Porter Township is a
township in
Clarion County
Clarion County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,241. Its county seat is Clarion. The county was formed on March 11, 1839, from parts of Venango and Armstrong counties. Clarion Cou ...
,
Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,287 at the 2020 census,
a decrease from the figure of 1,348 tabulated in 2010.
Geography
The township is in southern Clarion County, bordered to the south by
Redbank Creek
Redbank Creek is a tributary of the Allegheny River in Clarion, Armstrong, and Jefferson counties, Pennsylvania in the United States.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004.
Redbank Creek is born at the confluence of Sandy Lic ...
, which forms the
Armstrong County line. The borough of
New Bethlehem touches the southeastern corner of the township. According to the
United States Census Bureau, Porter Township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.34%, is water.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 1,466 people, 565 households, and 423 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 603 housing units at an average density of 13.6/sq mi (5.2/km
2). The racial makeup of the township was 99.11%
White, 0.20%
Native American, 0.20%
Asian, 0.07% from
other races, and 0.41% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 0.27% of the population.
There were 565 households, out of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.4% were
married couples
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...
living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.1% were non-families. 21.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.02.
In the township the population was spread out, with 24.5% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 96.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.9 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $31,761, and the median income for a family was $36,576. Males had a median income of $30,057 versus $21,583 for females. The
per capita income for the township was $14,647. About 8.0% of families and 10.6% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 12.6% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over.
References
External links
Porter Township listingat Clarion County Association of Township Officials
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Populated places established in 1800
Townships in Clarion County, Pennsylvania