Wood Township, Pennsylvania

Wood Township is a township that is located in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 606 at the time of the 2020 census.^[2]

Wood Township, Pennsylvania
Township
The former Robertsdale Hotel
Map of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Highlighting Wood Township
Map of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Huntingdon
Area [1]
• Total	16.45 sq mi (42.61 km2)
• Land	16.45 sq mi (42.61 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	606
• Estimate  (2022)[2]	600
• Density	43.22/sq mi (16.69/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	42-061-86080

History

The Robertsdale Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.^[3]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 16.4 square miles (42.6 km²), all land.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2000	713		—
2010	708		−0.7%
2020	606		−14.4%
2022 (est.)	600	[2]	−1.0%
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

As of the census^[5] of 2000, there were 713 people, 277 households, and 206 families residing in the township.

The population density was 43.4 inhabitants per square mile (16.8/km²). There were 383 housing units at an average density of 23.3/sq mi (9.0/km²).

The racial makeup of the township was 99.30% White, 0.14% Native American, 0.28% from other races, and 0.28% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.70% of the population.

There were 277 households, out of which 34.3% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 61.0% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.3% were non-families. 23.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.1% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 2.99.

Within the township, the population was spread out, with 25.2% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 10.1% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 24.7% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 24.7% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 15.3% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-eight years.

For every one hundred females, there were 100.8 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 98.1 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $29,167, and the median income for a family was $38,438. Males had a median income of $28,654 versus $20,375 for females.

The per capita income for the township was $13,512.

Approximately 9.2% of families and 14.6% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 16.3% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 16.0% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.