Sugar Notch, Pennsylvania

Sugar Notch, Pennsylvania
Borough
Sugar Notch, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Luzerne
Incorporated	1867
Government
• Type	Borough Council
• Mayor	William Davis
Area
• Total	1.1 sq mi (2.8 km²)
• Land	1.1 sq mi (2.8 km²)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km²)
Population (2010)
• Total	989
• Density	910/sq mi (350/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Zip code	18706
Area code(s)	570

Sugar Notch is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 989 at the 2010 census.^[1]

Geography

Sugar Notch is located at (41.196149, -75.930448).^[2]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census^[5] of 2000, there were 1,023 people, 417 households, and 288 families residing in the borough. The population density was 1,002.8 people per square mile (387.2/km²). There were 459 housing units at an average density of 449.9 per square mile (173.7/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 99.41% White, 0.10% Asian, 0.10% from other races, and 0.39% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.29% of the population.

There were 417 households out of which 25.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.9% were married couples living together, 16.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.9% were non-families. 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the borough the population was spread out with 19.5% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 21.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 92.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.2 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $33,125, and the median income for a family was $38,906. Males had a median income of $30,430 versus $21,563 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $15,902. About 8.0% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.5% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.

References

^ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Sugar Notch borough, Pennsylvania". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990".
^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014". Retrieved June 4, 2015.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
^ ^a ^b "American FactFinder".
^ "Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012". Population Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 11 December 2013.

Municipalities and communities of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States

County seat: Wilkes-Barre

Cities	Hazleton Nanticoke Pittston Wilkes-Barre

Boroughs	Ashley Avoca Bear Creek Village Conyngham Courtdale Dallas Dupont Duryea Edwardsville Exeter Forty Fort Freeland Harveys Lake Hughestown Jeddo Kingston Laflin Larksville Laurel Run Luzerne Nescopeck New Columbus Nuangola Penn Lake Park Plymouth Pringle Shickshinny Sugar Notch Swoyersville Warrior Run West Hazleton West Pittston West Wyoming White Haven Wyoming Yatesville

Townships	Bear Creek Black Creek Buck Butler Conyngham Dallas Dennison Dorrance Exeter Fairmount Fairview Foster Franklin Hanover Hollenback Hunlock Huntington Jackson Jenkins Kingston Lake Lehman Nescopeck Newport Pittston Plains Plymouth Rice Ross Salem Slocum Sugarloaf Union Wilkes-Barre Wright

CDPs	Beech Mountain Lakes Browntown Chase East Berwick Georgetown Glen Lyon Hickory Hills Hilldale Hudson Huntington Mills Inkerman Mocanaqua Mountain Top Nuremberg‡ Pikes Creek Plains Shavertown Sheatown Silkworth Trucksville Upper Exeter Wanamie West Nanticoke Weston

Unincorporated communities	Back Mountain Breslau Cranberry Drifton Drums Ebervale Glen Summit Springs Harwood Humboldt Japan Kis-Lyn Koonsville Korn Krest Kunkle Milnesville Mossville Mountain Grove Old Boston Port Griffith Sandy Run Stockton Suscon Sweet Valley Sybertsville Tomhicken Wapwallopen Waterton

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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