Belmont is an unincorporated community and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in
Cambria County
Cambria County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 133,472. Its county seat is Ebensburg. The county was created on March 26, 1804, from parts of Bedford, Huntingdon, and Somerset counti ...
,
Pennsylvania
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, United States. The population was 2,784 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Belmont is located in southwestern Cambria County at (40.285014, -78.888160).
It is in southern
Stonycreek Township and western
Richland Township and is bordered to the north by the boroughs of
Lorain
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* Lorain, Ohio
* Lorain, Pennsylvania
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** Lorain County Community College
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People
* René Lorain (born 1900), French athlete
* Sophie Lorain, Canadi ...
and
Geistown and the community of
Oakland
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. The city of
Johnstown touches the northwest corner of Belmont, and
Somerset County is on the southern border, across the
Stonycreek River
The Stonycreek River (also referred to as Stony Creek) is a tributary of the Conemaugh River, approximately 45 mi (72 km) long, in southwestern Pennsylvania, United States.
Course
It rises in the mountains of eastern Somerset Cou ...
.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the Belmont CDP has a total area of , of which , or 1.00%, is water.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 2,846 people, 1,254 households, and 798 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,350 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.14%
White
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, 0.70%
African American
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, 0.42%
Asian, 0.11% from
other races
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, and 0.63% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino of any race were 0.39% of the population.
There were 1,254 households, out of which 20.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.7% were
married couples
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living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.3% were non-families. 33.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.13 and the average family size was 2.70.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 16.0% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 20.2% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 34.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50 years. For every 100 females, there were 77.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 74.5 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $32,717, and the median income for a family was $39,479. Males had a median income of $31,856 versus $25,304 for females. The
per capita income
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In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
for the CDP was $17,958. About 9.6% of families and 9.7% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 17.4% of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over.
References
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Census-designated places in Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Census-designated places in Pennsylvania