Downtown West Newton
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Demographics

West Newton, located 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Pittsburgh, is a
borough in Westmoreland County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
Formerly, the manufacture of radiators and boilers were the chief
industries. In 1900, the people living here numbered 2,467. In 1910,
2,880 people lived here. The population was 3,083 at the 2000 census.

As of the census of 2000, there were 3,083 people, 1,318 households,
and 830 families residing in the borough. The population density was
2,717.5 people per square mile (1,053.4/km²). There were 1,410 housing
units at an average density of 1,242.8/sq mi (481.8/km²). The racial
makeup of the borough was 97.50% White, 1.14% African American,
0.16% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.16% from other races, and
0.81% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were
0.42% of the population.

There were 1,318 households out of which 26.4% had children under
the age of 18 living with them, 47.1% were married couples living
together, 12.1% had a female householder with no husband present,
and 37.0% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up
of individuals and 20.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years
of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average
family size was 2.98.

In the borough the population was spread out with 21.3% under the
age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to
64, and 21.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was
42 years. For every 100 females there were 86.4 males. For every 100
females age 18 and over, there were 83.5 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $25,912, and
the median income for a family was $41,063. Males had a median
income of $36,386 versus $22,727 for females. The per capita income
for the borough was $16,406. About 7.5% of families and 10.5% of the
population were below the poverty line, including 13.3% of those
under age 18 and 10.7% of those age 65 or over.
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