Taylor Township is a

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Blair County Blair County is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 122,822. Its county seat is Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, Holli ...

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, United States. It is part of the

Altoona, PA Altoona ( ) is a city in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 43,963 at the time of the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Altoona metropolitan area, which includes all of Blair County and was recorded as hav ...

Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,296 at the 2020 census.

General information

*ZIP code: 16673 *Area code: 814 *Local telephone exchange: 224

Geography

Taylor Township is located along the southern border of Blair County; Bedford County is to the south. The township completely surrounds the borough of Roaring Spring. The township's western border follows the ridgecrest of

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and Short Mountain, then curves to the east along the crest of Loop Mountain. Unincorporated places in the township include East Sharpsburg, Dumb Hundred, and Ore Hill. According to the

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, the township has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

According to the

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of 2000, there were 2,239 people, 852 households, and 685 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 909 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 98.84%

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, 0.22%

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, 0.13% Asian, 0.18% from other races, and 0.63% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.36% of the population. There were 852 households, out of which 30.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.3% were

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living together, 5.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.5% were non-families. 17.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 2.95. In the township the population was spread out, with 22.6% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 27.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 106.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.5 males. The median income for a household in the township was $41,635, and the median income for a family was $45,795. Males had a median income of $30,368 versus $23,438 for females. The

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for the township was $18,260. About 0.9% of families and 3.0% of the population were below the

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, including 3.0% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.

Recreation

A portion of Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 147 is located on

.https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/advanced-viewer/ The National Map, retrieved November 14, 2018Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 147
retrieved November 14, 2018

References

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