Belmont is an unincorporated community and
census-designated place (CDP) in
Cambria County,
Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,784 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Belmont is located in southwestern Cambria County at (40.285014, -78.888160).
It is in southern
Stonycreek Township Stonycreek Township may refer to the following places:
* Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
* Stonycreek Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
See also
*Stoney Creek Township (disambiguation)
*Stonycreek (disambiguation) Stonycree ...
and western
Richland Township and is bordered to the north by the boroughs of
Lorain
Lorain may refer to:
Places
* Lorain, Ohio
* Lorain, Pennsylvania
* Lorain, Wisconsin
* Lorain County, Ohio
** Lorain County Community College
* Lorain Township, Minnesota
People
* René Lorain (born 1900), French athlete
* Sophie Lorain, C ...
and
Geistown and the community of
Oakland
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. The city of
Johnstown touches the northwest corner of Belmont, and
Somerset County is on the southern border, across the
Stonycreek River.
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the Belmont CDP has a total area of , of which , or 1.00%, is water.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 2,846 people, 1,254 households, and 798 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,350 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.14%
White, 0.70%
African American, 0.42%
Asian, 0.11% from
other races, and 0.63% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 0.39% of the population.
There were 1,254 households, out of which 20.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.7% were
married couples
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living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.3% were non-families. 33.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.13 and the average family size was 2.70.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 16.0% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 20.2% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 34.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50 years. For every 100 females, there were 77.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 74.5 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $32,717, and the median income for a family was $39,479. Males had a median income of $31,856 versus $25,304 for females. The
per capita income for the CDP was $17,958. About 9.6% of families and 9.7% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 17.4% of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over.
References
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Census-designated places in Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Census-designated places in Pennsylvania