Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (PA)

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• • 326,10493.5%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 7,4532.1%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 6,9542.0%Two or more races
  • 4,4841.3%Hispanic or Latino
  • 3,2580.9%Asian alone
  • 6050.2%Some other race alone
  • 410.01%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $189,889

Here:	$189,889
State:	$255,931

Townhouses or other attached units: $183,104

Here:	$183,104
State:	$201,403

In 2-unit structures: $78,069

Here:	$78,069
State:	$189,304

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $113,346

Here:	$113,346
State:	$200,358

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $138,590

Here:	$138,590
State:	$294,099

Mobile homes: $107,331

Here:	$107,331
State:	$62,605

Health of residents in Westmoreland County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2019:

Health of residents in Westmoreland County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $2,364 (1.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $2,084 (1.3%)

Area name: Pittsburgh, PA HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Westmoreland County is $601 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $719 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $894 a month.

Cities in this county include: Murrysville, Municipality of Murrysville, Greensburg, New Kensington, Lower Burrell, Jeannette, Latrobe, Monessen, Arnold, Vandergrift.

2018 air pollution in Westmoreland County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.027 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 6.1 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Hunterdon County, New Jersey , Pershing County, Nevada , Plumas County, California , Logan County, Illinois , Lewis County, Missouri , Nemaha County, Nebraska .

Current college students: 14,834
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 94.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 29.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 5,134 (62.2% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 8942010 or later
• 1,1612000 to 2009
• 1,4251990 to 1999
• 6491980 to 1989
• 7821970 to 1979
• 2,465Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 25.4 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 64.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 130,580
• One, attached: 7,848
• Two: 6,176
• 3 or 4: 3,884
• 5 to 9: 4,397
• 10 to 19: 3,876
• 20 to 49: 2,754
• 50 or more: 2,920
• Mobile homes: 8,423

Housing units in Westmoreland County with a mortgage: 61,409 (448 second mortgage, 7,246 home equity loan, 111 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 54,697

Religion statistics for Westmoreland County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Westmoreland County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Pennsylvania Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4506-PA: March 30, 2020, FEMA Id: 4506, Natural disaster type: Other
• Pennsylvania Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: January 22, 2016 to January 23, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4267: March 23, 2016, FEMA Id: 4267, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Pennsylvania Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3356: October 29, 2012, FEMA Id: 3356, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Pennsylvania Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms, Incident Period: February 05, 2010 to February 11, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1898: April 16, 2010, FEMA Id: 1898, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Pennsylvania Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3235: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3235, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Pennsylvania Tropical Depression Ivan, Incident Period: September 17, 2004 to October 01, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1557: September 19, 2004, FEMA Id: 1557, Natural disaster type: Tropical Depression
• Pennsylvania Snowstorm, Incident Period: February 14, 2003 to February 19, 2003, Emergency Declared EM-3180: March 14, 2003, FEMA Id: 3180, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm
• Pennsylvania Flooding, Incident Period: January 19, 1996 to February 01, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1093: January 21, 1996, FEMA Id: 1093, Natural disaster type: Flood
• Pennsylvania Blizzard, Incident Period: January 06, 1996 to January 12, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1085: January 13, 1996, FEMA Id: 1085, Natural disaster type: Blizzard
• Pennsylvania Winter Storm, Severe Storm, Incident Period: January 04, 1994 to February 25, 1994, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1015: March 10, 1994, FEMA Id: 1015, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Storm
• 7 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated from other counties between 2010 and 2011.1,000 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated from other counties in Pennsylvania.
10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated from other states.

