Upper Burrell township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Land area: 15.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 2,240 (all rural)
| Males: 1,132 |  (50.5%) |
| Females: 1,108 |  (49.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 2,240 (1,933 owner occupied, 307 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 14% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Upper Burrell township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.0%
- Black: 2.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.0%
- Asian: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 40.1
Median age of females: 40.2
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Average household size: 2.62
| Upper Burrell township: | 2.6 people |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.01
| Upper Burrell township: | $51,531 |
| Pennsylvania: | $52,007 |
| Here: | $508 |
| State: | $675 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $139,800 (it was $87,600 in 2000)
| : | $139,800 |
| Pennsylvania: | $164,200 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $167,059
Here: $167,059 State: $221,511
Townhouses or other attached units: $185,183
Here: $185,183 State: $157,348
In 2-unit structures: $75,527
Here: $75,527 State: $141,335
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $179,945
Here: $179,945 State: $186,490
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $125,290
Here: $125,290 State: $212,799
Mobile homes: $45,055
Here: $45,055 State: $45,445
| Population density: 148 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 6.4% |
| Whole state: | 11.0% |
| This township: | 3.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Upper Burrell township: Merwin Compressor Station (A), Oak Hill Golf Course (B), Upper Burrell Township Fire Company (C), Alcoa Fire Department / Alcoa Medic 141 (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Church in Upper Burrell township: First Baptist Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Bethesda Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
78% of Upper Burrell township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2022
- Northeast: 84
- Midwest: 62
- South: 41
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 723
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 11
- 10 to 19: 3
- 20 to 49: 30
- Mobile homes: 122
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,600
Housing units in Upper Burrell township with a mortgage: 343 (50 second mortgage, 58 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 196
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Construction (12%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Bus drivers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Upper Burrell township:
- German (27.5%)
- Irish (14.7%)
- Polish (14.1%)
- Italian (13.1%)
- English (8.2%)
- Slovak (5.7%)
- United States or American (3.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 907 (85%)
- Carpooled: 96 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (1%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 3 (0%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 40 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (55%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (26%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
96.3% of residents of Upper Burrell township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,240- In family households: 1,984 (558 male householders, 90 female householders)
561 spouses, 720 children (671 natural, 27 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 19 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 256 (101 male householders (74 living alone)), 98 female householders (92 living alone)), 57 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 293 2-persons, 153 3-persons, 130 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 166 1-person, 23 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 6 4-persons,
413 married couples with children.
74 single-parent households (18 men, 56 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 60
| Here: | 25.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 18
| Here: | 11.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 2.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |