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Allegheny County

Population in July 2007: 4,569. Population change since 2000: -7.6%
 

Males: 2,140  (46.8%)
Females: 2,429  (53.2%)
Median resident age:  37.9 years
Pennsylvania median age:  38.0 years

Zip codes: 15084.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $32,600 (it was $26,895 in 2000)
Tarentum  $32,600
Pennsylvania:  $48,576

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $63,800 (it was $47,200 in 2000)
Tarentum  $63,800
Pennsylvania:  $155,000

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Races in Tarentum:

  • White Non-Hispanic (93.3%)
  • Black (3.6%)
  • Two or more races (1.4%)
  • Hispanic (0.9%)
  • American Indian (0.7%)

2008 cost of living index in Tarentum: 85.4 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (28.4%), Irish (17.3%), Italian (15.3%), Polish (13.0%), Slovak (9.9%), English (7.1%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated on 03/07/1842

Elevation: 768 feet

Land area: 1.24 square miles.

Population density: 3670 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Tarentum

  • High school or higher: 87.2%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.1%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.9%
  • Unemployed: 6.7%
  • Mean travel time to work: 22.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Tarentum borough

  • Never married: 32.1%
  • Now married: 45.1%
  • Separated: 1.8%
  • Widowed: 8.5%
  • Divorced: 12.5%

99 residents are foreign born

This city:  2.0%
Pennsylvania:  4.1%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Tarentum:  1.9% ($901)
Pennsylvania:  1.6% ($1,552)
Tarentum satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Pittsburgh, PA (18.9 miles , pop. 334,563).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (319.5 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Brackenridge borough, PA (1.0 miles ), Arnold, PA (1.9 miles ), New Kensington, PA (2.4 miles ), Lower Burrell, PA (2.7 miles ), Harrison Township, PA (2.7 miles ), Springdale borough, PA (4.6 miles ), Cheswick borough, PA (5.2 miles ), Russellton, PA (5.6 miles ).

Latitude: 40.60 N, Longitude: 79.76 W


People in group quarters in Tarentum
  • 23 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 11 people in homes for the mentally ill
  • 7 people in nursing homes
  • 3 people in homes for the mentally retarded

Area code: 724

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Population change in the 1990s: -687 (-12.1%).


Historical population

Historical housing units


Most common industries for males:
  • Construction (15%)
  • Metal and metal products (13%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
  • Health care (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
  • Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (18%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
  • Personal and laundry services (5%)
  • Social assistance (5%)
  • Finance and insurance (4%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
  • Carpenters (8%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
  • Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (3%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Registered nurses (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)


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Crime in Tarentum by Year
Type 2001 2002 2003 2004
Murders 0010
    per 100,000 0.00.020.50.0
Rapes 1000
    per 100,000 20.00.00.00.0
Robberies 6314
    per 100,000 120.159.820.582.9
Assaults 74314
    per 100,000 140.179.861.4290.2
Burglaries 40174126
    per 100,000 800.8339.0838.6538.9
Thefts 1411206943
    per 100,000 2822.82392.81411.3891.2
Auto thefts 1121144
    per 100,000 220.2418.7286.482.9
Arson 2110
    per 100,000 40.019.920.50.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9) 266.7186.8197.4162.9

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 10 (7 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  1.53
US city average:  3.00

Average climate in Tarentum, Pennsylvania

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Tarentum-area historical tornado activity is near Pennsylvania state average. It is 0% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/3/1980, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 3.7 miles away from the Tarentum city center injured 140 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.

On 5/31/1985, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 8.3 miles away from the city center killed 9 people and injured 120 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.


Tarentum topographic map

Birthplace of: Evelyn Nesbit - (1884-1967) model, actress.


Hospitals/medical centers near Tarentum:
  • UPMC ST MARGARET (about 14 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA)
  • LIFECARE HOSPITALS OF PITTSBURGH INC (about 14 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA)
  • CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE (about 17 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Tarentum:
  • ALLEGHENY COUNTY (about 21 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; ID: AGC)
  • PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL (about 33 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; ID: PIT)
  • ARNOLD PALMER REGIONAL (about 34 miles; LATROBE, PA; ID: LBE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Tarentum:
  • ROCK (about 5 miles; TARENTUM, PA; ID: 9G1)
  • PITTSBURGH-MONROEVILLE (about 11 miles; MONROEVILLE, PA; ID: 4G0)
  • MC VILLE (about 15 miles; FREEPORT, PA; ID: P37)

