There were 5,057 households out of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.5% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.8% were non-families. 24.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the township the population was spread out with 19.8% under the age of 18, 19.2% from 18 to 24, 23.3% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 83.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.4 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $54,706, and the median income for a family was $65,349. Males had a median income of $45,589 versus $30,103 for females. The per capita income for the township was $24,127. About 2.9% of families and 4.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.8% of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those age 65 or over.

See also

• Upper Allen Township
• Messiah College

References

Municipalities and communities of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States County seat: Carlisle Boroughs Camp Hill Carlisle Lemoyne Mechanicsburg Mount Holly Springs New Cumberland Newburg Newville Shippensburg‡ Shiremanstown Wormleysburg Townships Cooke Dickinson East Pennsboro Hampden Hopewell Lower Allen Lower Frankford Lower Mifflin Middlesex Monroe North Middleton North Newton Penn Shippensburg Silver Spring South Middleton South Newton Southampton Upper Allen Upper Frankford Upper Mifflin West Pennsboro CDPs Boiling Springs Enola Lower Allen Messiah College New Kingstown Plainfield Schlusser West Fairview Unincorporated communities Bloserville Bowmansdale Caprivi Entlerville Grantham Shepherdstown Sporting Hill Summerdale Wertzville Williams Grove Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 40°10′00″N 76°58′59″W / 40.16667°N 76.98306°W / 40.16667; -76.98306