Information compiled as a service of the Mercer County Regional Planning Commission
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Population 1980 1990 1994(Est.) 2000(Proj.)
1,064 982
Median Age: 36.4
square miles: 0.9
Rural: 100%
Form of Government:Borough
Mayor/Council
Contact: Evelyn Byers, Secretary
Municipal building
P.O. Box 582
West Middlesex, PA 16159
(724)528-9931
Police:South West Regional Police Department
West Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department
Median Household: $22,000
Median Family: $27,308
Families Below Poverty: 9.0%
Persons Below Poverty: 11.6%
Unemployment: 4.0%
Retail: 17.0%
Manufacturing: 25.0%
Tranaportation: 5.3%
Health Services: 12.2%
Principal Employers (50+ Employees)
Farmer's Cheese (aka Savoldi Cheese)
T. Bruce Campbell Sales & Construction Company
Shenango Steel Buildings Inc.
West Middlesex Schools
Regnex
Electricity:Penn Power
Gas: National Fuel Gas
Telephone: Bell Atlantic
Water: Consumers Pennsylvania Water Company
Sanitary Sewer:Borough of West Middlesex
Shenango Township Municipal Authority
Total Housing Units: 410
Single Family: 70.2%
Multi-Family: 20.2%
Mobile Home: 8.3%
Other: 1.2%
Renter Occupied: 24.1%
Seasonal: 0.7%
Vacant: 3.7%
Median House Value: $39,200
Median Year Built: 1950
Water Service
Public: 85.6%
Other: 14.4%
Sewer Service
Public: 92.7%
Other: 7.3%
Pre-Primary
Public: 8
Private: 2
Elementary\High School
Public: 149
Private: 0
Educational Attainment (Age 25+)
High School Graduate: 76.5%
College Graduate: 10.0%
Graduate Degree: 4.5%
First National Bank
P.N.C. Banf
L-S-WM Community Swimming Pool - Public
Kiwanis Community Park - Public