


The median age was forty-five years.įor every one hundred females there were 91.4 males. In the township the population was spread out, with 18.9% under the age of eighteen, 6.9% from eighteen to twenty-four, 24.3% from twenty-five to forty-four, 26.5% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 23.5% who were sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.89. 26.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.1% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. There were 2,121 households, out of which 23.3% had children under the age of eighteen living with them 55.2% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.5% were non-families. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.53% of the population. The racial makeup of the township was 94.92% White, 4.06% African American, 0.02% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 0.29% from other races, and 0.55% from two or more races. There were 2,227 housing units at an average density of 231.4 per square mile (89.3/km 2). The population density was 530.3 inhabitants per square mile (204.7/km 2). Unincorporated communities in the township include Harbor, Harbor Bridge, Parkstown, Belmar Park, Westview Heights, Oakwood, and Oakland.Īs of the census of 2000, there were 5,103 people, 2,121 households, and 1,495 families residing in the township. Geography Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 9.7 square miles (25.0 km 2), of which 9.6 square miles (24.9 km 2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km 2), or 0.41%, is water. The population was 4,997 at the time of the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 5,190 as of 2010. Union Township is a township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States.
