Highland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 12.2 square miles (31.5 km²), of which 12.1 square miles (31.4 km²) is land and 0.039 square miles (0.1 km²), or 0.29%, is water.[3]

As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 825 people, 317 households, and 244 families residing in the township.

The population density was 68.0 inhabitants per square mile (26.3/km²). There were 330 housing units at an average density of 27.2 per square mile (10.5/km²).

The racial makeup of the township was 97.33% White, 0.12% African American, 0.61% Asian, 0.12% Pacific Islander, 0.61% from other races, and 1.21% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.45% of the population.

There were 317 households, out of which 30.9% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 66.2% were married couples living together, 5.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.0% were non-families. 18.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the township the population was spread out, with 23.2% under the age of eighteen, 6.3% from eighteen to twenty-four, 27.6% from twenty-five to forty-four, 29.3% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 13.6% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-one years.

For every one hundred females, there were 98.3 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 96.3 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $50,066, and the median income for a family was $55,694. Males had a median income of $35,188 compared with that of $27,500 for females.

The per capita income for the township was $21,834.

Roughly 1.7% of families and 4.1% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 5.5% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 3.6% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

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