Rouseville is a borough in
Venango County,
Pennsylvania
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, United States. The population was 456 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Rouseville is located at (41.471398, -79.689469).
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the borough has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.4 km
2), of which 0.9 square mile (2.4 km
2) is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km
2) (2.15%) is water.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 472 people, 204 households, and 137 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 240 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 98.73%
White
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, 0.42%
African American
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and 0.85%
Native American.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 0.64% of the population.
There were 204 households, out of which 22.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.5% were
married couples living together, 13.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.4% were non-families. 29.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.76.
In the borough the population was spread out, with 20.8% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 25.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 95.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.1 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $22,917, and the median income for a family was $30,341. Males had a median income of $29,250 versus $18,125 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the borough was $13,286. About 16.3% of families and 25.2% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 38.2% of those under age 18 and 20.1% of those age 65 or over.
References
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Boroughs in Venango County, Pennsylvania
Populated places established in 1900
1900 establishments in Pennsylvania