West Deer township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Land area: 29.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 11,563 (68% urban, 32% rural)
| Males: 5,642 |  (48.8%) |
| Females: 5,921 |  (51.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 11,473 (10,290 owner occupied, 1,183 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 10% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in West Deer township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.6%
- Black: 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.3%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 38.8
Median age of females: 39.3
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Average household size: 2.62
| West Deer township: | 2.6 people |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.04
| West Deer township: | $51,424 |
| Pennsylvania: | $52,007 |
| Here: | $622 |
| State: | $675 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $127,500 (it was $83,500 in 2000)
| : | $127,500 |
| Pennsylvania: | $164,200 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $169,434
Here: $169,434 State: $221,511
Townhouses or other attached units: $140,609
Here: $140,609 State: $157,348
In 2-unit structures: $118,355
Here: $118,355 State: $141,335
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $109,962
Here: $109,962 State: $186,490
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $160,502
Here: $160,502 State: $212,799
Mobile homes: $29,891
Here: $29,891 State: $45,445
| Population density: 399 people per square mile | (high). |
| This township: | 9.4% |
| Whole state: | 11.0% |
| This township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Russellton, Curtisville, Bairdford.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in West Deer township: West Deer Township Volunteer Fire Department 3 Station 290 (A), West Deer Township Ambulance Service (B), West Deer Township Volunteer Fire Department 2 Station 289 (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in West Deer township include: Saint Andrew the Apostle Byzantine Catholic Church (A), East Union United Presbyterian Church (B), Deer Creek United Presbyterian Church (C), Deer Creek Church (D), Bull Creek Church (E), East Union Church (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Transfiguration Cemetery (1), Bull Creek Cemetery (2), Saint Nichols Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: West Deer Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: West Branch Deer Creek (A), Dawson Run (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in West Deer township: Deer Lakes County Regional Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map
67% of West Deer township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 287
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 99
- South: 6
- West: 3
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $275,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
65 people in nursing homes
25 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 255
- One, attached: 17
- Two: 14
- 3 or 4: 16
- 5 to 9: 37
- 10 to 19: 11
- Mobile homes: 34
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,800
Housing units in West Deer township with a mortgage: 30 (0 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 28
- Construction (15%)
- Wood products (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Health care (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (16%)
- Public administration (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Textile mills and textile products (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Postsecondary teachers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (13%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Deer township:
- Finnish (36.2%)
- German (13.0%)
- Irish (8.6%)
- Polish (8.3%)
- Italian (5.4%)
- English (4.8%)
- French (except Basque) (3.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 132 (78%)
- Carpooled: 22 (13%)
- Walked: 6 (4%)
- Worked at home: 10 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (43%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Wood (19%)
- Utility gas (9%)
- Electricity (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
65 people in nursing homes
25 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.6% of residents of West Deer township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
2.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 395- In family households: 335 (93 male householders, 20 female householders)
97 spouses, 110 children (106 natural, 0 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 1 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 0 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 60 (29 male householders (27 living alone)), 25 female householders (23 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 56 2-persons, 25 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 5 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 50 1-person, 2 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
2,357 married couples with children.
404 single-parent households (115 men, 289 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1
| Here: | 2.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |