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Population (year 2000): 451. Estimated
population in July 2005: 432 (-4.2% change)
Males: 209 (46.3%), Females: 242 (53.7%)
Zip code:
15428
Median resident age: 37.7 years
Median household income: $27,500 (year 2000)
Median house value: $47,700 (year 2000)
Races in Dawson:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.8%)
Ancestries: German (29.3%), Irish (9.3%), United
States (8.6%), English (7.3%), Dutch (7.1%), Italian (6.2%).
Land area: 0.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Dawson
- High school or higher: 76.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.4%
- Unemployed: 6.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 31.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Dawson borough
- Never married: 22.6%
- Now married: 57.1%
- Separated: 0.8%
- Widowed: 8.9%
- Divorced: 10.6%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -84 (-15.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Dawson:
- HIGHLANDS HOSPITAL (about 6 miles; CONNELLSVILLE,
PA)
- UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL (about 12 miles; UNIONTOWN, PA)
- FRICK HOSPITAL (about 12 miles; MOUNT PLEASANT, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Dawson:
- ARNOLD PALMER REGIONAL (about 24 miles; LATROBE, PA;
ID: LBE)
- ALLEGHENY COUNTY (about 28 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA;
ID: AGC)
- MORGANTOWN MUNI-WALTER L. BILL HART FLD (about 34
miles; MORGANTOWN, WV; ID: MGW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Dawson:
- CONNELLSVILLE (about 7 miles; CONNELLSVILLE, PA; ID:
VVS)
- W.P.H.S. (about 10 miles; MOUNT PLEASANT, PA; ID:
P99)
- MOUNT PLEASANT/SCOTTDALE (about 10 miles; MOUNT
PLEASANT, PA; ID: P45)
Amtrak stations near Dawson:
- 6 miles: CONNELLSVILLE (FRONT & WATER STS.).
Services: enclosed waiting area, public payphones, free
short-term parking, call for taxi service, public
transit connection.
- 20 miles: GREENSBURG (HARRISON AVE.). Services:
enclosed waiting area, public payphones, free short-term
parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Dawson:
- WESTMORELAND COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 15
miles; YOUNGWOOD, PA; Full-time enrollment: 3,223)
- CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 17
miles; CALIFORNIA, PA; FT enrollment: 5,183)
- CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (about 35 miles;
PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 7,903)
- WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY (about 35 miles;
MORGANTOWN, WV; FT enrollment: 19,666)
- ART INSTITUTE PITTSBURGH (about 36 miles;
PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 2,246)
- POINT PARK COLLEGE (about 36 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,189)
- UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-MAIN CAMPUS (about 37
miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 22,930)
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