Jordan Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

For other other Pennsylvania townships with similar names, see Jordan Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation).

Jordan Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Township
Irvona Road in Berwinsdale
Map of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania highlighting Jordan Township
Map of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Clearfield
Settled	1819
Incorporated	1835
Area
• Total	24.2 sq mi (62.7 km²)
Population (2010)
• Total	461
• Density	22.4/sq mi (8.7/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	814

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2000	543	—
2010	461	−15.1%

Jordan Township is a township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 461 at the 2010 census.^[1]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 24.2 square miles (63 km²), of which, 24.2 square miles (63 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²) of it (0.08%) is water.

Communities

Ansonville
Berwinsdale
Bretonville
McCartney
Morgans Land

Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 543 people, 198 households, and 152 families residing in the township. The population density was 22.4 people per square mile (8.7/km²). There were 259 housing units at an average density of 10.7/sq mi (4.1/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 99.82% White and 0.18% African American.

There were 198 households, out of which 35.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.6% were married couples living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.2% were non-families. 20.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.16.

In the township the population was spread out, with 25.4% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 104.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.5 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $29,375, and the median income for a family was $32,667. Males had a median income of $28,125 versus $18,500 for females. The per capita income for the township was $12,600. About 12.2% of families and 16.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.4% of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over.

School districts

Moshannon Valley School District

References

↑ http://www.census.gov/2010census/
↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

External links

History of Jordan, PA

Municipalities and communities of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States

County seat: Clearfield

City	DuBois

Boroughs	Brisbin Burnside Chester Hill Clearfield Coalport Curwensville Falls Creek‡ Glen Hope Grampian Houtzdale Irvona Mahaffey New Washington Newburg Osceola Mills Ramey Troutville Wallaceton Westover

Townships	Beccaria Bell Bigler Bloom Boggs Bradford Brady Burnside Chest Cooper Covington Decatur Ferguson Girard Goshen Graham Greenwood Gulich Huston Jordan Karthaus Knox Lawrence Morris Penn Pike Pine Sandy Union Woodward

CDPs	Allport Bigler Grassflat Hawk Run Hyde Kylertown Morrisdale Oklahoma Plymptonville Sandy Treasure Lake West Decatur

Unincorporated communities	Helvetia Lumber City Luthersburg McGees Mills Oak Ridge Penfield Rockton Sylvan Grove Viola

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 40°50′19″N 78°34′26″W / 40.83861°N 78.57389°W / 40.83861; -78.57389

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