East Waterford is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
(CDP) in
Tuscarora Tuscarora may refer to the following:
First nations and Native American people and culture
* Tuscarora people
**''Federal Power Commission v. Tuscarora Indian Nation'' (1960)
* Tuscarora language, an Iroquoian language of the Tuscarora people
* ...
and
Lack
Lack may refer to:
Places
* Lack, County Fermanagh, a townland in Northern Ireland
* Lack, Poland
* Łąck, Poland
* Lack Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, US
Other uses
* Lack (surname)
* Lack (manque), a term in Lacan's psychoanalyti ...
townships in
Juniata County,
Pennsylvania
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, United States. The population was 196 at the 2010 census.
Geography
East Waterford is located in southwestern Juniata County at (40.370461, -77.604214).
Most of the community is in the southwestern corner of Tuscarora Township, but the CDP extends west into the eastern part of Lack Township.
Pennsylvania Route 75
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passes through the center of East Waterford, leading northeast to
Port Royal
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and southwest to
Doylesburg.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the East Waterford CDP has a total area of , all land.
Tuscarora Creek, a northeastward-flowing tributary of the
Juniata River
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, forms the northern edge of the CDP.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 185 people, 78 households, and 52 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 88 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 99.46%
White
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and 0.54%
Asian
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.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 2.16% of the population.
There were 78 households, out of which 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.3% were
married couples
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living together, 6.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.3% were non-families. 29.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.87.
In the CDP the population was spread out, with 22.7% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 88.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.3 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $28,333, and the median income for a family was $37,750. Males had a median income of $27,500 versus $26,750 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the CDP was $13,456. About 9.4% of families and 16.3% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 14.3% of those under the age of eighteen and 11.5% of those sixty five or over.
References
{{Juniata County, Pennsylvania
Census-designated places in Juniata County, Pennsylvania