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Population (year 2000): 2,386. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,269 (-4.9% change)
Males: 1,087 (45.6%), Females: 1,299 (54.4%)
Zip code:
15656
Median resident age: 42.7 years
Median household income: $27,434 (year 2000)
Median house value: $59,500 (year 2000)
Races in Leechburg:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.9%)
- Black (1.3%)
- Two or more races (1.0%)
- Hispanic (0.7%)
Ancestries: German (25.3%), Italian (20.3%),
Irish (12.4%), English (9.2%), Polish (8.2%), Hungarian (6.5%).
Land area: 0.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Leechburg
- High school or higher: 82.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.0%
- Unemployed: 4.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Leechburg borough
- Never married: 24.4%
- Now married: 45.1%
- Separated: 1.4%
- Widowed: 16.5%
- Divorced: 12.5%
2.6% Foreign born (1.8% Europe, 0.7% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: -128 (-5.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Leechburg:
- ALLE-KISKI MEDICAL CENTER (about 9 miles; NATRONA
HEIGHTS, PA)
- ARMSTRONG COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 15 miles;
KITTANNING, PA)
- FORBES REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 18 miles;
MONROEVILLE, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Leechburg:
- ARNOLD PALMER REGIONAL (about 29 miles; LATROBE, PA;
ID: LBE)
- ALLEGHENY COUNTY (about 29 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA;
ID: AGC)
- PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL (about 44 miles;
PITTSBURGH, PA; ID: PIT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Leechburg:
- MC VILLE (about 8 miles; FREEPORT, PA; ID: P37)
- ROCK (about 15 miles; TARENTUM, PA; ID: 9G1)
- PITTSBURGH-MONROEVILLE (about 17 miles; MONROEVILLE,
PA; ID: 4G0)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Leechburg:
- WESTMORELAND COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 27
miles; YOUNGWOOD, PA; Full-time enrollment: 3,223)
- CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (about 28 miles;
PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 7,903)
- ART INSTITUTE PITTSBURGH (about 30 miles;
PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 2,246)
- POINT PARK COLLEGE (about 30 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,189)
- COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY (about 32
miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 9,058)
- UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-MAIN CAMPUS (about 33
miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 22,930)
- DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY (about 33 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA;
FT enrollment: 8,199)
Public high school in Leechburg:
- LEECHBURG AREA HS (Students: 261; Grades: 09
- 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Leechburg:
- ALLEGHENY-HYDE PARK EL SCH (Students: 682;
Grades: KG - 06)
- DAVID LEECH EL SCH (Students: 425; Grades: KG
- 05)
- LEECHBURG AREA MS (Students: 204; Grades: 06
- 08)
Library in Leechburg:
- LEECHBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$12,026; Location: 215 FIRST ST.; 11,222 books; 50 audio
materials; 111 serial subscriptions)
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