Silver Lake Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

Susquehanna County

42-70776

The Silver Lake Township is a township in Susquehanna County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. In 2010, the township had 1,716 inhabitants.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2000 lived in Silver Lake Township 1,729 people who were distributed among 626 households and 502 families. The population density was 20 people per km ². There were 1,037 housing units at an average population density of 12 inhabitants per km ². The population was composed as follows: 98.15 % White, 0.23 % African American, 0.46% Native American, 0.06 % Asian American, 0.06 % Pacific Islander, 0.23% other races, and 0.81% two or more races. Regardless of the race were 0.81% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 626 households. In 37.7 % of children lived under the age of 18, 69.8 % were married couples living together, 6.4% were female lone parents and 19.8 % have someone living without a family. 16.1% were one-person households and 5.3 % lived alone and were 65 years or older. In an average household living in an average 2.76 persons and family 3.09.

In terms of age, the population was composed as follows: 28.5% under 18, 6.0 % from 18 to 24, 28.3 % from 25 to 44, 26.8 % between 45 and 64 and 10.3 % 65 or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females 104 males. For every 100 females over 18 105 men came over 18 years.

The median income for a household was 48 063 U.S. dollars and the median family income was 51 420 U.S. dollars. Males have a median income of 35,337 U.S. dollars and women a median income of 24,342 U.S. dollars. The per capita income for the township was 21,090 U.S. dollars. About 5.1% of families and 6.3 % of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.1% of under -18 year olds and 10.2% of over- 65s.

• Township in Pennsylvania
• Place in North America
• Susquehanna County