Rockland Township (Venango County, Pennsylvania)
Venango County
36-65560
Rockland Township is a township in Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States. In the census of 2000, lived within the township in 1346 people. In the township there is a volunteer fire department, there is only one store. The Indian God Rock is a boulder with petroglyphs. This is located near the town of Brandon on the Allegheny River, on its left bank.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township, which is located in a secluded area of the county, an area of 128.8 km ², all land.
Demography
At the time of the census of 2000, there were Rockland Township 1946 people. The population density was 10.5 people per km ². There were 1255 housing units at an average 9.7 per km ². The population Rockland townships consisted of 98.96 % White, 0.07 % African American, 0.07 % Native American, 0 % Asian, 0.30 % Pacific Islander, 0 % said other races, and 0, 52 % from two or more races. 0.59 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The residents of Rockland townships were distributed among 556 households out of which 27.9% were living in children under 18 years. 63.5 % married couples living together, 5.6 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.2 % were non-families. 24.6% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 11.2% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size is 2.89.
The population was spread out with 21.8 % under the, 5.8 % 18 -24- year-old, 25.8 % 25 -44- year-old, 28.7 % 45-64 year olds and 18.0 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 105.8 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 104.1 males.
The median household income in Rockland Township was 31 129 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 34 491 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 31,477 U.S. dollars, compared to 22 411 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 15,495 U.S. dollars. 12.7 % of the population and 8.6 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 22.9 % of minors and 3.8 % of those age 65 or over.