Pine Glen is an unincorporated community and

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(CDP) in

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, United States. It is part of the

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. It is part of Burnside Township. The population was 190 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Pine Glen is located in northwestern Centre County at (41.087326, -78.053805), in the western part of Burnside Township.

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passes through the community, leading northwest to Karthaus on the

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and southeast to Moshannon. The borough of

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, with access to

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, is southeast of Pine Glen. According to the

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, the Pine Glen CDP has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 210 people, 79 households, and 60 families living in the CDP. The population density was . There were 105 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 99.52%

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and 0.48%

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. There were 79 households, out of which 27.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.9% were

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living together, 2.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.8% were non-families. 16.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.03. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 22.4% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 31.0% from 45 to 64, and 8.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.3 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $40,714, and the median income for a family was $45,250. Males had a median income of $27,500 versus $18,125 for females. The

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for the CDP was $16,540. About 4.9% of families and 8.9% of the population were below the

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, including 6.0% of those under the age of eighteen and 12.0% of those sixty five or over.

References

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