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Population (year 2000): 22,464. Estimated
population in July 2005: 21,236 (-5.5% change)
Males: 10,601 (47.2%), Females: 11,863 (52.8%)
Allegheny County
Zip codes:
15122.
Median resident age: 42.2 years
Median household income: $36,130 (year 2000)
Median house value: $70,200 (year 2000)
Races in West Mifflin:
- White Non-Hispanic (89.3%)
- Black (8.8%)
- Two or more races (0.8%)
- Hispanic (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (23.6%), Slovak (16.1%),
Irish (15.2%), Italian (11.8%), Polish (10.9%), English (8.3%).
Elevation: 1100 feet
Land area: 14.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in West Mifflin
- High school or higher: 84.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.1%
- Unemployed: 6.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in West Mifflin borough
- Never married: 24.3%
- Now married: 55.5%
- Separated: 1.7%
- Widowed: 10.8%
- Divorced: 7.7%
0.8% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -1,387 (-5.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near West Mifflin:
- UNIV OF PITTSBURGH MED CNTR BRADDOCK (about 4 miles;
BRADDOCK, PA)
- UPMC MCKEESPORT HOSPITAL (about 4 miles; MC
KEESPORT, PA)
- CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE (about 5 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to West
Mifflin:
- ALLEGHENY COUNTY (about 2 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; ID:
AGC)
- PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL (about 24 miles;
PITTSBURGH, PA; ID: PIT)
- ARNOLD PALMER REGIONAL (about 36 miles; LATROBE, PA;
ID: LBE)
Other public-use airports nearest to West Mifflin:
- INTER COUNTY (about 10 miles; IRWIN, PA; ID: 31D)
- PITTSBURGH-MONROEVILLE (about 11 miles; MONROEVILLE,
PA; ID: 4G0)
- FINLEYVILLE AIRPARK (about 12 miles; FINLEYVILLE,
PA; ID: G05)
Amtrak station near West Mifflin:
- 9 miles: PITTSBURGH (1100 LIBERTY AVE.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
vending machines, ATM, free short-term parking, paid
long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for
taxi service, intercity bus service, public transit
connection.
College/University in West Mifflin:
- PITTSBURGH INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS
(Full-time enrollment: 422; Location: 5 ALLEGHENY COUNTY
AIRPORT; Private, not-for-profit; Website:
WWW.PIAINFO.ORG)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
West Mifflin:
- CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (about 7 miles;
PITTSBURGH, PA; Full-time enrollment: 7,903)
- ART INSTITUTE PITTSBURGH (about 8 miles; PITTSBURGH,
PA; FT enrollment: 2,246)
- POINT PARK COLLEGE (about 9 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,189)
- UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-MAIN CAMPUS (about 10
miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 22,930)
- DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY (about 10 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA;
FT enrollment: 8,199)
- COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY (about 11
miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 9,058)
- CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 21
miles; CALIFORNIA, PA; FT enrollment: 5,183)
Public high school in West Mifflin:
- WEST MIFFLIN AREA HS (Students: 1,104;
Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in West Mifflin:
- WILSON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 478;
Location: 1900 CLAIRTON RD; Grades: PK - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in West Mifflin:
- WEST MIFFLIN AREA MS (Students: 809; Grades:
06 - 08)
- HOMEVILLE EL SCH (Students: 583; Grades: KG -
05)
- NEW EMERSON EL SCH (Students: 300; Grades: KG
- 05)
- NEW ENGLAND EL SCH (Students: 258; Grades: KG
- 05)
- CLARA BARTON EL SCH (Students: 247; Grades:
KG - 05)
Private primary/middle schools in West Mifflin:
- JAMES LAVELLE CATHOLIC SCHOOL (Students: 202;
Location: 1 MAJKA DRIVE; Grades: KG - 8)
- ST AGNES SCHOOL (Students: 164; Location: 653
ST AGNES LANE; Grades: KG - 8)
- WALNUT GROVE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 128;
Location: 44 ADAMS AVE; Grades: KG - 7)
- CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH N S KDG (Students:
114; Location: 120 ANBORN DRIVE; Grades: PK - KG)
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