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Wind Gap is a borough in Northampton County
Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Northampton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It was formed in 1752 from parts of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. As of 2000, the population was 267,066....
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. Wind Gap is located in the Lehigh Valley
Lehigh Valley

The Lehigh Valley, also known as the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan area and referred to locally as The Valley, is an official metropolitan region consisting of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Pennsylvania and Carbon County, Pennsylvania counties in eastern Pennsylvania and Warren County, New Jerse...
 region of the state. It is part of Pennsylvania's Slate
Slate

Slate is a fine-grained, foliation , homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcano ash through low grade regional metamorphism....
 Belt.

The population of Wind Gap was 2,812 at the 2000 census.

Gap is located at (40.846429, -75.291631).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the borough has a total area of 1.4 square mile
Square mile

The square mile is an Imperial system and US customary system of measure for an area equal to the area of a square of one mile. It should not be confused with miles square, which refers to the number of miles on each side squared....
s (3.5 kmē), of which, 1.4 square miles (3.5 kmē) of it is land and 0.73% is water.

Wind Gap is located 19 miles north of Bethlehem and 20 miles northwest of Easton at the southern base of the Blue Mountain.

Wind Gap's elevation is 755 feet above sea level.

f the census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 of 2000, there were 2,812 people, 1,221 households, and 765 families residing in the borough.






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Wind Gap is a borough in Northampton County
Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Northampton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It was formed in 1752 from parts of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. As of 2000, the population was 267,066....
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. Wind Gap is located in the Lehigh Valley
Lehigh Valley

The Lehigh Valley, also known as the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan area and referred to locally as The Valley, is an official metropolitan region consisting of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Pennsylvania and Carbon County, Pennsylvania counties in eastern Pennsylvania and Warren County, New Jerse...
 region of the state. It is part of Pennsylvania's Slate
Slate

Slate is a fine-grained, foliation , homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcano ash through low grade regional metamorphism....
 Belt.

The population of Wind Gap was 2,812 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Wind Gap is located at (40.846429, -75.291631).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the borough has a total area of 1.4 square mile
Square mile

The square mile is an Imperial system and US customary system of measure for an area equal to the area of a square of one mile. It should not be confused with miles square, which refers to the number of miles on each side squared....
s (3.5 kmē), of which, 1.4 square miles (3.5 kmē) of it is land and 0.73% is water.

Wind Gap is located 19 miles north of Bethlehem and 20 miles northwest of Easton at the southern base of the Blue Mountain.

Wind Gap's elevation is 755 feet above sea level.

Demographics

As of the census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 of 2000, there were 2,812 people, 1,221 households, and 765 families residing in the borough. The population density
Population density

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 was 2,061.8 people per square mile (798.3/kmē). There were 1,294 housing units at an average density of 948.8/sq mi (367.4/kmē). The racial makeup of the borough was 97.62% White, 0.46% African American, 0.04% Native American, 0.68% Asian, 0.53% from other races
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, and 0.68% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.60% of the population.

There were 1,221 households out of which 26.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.4% were married couples
Marriage

Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
 living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.3% were non-families. 30.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.84.

In the borough the population was spread out with 20.8% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 19.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 88.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.6 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $35,030, and the median income for a family was $46,681. Males had a median income of $36,735 versus $22,700 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
 for the borough was $21,239. About 7.2% of families and 11.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.3% of those under age 18 and 9.8% of those age 65 or over.

Public Education

The Borough is served by the Pen Argyl Area School District
Pen Argyl Area School District

Pen Argyl Area School District is a public school district located in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It serves the borough of Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania and Wind Gap, Pennsylvania; as well as Plainfield Township, Pennsylvania....
.

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