Westmoreland County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 40.5. This is worse than average.
Lead (Pb) [µ/m3] level in 2009 was 0.0476. This is significantly worse than average. Closest monitor was 8.6 miles away from the city center.
Carbon Monoxide (CO) [ppm] level in 2010 was 0.194. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 9.2 miles away from the city center.
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2010 was 4.55. This is significantly worse than average. Closest monitor was 9.2 miles away from the city center.
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) [ppb] level in 2010 was 9.15. This is about average. Closest monitor was 9.2 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 17.9. This is better than average. Closest monitor was 8.3 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 12.4. This is worse than average. Closest monitor was 9.2 miles away from the city center.
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 15.6%
Average household size:
| This borough: | 2.4 people | | Pennsylvania: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This borough: | 69.5% | | Whole state: | 67.5% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This borough: | 4.0% | | Whole state: | 5.0% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Seward, PA
15 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Seward compared to Pennsylvania state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- House age significantly above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Banks with branches in Seward (2011 data):
- Ameriserv Financial Bank: Seward Branch at #1 Roadway Plaza, branch established on 1976/11/01. Info updated 2010/05/21: Bank assets: $952.1 mil, Deposits: $816.6 mil, headquarters in Johnstown, PA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 18 total offices, Holding Company: Ameriserv Financial, Inc
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (88%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Utility gas (2%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania:
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Religion statistics for Seward (based on Westmoreland County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 64.19%
| Here |  | 64.2% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | United Methodist Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Presbyterian Church (USA) | United Church of Christ |
| Adherents | 55.4% | 12.2% | 9.9% | 6.5% | 2.1% |
| Congregations | 16.2% | 18.1% | 11.9% | 10.7% | 6.0% |
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| Name | Christian and Missionary Alliance | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | Jewish | American Baptist Churches in the USA | Other |
| Adherents | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 9.4% |
| Congregations | 2.9% | 2.4% | 0.7% | 2.9% | 28.2% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 54 | This county: | 1.49 / 10,000 pop. | | Pennsylvania: | 2.04 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 5 | Westmoreland County: | 0.14 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.09 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 17 | Westmoreland County: | 0.47 / 10,000 pop. | | Pennsylvania: | 0.88 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 111 | This county: | 3.06 / 10,000 pop. | | Pennsylvania: | 2.52 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 246 | Westmoreland County: | 6.79 / 10,000 pop. | | Pennsylvania: | 7.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Here: | 8.7% | | Pennsylvania: | 9.1% |
Adult obesity rate: | Here: | 23.9% | | Pennsylvania: | 27.2% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | Westmoreland County: | 12.9% | | State: | 11.5% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Police Protection - Officers |
1 | $1,904 | $22,848 | 4 | $2,890 |
| Totals for Government |
1 | $1,904 | $22,848 | 4 | $2,890 |
Seward government finances in 2002:
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $25,000 ($50.51)
General - Other: $14,000 ($28.28)
General Public Buildings: $10,000 ($20.20)
Regular Highways: $8,000 ($16.16)
Central Staff Services: $3,000 ($6.06)
Financial Administration: $3,000 ($6.06)
Fire Protection: $2,000 ($4.04)
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,000 ($2.02)
Solid Waste Management: $1,000 ($2.02)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $5,000 ($10.10)
Interest Earnings: $2,000 ($4.04)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $35,000 ($70.71)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $12,000 ($24.24)
All Other: $1,000 ($2.02)
- Tax - Property: $26,000 ($52.53)
Individual Income: $11,000 ($22.22)
NEC: $10,000 ($20.20)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $22,000 ($44.44)
3.65% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($41,651 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 3.65% | | Pennsylvania average: | 4.99% |
0.03% of residents moved from foreign countries ($283 average AGI)| Westmoreland County: | 0.03% | | Pennsylvania average: | 0.12% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
4.00% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($37,782 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.00% | | Pennsylvania average: | 5.08% |
0.02% of residents moved to foreign countries ($191 average AGI)| Westmoreland County: | 0.02% | | Pennsylvania average: | 0.05% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Seward:
- WCCS (1160 AM; 10 kW; HOMER CITY, PA; Owner: RENDA RADIO, INC.)
- WLYE (850 AM; 10 kW; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: FOREVER OF JOHNSTOWN, INC.)
- KDKA (1020 AM; 50 kW; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WVSC (990 AM; 10 kW; SOMERSET, PA; Owner: FOREVER OF JOHNSTOWN, INC.)
- WCRO (1230 AM; 1 kW; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: GREATER JOHNSTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- WNTJ (1490 AM; 1 kW; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WAVL (910 AM; 5 kW; APOLLO, PA; Owner: EVANGEL HEIGHTS ASSEMBLY OF GOD)
- WKHB (620 AM; 6 kW; IRWIN, PA; Owner: BROADCAST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WZSK (1040 AM; daytime; 10 kW; EVERETT, PA; Owner: NEW MILLENNIUM COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.)
- WWVA (1170 AM; 53 kW; WHEELING, WV; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WYSN (1330 AM; 5 kW; SOMERSET, PA; Owner: DAME BROADCASTING, LLC)
- WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)
- WFBG (1290 AM; 5 kW; ALTOONA, PA; Owner: FOREVER OF PA, LLC)
Strongest FM radio stations in Seward:
- WQEJ (89.7 FM; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: WQED MULTIMEDIA)
- WFRJ (88.9 FM; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
- WKYE (95.5 FM; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: FOREVER OF JOHNSTOWN, INC.)
- WQKK (92.1 FM; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: DAME BROADCASTING, LLC)
- WMTZ (96.5 FM; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WGLU (99.1 FM; EBENSBURG, PA; Owner: DAME BROADCASTING, LLC)
- WBXQ (94.7 FM; CRESSON, PA; Owner: SOUNDS GOOD, INC.)
