Julian is an unincorporated community and
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
Centre County
Centre County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,172. Its county seat is Bellefonte. Centre County comprises the State College, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
The lands ...
,
Pennsylvania
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, United States. It is part of the
State College, Pennsylvania
State College is a home rule municipality in Centre County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is a college town, dominated economically, culturally and demographically by the presence of the University Park campus of the Pennsylvania Sta ...
Metropolitan Statistical Area
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. The population was 152 at the
2010 census.
Most locals pronounce the name "Joo-lee-ānn".
The community was named after Julia Ann Irvin, the wife of the proprietor of a local
blast furnace
A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals, generally pig iron, but also others such as lead or copper. ''Blast'' refers to the combustion air being "forced" or supplied above atmospheric ...
.
Geography and Global Interactions
Julian is located southwest of the center of Centre County at (40.863230, -77.940677),
in southeastern
Huston Township. It is in the valley of
Bald Eagle Creek, with
Bald Eagle Mountain
Bald Eagle Mountain – once known locally as Muncy Mountain – is a stratigraphic ridge in the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians of central Pennsylvania, United States, running east of the Allegheny Front and northwest of Mount Nittany. It lies al ...
rising to the southeast and foothills of the
Allegheny Front
The Allegheny Front is the major southeast- or east-facing escarpment in the Allegheny Mountains in southern Pennsylvania, western Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and western Virginia, USA. The Allegheny Front forms the boundary between the ...
to the northwest.
U.S. Route 220 Alternate passes through the town, leading northeast to
Milesburg and southwest to
Port Matilda.
State College is to the southeast across Bald Eagle Mountain.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2010, there were 152 people, 59 households, 39 families residing in the CDP. The
population density
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was 1,064.0 people per square mile (410.8/km). There were 65 housing units at an average density of 452.2/sq mi (174.7/km). The racial makeup of the CDP was 99.3%
White
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and 0.7% from other races.
There were 59 households, out of which 27.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.2% were
married couples living together, 5.1% had a male householder with no wife present, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.9% were non-families. 27.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.10.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 19.7% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 24.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.3 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $58,750, and the median income for a family was $72,500. The
per capita income
Per capita income (PCI) or total income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population.
Per capita i ...
for the CDP was $23,232.
About 11.1% of families and 14.3% of the population were below the poverty line.
References
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Census-designated places in Centre County, Pennsylvania
Census-designated places in Pennsylvania