| Official Name: | Munster Township, Pennsylvania |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Image Map1: | Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Cambria County.svg |
| Mapsize1: | 250px |
| Map Caption1: | Location of Cambria County in Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Cambria |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated |
| Established Date1: | 1854 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 36.60 |
| Area Land Km2: | 36.42 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.17 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 14.13 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 14.06 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.07 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 690 |
| Population Density Km2: | 18.45 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 47.78 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Area Code: | 814 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2016 |
| Pop Est Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Est: | 672 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-021-52360 |
Munster Township is a township that is located in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 690 at the time of the 2010 census.[3] It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The township was perhaps named after the province of Munster in Ireland.[4]
Munster Township is located east of the center of Cambria County around the coordinates 40.45 N by 78.7 W, about 5miles east of Ebensburg, the county seat, and west-southwest of Altoona. The unincorporated community of Munster is situated in the center of the township.
U.S. Route 22, a four-lane expressway, crosses the center of the township from east to west, with one exit at the village of Munster.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Munster Township has a total area of 36.6sqkm, 36.4sqkm of which is land and 0.2sqkm, or 0.42%, of which is water.[3]
As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 675 people, 227 households, and 177 families residing in the township.
The population density was 47.8sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 240 housing units at an average density of 17.0/sq mi (6.6/km).
The racial makeup of the township was 99.56% White, 0.15% African American, and 0.30% from two or more races.
There were 227 households, out of which 37.0% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 68.7% were married couples living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.0% were non-families. 18.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.5% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.95 and the average family size was 3.38.
Within the township, the population was spread out, with 25.6% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 11.3% who were eighteen to twenty-four, 27.3% who were twenty-five to forty-four, 25.2% forty-five to sixty-four, and 10.7% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-seven years.
For every one hundred females, there were 101.5 males. For every one hundred females aged eighteen or older, there were 100.8 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $42,188, and the median income for a family was $45,000. Males had a median income of $31,667 compared with that of $19,833 for females.
The per capita income for the township was $15,762.
Approximately 4.8% of families and 6.7% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 7.4% of those who were aged sixty-five or older. No residents under the age of eighteen were impoverished.