Oakdale, Pennsylvania Oakdale, Pennsylvania Location in Allegheny County and the state of Pennsylvania Location in Allegheny County and the state of Pennsylvania Oakdale is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States and is a Pittsburgh suburb.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the borough has a total region of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,551 citizens , 604 homeholds, and 445 families residing in the borough.
The ethnic makeup of the borough was 98.19% White, 0.90% African American, 0.06% Native American, 0.06% Asian, 0.39% from other competitions, and 0.39% from two or more competitions.
There were 604 homeholds, out of which 28.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 62.1% were married couples living together, 8.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 26.2% were non-families.
In the borough the populace was spread out, with 22.8% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 30.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the borough was $46,574, and the median income for a family was $55,865.
About 2.9% of families and 2.6% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 2.9% of those under age 18 and 1.1% of those age 65 or over.
Oakdale Borough was incorporated in 1892. On May 18, 1918 a TNT explosion in a small-town chemical factory killed 200 citizens . On September 17, 2004, Oakdale was devastated by a flood resulting from the precipitation brought by the remnants of category 5 Hurricane Ivan.
The downpour from Ivan followed a steady precipitation that had veiled the Allegheny County region from category 4 Hurricane Frances which hit the region just 10 days before Ivan hit. The flooding caused a large-scale evacuation of the community, and brought Red Cross volunteers and National Guard members to the region in an accomplishment to control the confusion.
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Oakdale Borough official website Municipalities and communities of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
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