Sanatoga, Pennsylvania
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Sanatoga is a community and census-designated place
Census-designated place
A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

 (CDP) in Montgomery County
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
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, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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, United States
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. It is immediately east of the borough of Pottstown, Pennsylvania on route US 422. The population was 8,378 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Sanatoga is located at 40°15′1"N 75°35′20"W (40.250252, -75.588933).

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of 3.4 square miles (8.8 km²), of which 0.29% is water.

Sanatoga is adjacent to U.S. Route 422
U.S. Route 422
U.S. Route 422 is a long spur route of US 22 split into two segments in the U.S. states of Ohio and Pennsylvania. The western spur begins in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, and ends at Ebensburg, Pennsylvania...

.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 7,734 people, 2,734 households, and 2,058 families residing in the CDP. The population density
Population density
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 was 2,265.7 people per square mile (875.7/km²). There were 2,811 housing units at an average density of 823.5/sq mi (318.3/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 85.60% White, 11.46% African American, 0.14% Native American, 0.92% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.32% from other races
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, and 1.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.51% of the population.

There were 2,734 households out of which 42.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.9% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.7% were non-families. 20.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.20.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 30.8% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 32.9% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 11.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 90.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.3 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $48,765, and the median income for a family was $55,559. Males had a median income of $44,605 versus $31,727 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the CDP was $20,816. About 9.8% of families and 10.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.5% of those under age 18 and 8.9% of those age 65 or over.
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