Lake Latonka, Pennsylvania facts for kids

Lake Latonka is a special community located in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. It's known as a census-designated place, or CDP. This means it's an area that the government counts for population, but it's not an officially incorporated town or city.

Lake Latonka is built around the beautiful Lake Latonka reservoir. In 2020, about 951 people lived here. It is also part of the larger Hermitage micropolitan area.

Who Lives in Lake Latonka?

Population Numbers and Ages

According to the 2020 census, there were 951 people living in Lake Latonka. There were also 346 families and 610 housing units. The average age of people in this community was about 55.5 years old.

Many residents are older adults. About 28.9% of the people were 65 years old or older. This group included:

• 19.1% who were between 65 and 74 years old
• 9.1% who were between 75 and 84 years old
• 0.7% who were 85 years old or even older

Different Backgrounds and Cultures

Lake Latonka is mostly a community of White people, making up 96.5% of the population. There are also smaller groups of African American (0.1%) and Asian (0.5%) residents. About 2.7% of the people were from two or more racial backgrounds.

People of Hispanic or Latino heritage made up 1% of the population.

Many families in Lake Latonka have roots from different parts of the world. The most common backgrounds include:

• 19.6% German
• 17.4% English
• 14.4% Italian
• 13.3% Irish
• 8.0% Scotch-Irish
• 5.7% French
• 5.1% Polish
• 3.2% Hungarian

Most people in Lake Latonka speak English at home. However, about 2.1% of the population speaks other languages, mainly Asian and Pacific Islander languages. About 1.1% of the people living in Lake Latonka were born in another country.

See also

In Spanish: Lake Latonka para niños