Oakland Township is a

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

that is located in

Butler County, Pennsylvania Butler County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is part of Western Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 193,763. Its county seat is Butler. Butler County was created on March 12, 1800, from part of Alleghe ...

, United States. The population was 2,772 at the time of the 2020 census.

Geography

Oakland Township is located in east-central Butler County and contains the unincorporated communities of Woodbine, North Oakland, and Boydstown.

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flows through the northwestern part of the township, impounded as Lake Oneida for a portion of its course. According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.37%, is water.

Demographics

As of the 2000 census, there were 3,074 people, 1,112 households, and 876 families living in the township. The population density was . There were 1,168 housing units at an average density of . The

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of the township was 99.54% White, 0.10% African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.10% Asian, and 0.10% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.07% of the population. There were 1,112 households, out of which 35.2% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 67.6% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.2% were non-families. 18.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.8% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.15. Within the township, the population was spread out, with 25.9% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 7.4% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 30.1% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 24.6% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 12.0% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-eight years. For every one hundred females there were 103.2 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 97.4 males. The median income for a household in the township was $41,025, and the median income for a family was $49,395. Males had a median income of $32,285 compared with that of $22,854 for females. The

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for the township was $17,313. Approximately 6.9% of families and 6.0% of the population were living below the

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, including 3.6% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 19.2% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

References

External links

Oakland Township official website
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