Raccoon Township is a township that is located in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,788 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.

Geography

Raccoon Township is located in southern Beaver County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 50.3 sqkm, of which 48.8 sqkm is land and 1.6 sqkm, or 3.10%, is water.

Surrounding neighborhoods

Raccoon Township has eight borders, including Potter Township to the north, Center Township to the east, Hopewell Township to the east-southeast, Independence Township to the southeast, Hanover Township to the south, Greene Township to the west, Shippingport to the northwest, and Industry to the north-northwest.

Demographics

As of the 2000 census, there were 3,397 people, 1,186 households, and 970 families residing in the township. The population density was 183.3 PD/sqmi. There were 1,227 housing units at an average density of 66.2 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the township was 98.70% White, 0.38% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.03% Asian, 0.09% from other races, and 0.65% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.71% of the population. There were 1,186 households, out of which 39.6% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 69.1% were married couples living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.2% were non-families. 15.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.2% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.15. Within the township, the population was spread out, with 27.1% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 6.1% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 30.8% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 26.7% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 9.3% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-eight years. For every one hundred females, there were 99.9 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 97.0 males. The median income for a household in the township was $53,036, and the median income for a family was $58,533. Males had a median income of $44,647 compared with that of $22,171 for females. The per capita income for the township was $19,363. Approximately 5.0% of families and 5.4% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 3.6% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 12.6% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.