Elim is an unincorporated community and

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(CDP) in

Upper Yoder Township Upper Yoder Township is a township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,449 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography The township is located in the s ...

, Cambria County,

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, United States. The population was 3,727 at the 2010 census, down from 4,175 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Elim is located in southwestern Cambria County at (40.299124, -78.939873), in the eastern part of Upper Yoder Township. It is bordered by Westmont and Southmont to the north and by Ferndale and the city of Johnstown to the east. Elim is situated on heights rising more than above the valley of the Stonycreek River. According to the

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, the Elim CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.55%, is water. File:Elimites.jpg, Residents File:2017 Reunion Picture.jpg, 2017 reunion File:2024 Reunion 1.jpg, 2024 Reunion_1 File:2024 Reunion 2.jpg, 2024 Reunion_2 File:2024 Reunion 3.jpg, 2024 Reunion_3 File:Unofficial Mayor of Elim.jpg

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 4,175 people, 1,580 households, and 1,072 families living in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,669 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.11%

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, 0.79%

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, 0.10% Native American, 0.55% Asian, 0.07%

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, 0.10% from other races, and 0.29% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.35% of the population. There were 1,580 households, out of which 23.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.2% were

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living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.1% were non-families. 29.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.79. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 16.6% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 27.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.8 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $36,484, and the median income for a family was $48,496. Males had a median income of $30,794 versus $27,188 for females. The

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for the CDP was $18,345. About 6.8% of families and 7.7% of the population were below the

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, including 9.3% of those under age 18 and 9.3% of those age 65 or over.

References

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