West Finley Township is a township in

Washington County, Pennsylvania Washington County is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 209,349. Its county seat is Washington, Pe ...

, United States. The population was 813 at the 2020 census.

History

The Crawford Covered Bridge, Danley Covered Bridge, Erskine Covered Bridge, and Longdon L. Miller Covered Bridge are listed on the

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Geography

According to the

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

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 951 people, 338 households, and 267 families living in the township. The

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was . There were 374 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 98.84%

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, 0.11% Native American, 0.21% Asian, and 0.84% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.21% of the population. There were 338 households, out of which 36.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.4% were married couples living together, 3.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.0% were non-families. 16.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.16. In the township the population was spread out, with 27.2% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 26.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 110.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.7 males. The median income for a household in the township was $38,333, and the median income for a family was $41,204. Males had a median income of $32,262 versus $19,722 for females. The

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for the township was $14,888. About 8.0% of families and 12.3% of the population were below the

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, including 13.8% of those under age 18 and 11.0% of those age 65 or over.

References

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