Amtrak station near Tarentum:
  • 20 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.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Tarentum:
  • CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (about 18 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; Full-time enrollment: 7,903)
  • ART INSTITUTE PITTSBURGH (about 20 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 2,246)
  • UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-MAIN CAMPUS (about 22 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 22,930)
  • COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY (about 22 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 9,058)
  • DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY (about 22 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 8,199)
  • POINT PARK COLLEGE (about 22 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 2,189)
  • ROBERT MORRIS COLLEGE (about 29 miles; MOON TOWNSHIP, PA; FT enrollment: 3,426)
Public elementary/middle school in Tarentum:

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Notable location: Woodlawn Golf Course (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Church in Tarentum: Saints Peter and Paul Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Cemeteries: Sacred Heart Cemetery (1), Saint Clemens Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Creek: Bull Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Park in Tarentum: Riverview Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Tourist attraction: Alle-Kiski Historical Society (Museums; 224 East 7th Avenue).

 

Average household size:
This city:  2.3 people
Pennsylvania:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  60.2%
Whole state:  67.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  6.6%
Whole state:  5.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  15.6%
Whole state:  11.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  6.5%
Whole state:  5.1%

Tarentum compared to Pennsylvania state average:

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  • Median house value below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in above state average.
  • House age significantly above state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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Banks with branches in Tarentum (2007 data):
  • First Commonwealth Bank: Tarentum Branch at 331 East Sixth Street, branch established on 1934-03-13; Pittsburgh Mills Office Branch at 2000 Pittsburgh Mills Blvd, branch established on 2005-07-14. Info updated 2006-10-04: Bank assets: $5,983.0 mil, Deposits: $4,327.9 mil, headquarters in Indiana, PA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 111 total offices, Holding Company: First Commonwealth Financial Corporation
  • PNC Bank, National Association: Pittsburgh Mills Branch at 2010 Pittsburgh Mills Boulevard, branch established on 2005-08-09. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $90,142.4 mil, Deposits: $65,279.9 mil, headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 836 total offices, Holding Company: Pnc Financial Services Group, Inc., The
  • First National Bank of Pennsylvania: Tarentum Branch at 306 E Sixth Avenue, branch established on 1986-06-30. Info updated 2006-07-26: Bank assets: $5,843.0 mil, Deposits: $4,385.2 mil, headquarters in Greenville, PA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 160 total offices, Holding Company: F.N.b. Corporation



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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Water Supply 8$22,335$33,5030$0
Streets and Highways 7$19,151$32,8300$0
Other and Unallocable 4$10,660$31,9804$1,846
Police Protection - Officers 8$32,958$49,4378$2,719
Electric Power 2$10,729$64,3740$0
Other Government Administration 2$6,549$39,29410$1,384
Financial Administration 2$4,641$27,8461$190
Totals for Government 33$107,023$38,91723$6,139



Tarentum government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Solid Waste Management: $327,000
    All Other: $231,000
    Parking Facilities: $55,000
  • Construction - Regular Highways: $20,000
    Electric Utilities: $17,000
    Parks & Recreation: $7,000
    Sewerage: $4,000
    Water Utilities: $3,000
  • Current Operations - General - Other: $2,216,000
    Water Utilities: $584,000
    Police Protection: $521,000
    Regular Highways: $462,000
    Central Staff Services: $232,000
    Solid Waste Management: $126,000
    General Public Buildings: $107,000
    Financial Administration: $78,000
    Housing & Community Development: $56,000
    Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $55,000
    Fire Protection: $45,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $31,000
    Parking Facilities: $22,000
    Parks & Recreation: $10,000
    Libraries: $8,000
  • Employee Retirement - Total Cash & Deposits: $1,873,000
    Benefit Payments: $37,000
    Interest Revenue: $22,000
    From Other Government: $8,000
    From Local Government: $2,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $169,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $1,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $3,121,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $2,959,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $162,000
  • Miscellaneous - Special Assessments: $2,200,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $90,000
    Interest Earnings: $20,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $53,000
    General - Other: $23,000
    Parks & Recreation: $7,000
    Electric Utilities: $1,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $349,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $818,000
  • Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $12,000
  • State Intergovernmental - All Other: $118,000
    Highways: $88,000
    General Support: $4,000
    Housing & Community Development: $4,000
  • Tax - Property: $460,000
    Individual Income: $190,000
    NEC: $119,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $1,278,000

3.69% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($47,896 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  3.69%
Pennsylvania average:  4.99%

0.21% of residents moved from foreign countries ($718 average AGI)
Allegheny County:  0.21%
Pennsylvania average:  0.12%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Westmoreland County, PA  0.37% ($34,528 average AGI)
from Washington County, PA  0.24% ($42,283)
from Butler County, PA  0.18% ($113,869)


