Washington Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

For other Pennsylvania townships of the same name, see Washington Township, Pennsylvania.

Washington Township
Township
Fields on Jackson School Road
Location of Washington Township in Lawrence County
Location of Lawrence County in Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 41°05′00″N 80°13′59″W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Lawrence
Established	1854
Area
• Total	16.36 sq mi (42.37 km2)
• Land	16.17 sq mi (41.87 km2)
• Water	0.19 sq mi (0.50 km2)
Highest elevation (north of Jackson School)	1,400 ft (400 m)
Lowest elevation (Neshannock Creek)	1,005 ft (306 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	711
• Estimate  (2022)	698
• Density	48.37/sq mi (18.68/km2)
Time zone	UTC-4 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (EDT)
Area code	724
FIPS code	42-073-81272

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2000	714		—
2010	799		11.9%
2020	710		−11.1%
2022 (est.)	698		−1.7%
U.S. Decennial Census

Washington Township is a township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 710 at the time of the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 799 tabulated in 2010.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 16.6 square miles (43.0 km²), of which 16.4 square miles (42.5 km²) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km²), or 1.26%, is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 714 people, 259 households, and 205 families residing in the township.

The population density was 43.5 inhabitants per square mile (16.8/km²). There were 289 housing units at an average density of 17.6/sq mi (6.8/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 99.86% White and 0.14% Asian. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.07% of the population.

There were 259 households, out of which 34.7% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 66.4% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.8% were non-families. 18.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.3% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.15.

In the township the population was spread out, with 26.1% under the age of eighteen, 8.5% from eighteen to twenty-four, 28.2% from twenty-five to forty-four, 27.6% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 9.7% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-eight years.

For every one hundred females, there were 105.8 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 106.3 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $38,365, and the median income for a family was $41,705. Males had a median income of $35,167 compared with that of $21,429 for females.

The per capita income for the township was $16,270.

Roughly 9.3% of families and 9.7% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 12.6% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 2.5% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

Education

The Wilmington Area School District serves the township.

Transportation

Major roads and highways

• US 19
• PA 168
• PA 208