New Boston-Morea, Pennsylvania facts for kids
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New Boston-Morea
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 New Boston-Morea
Location in Pennsylvania
New Boston-Morea
Location in the United States
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| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Schuylkill |
| Township | Mahanoy |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.5 sq mi (1.2 km2) |
| • Land | 0.4 sq mi (1.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
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| • Total | 441 |
| • Density | 950/sq mi (368/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes |
17948
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New Boston-Morea (pronounced "Maria") used to be a special kind of community called a census-designated place (CDP). It was located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. In the year 2000, about 441 people lived there. This area used the same zip code as Mahanoy City, which is 17948.
Later, for the 2020 census, New Boston-Morea was divided into two separate CDPs. These new places are now known as Morea and New Boston.
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Where is New Boston-Morea?
New Boston-Morea was located at specific geographic coordinates: 40.791189 degrees North and -76.167412 degrees West. You can find this spot on a map using 40°47′28″N 76°10′3″W / 40.79111°N 76.16750°W.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the entire area of the CDP was about 0.5 square miles (1.2 square kilometers). Most of this area, about 0.4 square miles (1.1 square kilometers), was land. The rest, about 0.1 square miles (0.1 square kilometers), was water. This means about 10.64% of the area was covered by water.
Who Lived There?
In the year 2000, the census counted 441 people living in New Boston-Morea. There were 177 different households, and 124 of these were families. The area had about 1,054 people per square mile (407 people per square kilometer). There were also 197 housing units, which means homes or apartments, with about 471 units per square mile (182 units per square kilometer).
Most of the people living there, about 99.32%, were White. A small number were Native American (0.45%) or Asian (0.23%).
Households and Families
About 26% of the households in New Boston-Morea had children under 18 living with them. More than half, about 55.4%, were married couples living together. About 8.5% of households had a female head of the house without a husband present. The remaining 29.4% were not families.
About 26.6% of all households had only one person living in them. And 13% of these single-person households were people aged 65 or older. On average, each household had about 2.49 people, and each family had about 3.02 people.
Age and Income
The people in New Boston-Morea had different ages:
- 20.9% were under 18 years old.
- 7.5% were between 18 and 24 years old.
- 27.0% were between 25 and 44 years old.
- 26.3% were between 45 and 64 years old.
- 18.4% were 65 years or older.
The average age of people in New Boston-Morea was 40 years old. For every 100 females, there were about 106 males. If you looked only at adults aged 18 and over, there were about 105 males for every 100 females.
The average income for a household was $32,054 per year. For families, the average income was $38,462 per year. Men generally earned more, with an average income of $26,818, while women earned about $21,250. The average income per person in the CDP was $15,243.
About 7.3% of families and 9.9% of all people in New Boston-Morea lived below the poverty line. This included 10.3% of those under 18 and 10.0% of those aged 65 or older.
See also
In Spanish: New Boston-Morea para niños
