Lake Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania

For other Pennsylvania townships with similar names, see Lake Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation).

Lake is a second-class township in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township's population was 5,269 at the time of the 2010 United States Census.^[7]

Lake, Pennsylvania
Second-class township
Township of Lake
Lake Ariel in the Village of Lake Ariel in the autumn.
Location in Wayne County and the state of Pennsylvania.
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
US Congressional District	PA-8
State Senatorial District	20
State House of Representatives District	111
County	Wayne
School District	Western Wayne Region II
Incorporated	1876[1]
Named after	Abundance of lakes in the area
Government
• Type	Board of Supervisors
• Board of Supervisors[2]	Supervisors Robert F. Peters Scottie J. Swingle Fredric Birmelin
• US Representative	Matt Cartwright (D)
• State Senator	Lisa Baker (R)
• State Representative	Jonathan Fritz (R)
Area [3]
• Total	29.84 sq mi (77.29 km2)
• Land	27.80 sq mi (71.99 km2)
• Water	2.04 sq mi (5.30 km2)
Elevation	1,470[4] ft (448 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	5,269
• Estimate  (2016)[5]	5,082
• Density	182.83/sq mi (70.59/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern Daylight (EDT))
Area code(s)	570
GNIS feature ID	1217220[4]
FIPS code	42-127-40936[6]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 29.8 square miles (77 km²), of which 27.8 square miles (72 km²) is land and 2.0 square miles (5.2 km²) (6.71%) is water.

Communities

The following villages are located in Lake Township:

• Avoy^[8][9]
• Gravity^[8][10]
• Lake Ariel^[8] (also called Ariel^[11])
• Maplewood^[8][12]
• Pink^[8][13]
• Tresslarville^[8](also called Tresslers Corners^[14])

• 
  Village of Gravity

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2010	5,269		—
2016 (est.)	5,082	[5]	−3.5%
U.S. Decennial Census[15]

As of the census of 2010, there were 5,269 people, 2,156 households, and 1,511 families residing in the township. The population density was 189.5 inhabitants per square mile (73.2/km²). There were 4,009 housing units at an average density of 144.2 per square mile (55.7/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 96% White, 1.6% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.7% from other races, and 1.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.9% of the population.

There were 2,156 households, out of which 21% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.7% were married couples living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.9% were non-families. 24.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the township the population was spread out, with 19% under the age of 18, 57.8% from 18 to 64, and 23.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49 years.

The median income for a household in the township was $33,887, and the median income for a family was $37,821. Males had a median income of $29,609 versus $21,406 for females. The per capita income for the township was $16,274. About 8.7% of families and 10.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.8% of those under age 18 and 12.8% of those age 65 or over.