Highland Park, Pennsylvania
General information
- ZIP Code: 17044
- Area Code: 717
- Local Phone Exchanges: 242, 247, 248
- School District: Mifflin County School District
Geography
Highland Park is located at 40°37′10″N 77°33′58″W / 40.61944°N 77.56611°W (40.619420, -77.566009).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km), all of it land.
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
2020 | 1,317 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census |
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,446 people, 594 households, and 374 families residing in the CDP.
The population density was 1,958.7 inhabitants per square mile (756.3/km). There were 624 housing units at an average density of 845.3 per square mile (326.4/km).
The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.20% White, 0.35% African American, 0.41% Asian, 0.62% from other races, and 0.41% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.04% of the population.
There were 594 households, out of which 22.6% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 53.2% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.9% were non-families. 33.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.0% had someone living alone who was sity-five years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.81.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 18.5% under the age of eighteen, 4.6% from eighteen to twenty-four, 21.4% from twenty-five to forty-four, 25.9% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 29.5% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-nine years.
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For every one hundred females, there were 78.7 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 73.2 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $38,125, and the median income for a family was $46,000. Males had a median income of $33,015 compared with that of $28,819 for females.
The per capita income for the CDP was $19,422.
Roughly 4.7% of families and 6.2% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 9.0% of those who were under the age of eighteen. No one who was aged sixty-five or older was living in poverty.
Notable people
Jazz musician Billy Eckstine was born in Highland; there is a State Historical Marker at the house where he grew up, 5913 Bryant Street, Highland Park.