Timber Hills is an

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and

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(CDP) in

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, United States. The population was 360 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Timber Hills is located in southwestern Lebanon County at (40.248972, -76.477786), in the southeastern part of South Londonderry Township. It is bordered to the east by the borough of Mount Gretna. Pennsylvania Route 117 forms the southern edge of the CDP; the highway leads northeastward to

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and west to Colebrook.

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, the

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, is northeast of Timber Hills. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 3.16%, are water. Conewago Lake is in the southern part of the CDP. Its outlet, Conewago Creek, is a southwest-flowing tributary of the

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Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 329 people, 157 households, and 113 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 166 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 99.09%

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, 0.30% Asian, 0.30% from other races, and 0.30% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.61% of the population. There were 157 households, out of which 15.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.8% were

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living together, 2.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.4% were non-families. 25.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.10 and the average family size was 2.47. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 13.4% under the age of 18, 2.7% from 18 to 24, 16.7% from 25 to 44, 41.9% from 45 to 64, and 25.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 53 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.7 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $55,938, and the median income for a family was $81,906. Males had a median income of $58,333 versus $38,750 for females. The

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for the CDP was $34,974. None of the population or families were below the

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References

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