Treasure Lake is a

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(CDP) in Clearfield County,

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, United States. The population was 5,460 at the 2020 census. Treasure Lake is a semi-private,

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centered around its namesake.

Geography

Treasure Lake is located in the northwestern corner of Clearfield County at (41.168088, -78.721111). It is an unincorporated community within Sandy Township and is bordered to the north by Jefferson and

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counties. The city of DuBois is by road south of the center of the community. The Treasure Lake community is built around two reservoirs. In the center is Treasure Lake, a water body with three outlets: Wolf Run to the northwest, a tributary of Narrows Creek to the east, and Gravel Lick Run to the south. Bimini Lake, an impoundment on Gravel Lick Run, is in the southern part of the community. All of the lakes' outflows eventually lead to

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, part of the

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basin. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 6.82%, is water.

Demographics

As of the 2020 census, there were 5,460 people. As of the

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of 2010, there were 3,861 people, 1,495 households, and 1,192 families residing in the CDP. The

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was . There were 2,034 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.5%

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, 0.3%

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, 0.0% American Indian and

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, 2.0% Asian, 0.2% from other races, and 1.0% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.8% of the population. There were 1,495 households, out of which 32% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.4% were

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living together, 5.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.3% were non-families. 16.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 2.88. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 22.7% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 21.1% from 25 to 44, 35% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.05 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.6 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $66,950, and the median income for a family was $74,541. Males had a median income of $55,170 versus $36,047 for females. The

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for the CDP was $31,543. About 0.9% of families and 2.4% of the population were below the

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, including 1.4% of those under age 18 and 0.0% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

Treasure Lake Property Owners Association
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