Tremont Township is a

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that is located in

Schuylkill County Schuylkill County (, ; Pennsylvania Dutch: Schulkill Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in the heart of Pennsylvania's Coal Region and is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the populat ...

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

, United States. The population was 280 at the time of the 2020 census.

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of 23.3 square miles (60.4 km), all land.

Demographics

At the time of the 2000 census, there were 250 people, 95 households, and 72 families living in this township. The population density was 10.7 people per square mile (4.1/km). There were one hundred housing units at an average density of 4.3/sq mi (1.7/km). The

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of the township was 99.60% White, and 0.40% from two or more races. Of the ninety-five households within this township, 31.6% had children who were under the age of eighteen living with them, 61.1% were married couples living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.2% were non-families. In addition, 16.8% of households were one-person households and 10.5% were one-person households with residents who were aged sixty-five or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 2.86. The age distribution was 22.8% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 8.8% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 26.4% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 30.4% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 11.6% who were aged sixty-five or older. The median age was thirty-eight years. For every one hundred females, there were 108.3 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 96.9 males. The median household income was $34,000 and the median family income was $44,375. Males had a median income of $30,833 compared with that of $24,375 for females. The per capita income for the township was $16,573. Approximately 2.8% of families and 9.4% of the population were living below the

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, including 2.2% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 8.0% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

Gallery

File:Tremont Twp Municipal Bldg, Schuylkill Co PA 01.JPG, Tremont Township Municipal Building File:Molleystown Rd, Tremont Twp, Schuylkill Co PA 02.JPG, Meadowbrook Coal Company

References

{{authority control Townships in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Townships in Pennsylvania