Juniata Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

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

Juniata Township is a township that is located in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 433 at the time of the 2020 census.^[2]

Juniata Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Township
The dam for Raystown Lake
Map of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Highlighting Juniata Township
Map of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Huntingdon
Area [1]
• Total	20.17 sq mi (52.24 km2)
• Land	16.72 sq mi (43.31 km2)
• Water	3.45 sq mi (8.94 km2)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	433
• Estimate  (2022)[2]	425
• Density	32.78/sq mi (12.65/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Zip code	16652
Area code	814
FIPS code	42-061-38608
Local phone exchanges: 641, 643, 644

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 20.1 square miles (52 km²), of which 16.5 square miles (43 km²) is land and 3.6 square miles (9.3 km²) (17.85%) is water.

Adjacent Municipalities

All municipalities are located in Huntingdon County unless otherwise noted.

• Smithfield Township
• Henderson Township
• Union Township
• Walker Township
• Penn Township

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2000	553		—
2010	554		0.2%
2020	433		−21.8%
2022 (est.)	425	[2]	−1.8%
U.S. Decennial Census[3]

At the 2010 census there were 554 people and 235 households within the township.

The population density was 33.6 inhabitants per square mile (13.0/km²). There were 451 housing units at an average density of 21.3/sq mi (8.2/km²).

The racial makeup of the township was 99.46% White, 0.18% African American, 0.18% Asian, and 0.18% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.18%.^[4]

There were 235 households; 26.0% had children under the age of eighteen living with them, 67.0% were married couples living together, 3.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.8% were non-families. 23.2% of households were made up of individuals, and 9.8% were one-person households with a resident aged sixty-five or older.

The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.87.

The age distribution was 18.4% under the age of eighteen, 2.2% from eighteen to nineteen, 5.4% from twenty to twenty-four, 6.9% from twenty-five to thirty-four, 19.9% from thirty-five to forty-nine, 25.3% from fifty to sixty-four, and 22.0% who were aged sixty-five or older. The median age was forty years. The population was 49.10% male, and 50.90% female.