Ellsworth, Pennsylvania facts for kids

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Borough
Borough Building in 2015
Location of Ellsworth in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Ellsworth Location in Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Washington
Established	1900
Area
• Total	0.76 sq mi (1.96 km2)
• Land	0.74 sq mi (1.91 km2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.04 km2)
Population  (2020)
• Total	945
• Density	1,278.76/sq mi (493.65/km2)
Time zone	UTC-4 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (EDT)
ZIP code	15331
Area code(s)	724

Ellsworth is a small town, also called a borough, located in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. In 2020, a count of all the people living there, called a census, showed that 947 people lived in Ellsworth.

Ellsworth was once a busy coal town. This means it was a community built around coal mining. It was started by a man named James Ellsworth. He bought the land in the 1890s. He also helped build the Monongahela Railway to transport coal. Later, in the 1920s, he sold the mines to a big company called Bethlehem Steel.

About Ellsworth's Location

Ellsworth is found at these coordinates: 40°6′21″N 80°1′14″W / 40.10583°N 80.02056°W / 40.10583; -80.02056. This helps pinpoint its exact spot on a map.

The United States Census Bureau is a government group that collects information about places. They say that Ellsworth covers a total area of about 0.8 square miles (2.1 square kilometers). Most of this area, about 0.7 square miles (1.8 square kilometers), is land. A small part, about 0.04 square miles (0.1 square kilometers), is water.

People in Ellsworth

The number of people living in Ellsworth has changed over the years. Here's how the population has looked during different census counts:

In the year 2000, there were 1,083 people living in Ellsworth. These people lived in 484 different homes, called households. About 291 of these households were families.

The population density was about 1,468 people per square mile (567 people per square kilometer). This tells us how many people live in each area. There were also 528 housing units, which are places where people can live.

Most of the people in Ellsworth were White (96.03%). A smaller number were African American (2.31%), Asian (0.09%), or from other backgrounds. About 1.48% of people were from two or more races. Less than 1% (0.65%) were Hispanic or Latino.

Households and Families

In 2000, about 23.8% of the households in Ellsworth had children under 18 living there. About 44.8% of households were married couples living together. About 12.2% were homes where a woman was the head of the household without a husband present. Nearly 40% (39.7%) were not families.

Many households (36.8%) had only one person living in them. About 20.7% of these single-person households were people aged 65 or older. On average, each household had about 2.22 people. Families, on average, had about 2.91 people.

Age Groups

The ages of people in Ellsworth varied:

• 20.6% were under 18 years old.
• 7.8% were between 18 and 24 years old.
• 26.6% were between 25 and 44 years old.
• 24.0% were between 45 and 64 years old.
• 21.0% were 65 years or older.

The median age was 41 years. This means half the people were younger than 41 and half were older. For every 100 females, there were about 92.4 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were about 88.6 males.

Income Information

In 2000, the median household income was $31,477. This is the middle income for all households. The median income for families was $40,385.

Males generally earned more, with a median income of $35,764. Females had a median income of $20,221. The average income per person in the borough was $17,159.

About 5.5% of families and 9.4% of all people lived below the poverty line. This means their income was below a certain level considered necessary for basic needs. This included 6.3% of those under 18 and 14.7% of those aged 65 or older.

See also

In Spanish: Ellsworth (Pensilvania) para niños