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Demographics

People

Total Population	6,640
Male Share of the Population	47.9%
Female Share of the Population	52.1%
Senior Citizens	14.3%
Employed Population 16+	3,651
Age of the Population	38

Families

% of people married	43.4%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	42.2%
Median Earnings25+	$41,433
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$28,672
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$38,644

Wealth

Median Family Income	$79,604
% Above Poverty Level	93.1%
% Below Poverty Level	6.9%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	23 minutes
% Working from Home	1.1%
% Walking and Biking to Work	2.2%
% Using Public Transportation	5.4%

Housing

People Living Alone	40.2%
Median Gross Rent	$805
Median House Value	$128,400

Ancestry

Irish	31.8%
Italian	14.9%
Polish	9.9%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	6.9%
English	5.6%
Slovak	3.1%
Ukrainian	2.3%
Czech	2.2%
Croatian	1.9%
Hungarian	1.8%
Swedish	1.7%
Welsh	1.5%
Scottish	1.2%
French Except Basque	0.9%
Greek	0.7%
Arab	0.7%
Canadian	0.6%
Lithuanian	0.5%
Russian	0.4%
Lebanese	0.4%
Portuguese	0.4%
Palestinian	0.3%
Dutch	0.3%
Luxemburger	0.3%
Iranian	0.3%
Swiss	0.2%
Austrian	0.2%
Brazilian	0.2%
Romanian	0.2%
West Indian	0.1%
Jamaican	0.1%
African	0.1%
Syrian	0.1%
German	0.1%
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West View Almanac

Category	Value
County	Allegheny County
Standard Zip Codes	15229
Phone Area Codes	412
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	40.52
Approximate Longitude	-80.04

West View Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	BAKERSTOWN 3 WNW
Distance	9.2 miles
Jan Temp	17 to 36 F
Apr Temp	37 to 61 F
Jul Temp	60 to 83 F
Oct Temp	41 to 64 F
Annual Precip	39 inches

Station	MCKEESPORT
Distance	15.8 miles
Jan Temp	20 to 37 F
Apr Temp	38 to 62 F
Jul Temp	62 to 85 F
Oct Temp	41 to 64 F
Annual Precip	37.7 inches

Station	MONTGOMERY LOCK & DAM
Distance	20.3 miles
Jan Temp	19 to 35 F
Apr Temp	37 to 61 F
Jul Temp	62 to 83 F
Oct Temp	42 to 63 F
Annual Precip	37.1 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Avalon	4,626	$80,882
Bellevue	8,196	$68,750
Ben Avon	1,865	$116,607
Ben Avon Heights	343	$178,750
Emsworth	2,541	$79,000
Millvale	3,636	$44,423

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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