4.31% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($54,428 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.31%
Pennsylvania average:  5.08%

0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($706 average AGI)
Allegheny County:  0.08%
Pennsylvania average:  0.05%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Westmoreland County, PA  0.39% ($46,000 average AGI)
to Washington County, PA  0.30% ($59,215)
to Butler County, PA  0.27% ($62,261)


Strongest AM radio stations in Tarentum:
  • KDKA (1020 AM; 50 kW; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WGBN (1150 AM; 1 kW; NEW KENSINGTON, PA; Owner: PENTECOSTAL TEMPLE DEVELOPMENT CORP.)
  • WPGR (1510 AM; 5 kW; MONROEVILLE, PA; Owner: MCL/ MCM- INC.)
  • WAVL (910 AM; 5 kW; APOLLO, PA; Owner: EVANGEL HEIGHTS ASSEMBLY OF GOD)
  • WPIT (730 AM; 5 kW; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
  • WKHB (620 AM; 6 kW; IRWIN, PA; Owner: BROADCAST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WJAS (1320 AM; 6 kW; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: RENDA BROADCASTING CORP. OF NEVADA)
  • WBGG (970 AM; 5 kW; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WPTT (1360 AM; 5 kW; MCKEESPORT, PA; Owner: RENDA BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF NEVADA)
  • KQV (1410 AM; 5 kW; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: CALVARY, INC.)
  • WEAE (1250 AM; 5 kW; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WWVA (1170 AM; 53 kW; WHEELING, WV; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WWCS (540 AM; 5 kW; CANONSBURG, PA; Owner: BIRACH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Tarentum:
  • WZPT (100.7 FM; NEW KENSINGTON, PA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WSHH (99.7 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: RENDA B/CING CORP. OF NEVADA)
  • WLTJ (92.9 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: WPNT, INC.)
  • WJJJ (104.7 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WDSY-FM (107.9 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WDVE (102.5 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WWSW-FM (94.5 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WQED-FM (89.3 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: WQED MULTIMEDIA)
  • WRWJ (88.1 FM; MURRYSVILLE, PA; Owner: HE'S ALIVE, INCORPORATED)
  • WRRK (96.9 FM; BRADDOCK, PA; Owner: WPNT INC)
  • WORD-FM (101.5 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
  • WPTS-FM (92.1 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: UNIV. OF PITTSBURGH COMMONWEALTH SYS)
  • WKST-FM (96.1 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WXDX-FM (105.9 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WBZZ (93.7 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WOGI (98.3 FM; DUQUESNE, PA; Owner: KEYMARKET LICENSES, LLC)
  • WSSZ (107.1 FM; GREENSBURG, PA; Owner: MCL/MCM-INC.)
  • WDUQ (90.5 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY)
  • WYEP-FM (91.3 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: PITTSBURGH COMM. B/CING. CORP.)
  • WLER-FM (97.7 FM; BUTLER, PA; Owner: WBUT, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Tarentum:
  • WCWB (Channel 22; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: WCWB LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WPCB-TV (Channel 40; GREENSBURG, PA; Owner: CORNERSTONE TELEVISION, INC.)
  • WPXI (Channel 11; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: WPXI-TV HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WBGN-LP (Channel 59; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: BRUNO GOODWORTH NETWORK, INC.)
  • WPTG-LP (Channel 69; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: ABACUS TELEVISION)
  • WQEX (Channel 16; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: WQED MULTIMEDIA)
  • W65CG (Channel 65; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WTAE-TV (Channel 4; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: WTAE HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC. (CA CORP.))
  • KDKA-TV (Channel 2; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: CBS BROADCASTING INC.)
  • WPGH-TV (Channel 53; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: WPGH LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WQED (Channel 13; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: WQED MULTIMEDIA)
  • W61CC (Channel 61; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: THE VIDEOHOUSE, INC.)
  • WBPA-LP (Channel 29; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: VENTURE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, LLC)
  • WIIC-LP (Channel 29; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: ABACUS TELEVISION)
  • WBYD-CA (Channel 35; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: BENJAMIN PEREZ)
  • W25AX (Channel 25; KITTANNING, PA; Owner: TURNPIKE TELEVISION)
  • W63AU (Channel 63; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: THE BON-TELE NETWORK, INC.)
  • W60BL (Channel 60; BUTLER, PA; Owner: TURNPIKE TELEVISION)
  • WBOA-LP (Channel 64; KITTANNING, PA; Owner: ABACUS TELEVISION)


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