- WMAJ-FM (104.9 FM; HOLLIDAYSBURG, PA; Owner: FOREVER OF PA, LLC)
- WLCY (106.3 FM; BLAIRSVILLE, PA; Owner: LONGO MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- W294AE (106.7 FM; ALTOONA, PA; Owner: THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY)
- W267AC (101.3 FM; ALTOONA, PA; Owner: ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN NETWORK)
- WPCL (97.3 FM; NORTHERN CAMBRIA, PA; Owner: HE'S ALIVE INCORPORATED)
- WAYC (100.9 FM; BEDFORD, PA; Owner: CESSNA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WCCL (101.7 FM; CENTRAL CITY, PA; Owner: DAME BROADCASTING, LLC)
- WBVE (107.5 FM; BEDFORD, PA; Owner: CESSNA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WFGY (98.1 FM; ALTOONA, PA; Owner: FOREVER OF PA, LLC)
- WPRR (100.1 FM; ALTOONA, PA; Owner: VITAL LICENSES, LLC)
- WKYE-FM1 (95.5 FM; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: WINSTON RADIO CORPORATION)
- WALY (103.9 FM; BELLWOOD, PA; Owner: FOREVER OF JOHNSTOWN, INC.)
- WHPA (93.5 FM; BARNESBORO, PA; Owner: VERNAL ENTERPRISES INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Seward:
- WJAC-TV (Channel 6; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: WPXI-TV HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WLLS-LP (Channel 49; INDIANA, PA; Owner: LARRY L. SCHRECONGOST)
- WNPA (Channel 19; JEANNETTE, PA; Owner: VIACOM STATIONS GROUP OF PITTSBURGH INC.)
- WTAE-TV (Channel 4; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: WTAE HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC. (CA CORP.))
- WCWB (Channel 22; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: WCWB LICENSEE, LLC)
- WWCP-TV (Channel 8; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: PEAK MEDIA OF PA LICENSEE LLC)
- WPCB-TV (Channel 40; GREENSBURG, PA; Owner: CORNERSTONE TELEVISION, INC.)
Seward fatal accident list:
Mar 6, 2008 10:37 PM, Sr-711, Lat: 40.411878, Lon: -79.020050, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 3, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 2, Drunken drivers: 1
Sep 7, 1991 04:25 AM, 711, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Jul 12, 1975 10:20 PM, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 9, Fatalities: 1
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 3 - 10th Street At Fire Station (Lat: 40.413139 Lon: -79.023361), Call Sign: KGE273
Assigned Frequencies: 33.5200 MHz, 33.7000 MHz, 33.9400 MHz Grant Date: 12/20/2000, Expiration Date: 01/25/2011
Registrant: Seward Vol Fire Co & Relief Association, Box 183, Seward, PA 15954, Phone: (814) 446-5428 - Seward Generating Station (Lat: 40.407028 Lon: -79.033083), Call Sign: KGY732, Licensee ID: L00288741
Assigned Frequencies: 48.4800 MHz Grant Date: 12/12/2000, Expiration Date: 01/03/2011, Cancellation Date: 03/06/2002, Certifier: Steven F Lux
Registrant: Felhc, Inc., 76 South Main Street, Akron, OH 44308, Phone: (330) 384-5498, Fax: (330) 761-7203 - Seward Generating Sta (Lat: 40.407028 Lon: -79.033083), Call Sign: KQB905, Licensee ID: L00377101
Assigned Frequencies: 153.530 MHz Grant Date: 01/26/1998, Expiration Date: 01/26/2003, Cancellation Date: 08/29/2001, Certifier: Ross Bridwell
Registrant: Reliant Resources Inc., Houston, TX 77210, Phone: (713) 207-3943, Fax: (713) 207-9575, Email:
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1 - STATION, Penelec Generating Station (Lat: 40.407556 Lon: -79.033361), Structure height: 22.9 m, Overall height: 25.9 m, Call Sign: KGA82
Assigned Frequencies: 6605.00 MHz, 6645.00 MHz Grant Date: 08/24/2000, Expiration Date: 10/03/2010, Cancellation Date: 11/22/2002, Certifier: Steven F Lux
Registrant: Fehlc, Inc., 76 South Main Street, Akron, OH 44308, Phone: (330) 384-5498, Fax: (330) 761-7203, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 10 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Seward)
| Most common first names in Seward, PA among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| John | 33 | 75.9 years |
| Mary | 31 | 79.3 years |
| George | 21 | 74.5 years |
| Charles | 18 | 74.2 years |
| William | 17 | 70.7 years |
| James | 16 | 69.4 years |
| Robert | 16 | 73.2 years |
| Dorothy | 12 | 71.8 years |
| Thomas | 12 | 72.5 years |
| Joseph | 12 | 73.2 years |
| Most common last names in Seward, PA among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Ressler | 14 | 69.6 years |
| Stiles | 10 | 75.4 years |
| Brown | 9 | 76.4 years |
| Kelly | 8 | 69.7 years |
| Jones | 8 | 72.5 years |
| Walker | 7 | 65.6 years |
| Fox | 7 | 76.3 years |
| Boring | 7 | 70.1 years |
| Bouch | 7 | 75.4 years |
| Stutzman | 7 | 73.1 years |
- #18 on the list of "Top 100 safest cities (lowest city-data.com crime index)"
- #100 (15954) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of Carpatho Rusyn first ancestries (pop 1,000+)"
- #20 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2006"
- #25 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest lead air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m3)"
- #27 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that keep firearms around their homes"
- #38 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m3)"
- #59 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"
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