3.99% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($47,397 average adjusted gross income)

0.01% of residents moved to foreign countries ($158 average AGI)

Westmoreland County:	0.01%
Pennsylvania average:	0.04%

2.60% relocated to other counties in Pennsylvania ($26,082 average AGI)
1.37% relocated to other states ($21,158 average AGI)

Westmoreland County:	1.37%
Pennsylvania average:	2.27%

to Allegheny County, PA	1.33% ($36,372 average AGI)
to Fayette County, PA	0.30% ($36,068)
to Washington County, PA	0.17% ($44,635)
to Armstrong County, PA	0.17% ($34,070)
to Indiana County, PA	0.14% ($43,253)
to Butler County, PA	0.10% ($73,456)
to Cambria County, PA	0.06% ($41,400)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.3
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 8.7

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 12.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2007 to 2018: 5.2

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Westmoreland County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 80,882 (24,291 living alone), Female householders: 74,265 (27,485 living alone)

• 74,069 spouses (73,946 opposite-sex spouses), 8,756 unmarried partners, (8,574 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 84,235 children (79,216 natural, 2,622 adopted, 2,397 stepchildren), 5,043 grandchildren, 1,744 brothers or sisters, 2,500 parents, 224 foster children, 2,587 other relatives, 6,761 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 7,833

Size of family households: 50,661 2-persons, 19,905 3-persons, 16,047 4-persons, 5,250 5-persons, 2,187 6-persons, 687 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 51,776 1-person, 7,987 2-persons, 399 3-persons, 215 4-persons, 33 7-or-more-persons.

42,090 married couples with children.
16,269 single-parent households (5,677 men, 10,592 women).

97.3% of residents of Westmoreland speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $2,319,713,000 ($6,292 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $92,263,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $1,072,910,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $721,199,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $6,503,000
Federal grants: $370,354,000
Federal procurement contracts: $67,291,000 ($42,645,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $81,455,000 ($15,204,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,141,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $97,827,000
Federal Government insurance: $103,263,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	+7 per 1000 residents
State:	-2 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 40.41 millions of gallons per day (2% from ground, 98% from surface)

• Year house built in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
• 3,1972014 or later
• 1,8342010 to 2013
• 8,9852000 to 2009
• 14,0971990 to 1999
• 15,0761980 to 1989
• 25,7351970 to 1979
• 23,7001960 to 1969
• 29,9141950 to 1959
• 14,3601940 to 1949
• 33,9601939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
• 3821 room
• 312 rooms
• 1,5983 rooms
• 7,4134 rooms
• 19,3915 rooms
• 26,8096 rooms
• 20,6527 rooms
• 17,5238 rooms
• 22,3079+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
• 1,5881 room
• 1,8192 rooms
• 6,4753 rooms
• 9,1884 rooms
• 8,3245 rooms
• 6,4016 rooms
• 2,8917 rooms
• 1,4828 rooms
• 8739+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
• 382no bedroom
• 2,7881 bedroom
• 20,0372 bedrooms
• 63,9383 bedrooms
• 24,6024 bedrooms
• 4,3595+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
• 1,807no bedroom
• 9,5801 bedroom
• 16,5622 bedrooms
• 8,7953 bedrooms
• 1,6924 bedrooms
• 6055+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Westmoreland County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 2,981no vehicle
• 34,3151 vehicle
• 51,4042 vehicles
• 19,3833 vehicles
• 5,7024 vehicles
• 2,3215+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Westmoreland County in renter-occupied apartments
• 9,766no vehicle
• 18,5931 vehicle
• 8,2812 vehicles
• 1,8393 vehicles
• 3464 vehicles
• 2165+ vehicles

91.1% of Westmoreland County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Pennsylvania.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 303,932
• Other state: 38,902
• Northeast: 7,622
• Midwest: 10,216
• South: 15,463
• West: 5,601

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 8,071
• Number of aged recipients: 571
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 7,500
• Number of recipients under 18: 1,249
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 5,541
• Number of recipients older than 64: 1,281
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 2,757
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 3,819

Westmoreland County on our top lists:

• #13 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #13 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #18 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #21 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #22 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Mainline Protestant congregations"
• #22 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Mainline Protestant congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #22 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox congregations"
• #26 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011"
• #40 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic congregations"
• #41 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #43 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #49 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that exercised in the past month"
• #49 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #49 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Mainline Protestant adherents"
• #49 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Mainline Protestant adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #50 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest average weight of females"
• #51 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011"
• #55 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #68 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #69 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that drank alcohol in the past 30 days"