Information compiled as a service of the Mercer County Regional Planning Commission
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Population 1980 1990 1994(Est.) 2000(Proj.)
1,132 760 744 700
Median Age: 49.9
square miles: 0.8
Urban: 100%
Form of Government:Borough
Mayor/Council
Contact: Thomas R. Stanton, Mayor
Municipal Building
71 Broadway Ave.
P.O. Box 366
Wheatland, PA 16161
(724)347-7060
Police:
Median Household: $19,444
Median Family: $26,563
Families Below Poverty: 11.2%
Persons Below Poverty: 15.3%
Unemployment: 7.8%
Retail: 8.0%
Manufacturing: 36.3%
Transportation: 14.0%
Wholesale: 7.6%
Principal Employers (50+ Employees)
Sawhill Tublar Division
Steel Trucking Inc.
Wheatland Tube
Yourga Trucking Co. Inc.
Electricity:Penn Power
Gas: National Fuel Gas
Telephone:Bell Atlantic
Water: Consumer Pennsylvania Water Company
Sanitary Sewer: City of Farrell Department of Sewage
Total Housing Units: 373
Single Family: 83.6%
Multi-Family: 14.5%
Mobile Home: 0.0%
Other: 1.9%
Renter Occupied: 24.4%
Seasonal: 0.0%
Vacant: 3.2%
Median House Value: $25,800
Median Year Built: 1949
Water Service
Public: 97.5%
Other: 2.5%
Sewer Service
Public: 100%
Other: 0.0%
Pre-Primary
Public: 0
Private: 0
Elementary\High School
Public: 66
Private: 4
Educational Attainment (Age 25+)
High School Graduate: 61.9%
College Graduate: 4.8%
Graduate Degree: .06%
Public Playground