Burnside is a

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that is located in Clearfield County,

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, United States. The population was 188 at thetime of the 2020 census.

Geography

Burnside is located in southwestern Clearfield County along the West Branch Susquehanna River. It is bordered on the north, east, and south by Burnside Township and on the west by Indiana County. U.S. Route 219 passes through the borough, leading north to DuBois and south to Ebensburg. According to the

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, Burnside has a total area of , of which is land and , or 3.16%, is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 283 people, 102 households, and seventy-nine families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 115 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 100.00%

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. There were 102 households, out of which 35.3% had children who were under the age of eighteen living with them, 61.8% were

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living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.6% were non-families. 17.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.8% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.10. Within the borough, the population was spread out, with 25.1% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 8.8% from who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 27.9% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 25.8% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 12.4% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-seven years. For every one hundred females, there were 106.6 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 100.0 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $21,818, and the median income for a family was $22,031. Males had a median income of $25,833 compared with that of $12,250 for females. The

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for the borough was $9,993. Approximately 22.2% of families and 27.2% of the population were living below the

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, including 48.5% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 4.4% of those who were sixty-five or older.

References

{{authority control Populated places established in 1874 Boroughs in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania 1874 establishments in Pennsylvania