What is the least most densely populated neighborhood/subburb/exurb of Pittsburgh? (Philadelphia: houseboats, neighborhoods)

[alastad]

Just curious

[Merge]

I would imagine Chateau would have to be one of the least populated city neighborhoods.

[Goinback2011]

Hays.

[Merge]

Originally Posted by Goinback2011

Hays.

2010 Census:

Hays: 362

Chateau: 11

[gg]

Much of West Deer would be like living in the country. It is pretty close to Pittsburgh as well. High taxes kept out growth.

[eschaton]

The densest suburban municipality in 2010 was Dormont with 11,291 ppsm. It's actually not only denser than Pittsburgh, but Philly. Only a handful of suburban boroughs outside of Philadelphia in Delaware County are denser. It might seem surprising, considering Dormont is mostly single-family houses, but the lack of any substantial non-residential areas (huge parks, hillsides, industrial zones, etc) helps a great deal.

Least dense in Allegheny County is Sewickley Heights, with 112.6 ppsm. Again not surprising, because Sewickley Heights is made up of mostly multi-acre estates, vanity farms, and open space.

In terms of city neighborhoods, as others noted, Chateau is the least populated by far. In terms of residents in 2010, all it recorded was the people who live in the two houses (here and here) people living on houseboats in the marina, and maybe a few homeless people.

The most dense city neighborhood is Central Oakland, which in 2010 had 21,742 ppsm. The reason is pretty much similar to Dormont: lots of residential units, but not much land used for anything else. Most of Pitt's campus is in North/West Oakland, very little is in Central. The decline in family size hasn't caused the area's population to decline either, because even the houses which aren't chopped up are shared by roommates. It's possible with the construction of The Empire at Centre/Craig North Oakland will overtake it in 2020. North Oakland definitely has sections which are much, much denser than Central Oakland (like the highrise zone between Neville and Bellefield) but it also has big chunks of Pitt's campus which have no residents, which causes the average to drop.

[gmagoo]

Originally Posted by gg

Much of West Deer would be like living in the country. It is pretty close to Pittsburgh as well. High taxes kept out growth.

West Deer has grown to 11,000 residents and there would likely be more if the township had easier access to the city. Neighboring Frazer twp. has 1,100 residents and we`re good with that. The tragic Mills Mall is on the northern boundary of Frazer thankfully. Here`s a list of borough, township and city millage tax rates.
Allegheny County, PA - Borough & Township Tax Millage Rates

[Copanut]

McCandless is starting to get a little too dense for me, may be looking at West Deer. All these city people are moving my way.

[PGH423]

Originally Posted by Copanut

McCandless is starting to get a little too dense for me, may be looking at West Deer. All these city people are moving my way.

What if West Deer gets too dense?!

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by Copanut

McCandless is starting to get a little too dense for me, may be looking at West Deer. All these city people are moving my way.

My neighbor told me a few months ago that Cranberry gained 1000 residents this past year and supposed to pick up 20k more by 2030. People must be flocking to these areas.