Pleasant Gap is a
census-designated placeA census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...
(CDP) in
Centre CountyCentre County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 153,990....
,
PennsylvaniaThe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
,
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. It is part of the
State College, PennsylvaniaState College is the largest borough in Centre County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is the principal city of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Centre County. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 42,034, and roughly double...
Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,611 at the 2000 census.
Geography
Pleasant Gap is located at 40°52′1"N 77°44′37"W (40.866926, -77.743539).
According to the
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, the CDP has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km²), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the
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of 2000, there were 1,611 people, 724 households, and 469 families residing in the CDP. The
population densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 1,020.1 people per square mile (393.7/km²). There were 749 housing units at an average density of 474.3/sq mi (183.0/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.63% White, 0.25% African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.25% Asian, 0.25% Pacific Islander, 0.19% from
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, and 0.31% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.56% of the population.
There were 724 households out of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.6% were
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living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.1% were non-families. 28.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.75.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 20.2% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 32.3% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 96.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.7 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $43,797, and the median income for a family was $47,132. Males had a median income of $31,304 versus $22,820 for females. The
per capita incomePer capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the CDP was $17,747. About 6.7% of families and 10.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.1% of those under age 18 and 8.4% of those age 65 or over.
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