Sand Hill is an

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and

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(CDP) in

Lebanon County Lebanon County ( ; ) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 143,257. Its county seat is the city of Lebanon. It lies 72 miles northwest of Philadelphia, which is the nearest m ...

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, United States. The population was 2,496 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Sand Hill is located in central Lebanon County, in main North Lebanon Township. It is bordered to the south by the city of

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, the

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. The Sand Hill CDP includes the neighborhoods of Sand Hill, Sunset, and Reinohlsville.

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(North 7th Street) passes through the community, leading north to Fredericksburg and south into Lebanon. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all land. The community sits on the slopes of the hill that forms the north side of the Lebanon Valley. Streams in the CDP drain south to Brandywine Creek, which continues south to

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in the center of the valley.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 2,345 people, 898 households, and 709 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 917 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.25%

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, 0.47%

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, 0.04% Native American, 1.66% Asian, 0.98% from other races, and 0.60% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2.94% of the population. There were 898 households, of which 31.7% had children under 18 living with them, 69.2% were

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living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.0% were non-families. 16.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 2.94. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 22.1% under 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 28.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.9 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 91.6 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $45,125, and the median income for a family was $47,566. Males had a median income of $32,321 versus $23,160 for females. The

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for the CDP was $19,386. About 1.3% of families and 1.1% of the population were below the

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, including 2.0% of those under age 18 and 2.5% of those aged 65 or over.

References

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