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Population (year 2000): 3,083. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,948 (-4.4% change)
Males: 1,429 (46.4%), Females: 1,654 (53.6%)
Westmoreland County
Zip code:
15089
Median resident age: 41.5 years
Median household income: $25,912 (year 2000)
Median house value: $66,000 (year 2000)
Races in West Newton:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.1%)
- Black (1.1%)
- Two or more races (0.8%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (25.8%), English (15.8%),
Irish (12.0%), Italian (11.4%), United States (7.2%), Slovak
(6.2%).
Elevation: 800 feet
Land area: 1.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in West Newton
- High school or higher: 81.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.0%
- Unemployed: 4.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 40.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in West Newton borough
- Never married: 25.6%
- Now married: 52.3%
- Separated: 3.2%
- Widowed: 12.0%
- Divorced: 7.0%
1.2% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -164 (-5.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near West Newton:
- UPMC MCKEESPORT HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; MC
KEESPORT, PA)
- MONONGAHELA VALLEY HOSPITAL INC (about 11 miles;
MONONGAHELA, PA)
- JEANNETTE DISTRICT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 14
miles; JEANNETTE, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to West
Newton:
- ALLEGHENY COUNTY (about 15 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA;
ID: AGC)
- ARNOLD PALMER REGIONAL (about 26 miles; LATROBE, PA;
ID: LBE)
- PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL (about 37 miles;
PITTSBURGH, PA; ID: PIT)
Other public-use airports nearest to West Newton:
- ROSTRAVER (about 4 miles; MONONGAHELA, PA; ID: FWQ)
- INTER COUNTY (about 9 miles; IRWIN, PA; ID: 31D)
- GREENSBURG JEANNETTE REGIONAL (about 16 miles;
JEANNETTE, PA; ID: 5G8)
Amtrak stations near West Newton:
- 17 miles: GREENSBURG (HARRISON AVE.). Services:
enclosed waiting area, public payphones, free short-term
parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.
- 18 miles: CONNELLSVILLE (FRONT & WATER STS.).
Services: enclosed waiting area, public payphones, free
short-term parking, call for taxi service, public
transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
West Newton:
- WESTMORELAND COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 14
miles; YOUNGWOOD, PA; Full-time enrollment: 3,223)
- CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 14
miles; CALIFORNIA, PA; FT enrollment: 5,183)
- CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (about 21 miles;
PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 7,903)
- ART INSTITUTE PITTSBURGH (about 22 miles;
PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 2,246)
- POINT PARK COLLEGE (about 23 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,189)
- UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-MAIN CAMPUS (about 24
miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 22,930)
- DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY (about 24 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA;
FT enrollment: 8,199)
Public primary/middle school in West Newton:
- WEST NEWTON EL SCH (Students: 254; Grades: KG
- 05)
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