Huston Township is an American township which is located in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. The population was 1,264 at the time of the 2020 census.[2]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 63.7 square miles (165 km2), of which 63.6 square miles (165 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) (0.05%) is water.
As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 1,468 people, 607 households, and 417 families residing in the township.
The population density was 23.1 people per square mile (8.9/km2). There were 985 housing units at an average density of 15.5/sq mi (6.0/km2).
The racial makeup of the township was 99.66% White, 0.07% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, and 0.20% from two or more races.
There were 607 households, out of which 31.0% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 55.4% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.3% were non-families. 26.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.93.
In the township, the population was spread out, with 23.4% under the age of eighteen, 6.8% from eighteen to twenty-four, 30.0% from twenty-five to forty-four, 23.8% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 15.9% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-eight years.
For every one hundred females, there were 101.1 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 96.5 males.
Penfield Presbyterian Church on a 1907 postcard. The church building was still standing in 2007[5]
The median income for a household in the township was $32,614, and the median income for a family was $40,000. Males had a median income of $29,946 compared with that of $19,118 for females.
Roughly 6.4% of families and 9.8% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 14.3% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 9.5% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.
