West Homestead, Pennsylvania West Homestead Borough of West Homestead Location in Allegheny County and the state of Pennsylvania Location in Allegheny County and the state of Pennsylvania Website Borough of West Homestead West Homestead is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Pittsburgh, on the Monongahela River.
There are two major residentiary communities in West Homestead: the historic precinct and the Village, a post-World War II hilltop community.
One of the most noteworthy structures in the historic precinct is the great Mesta Mansion and accompanying plant nurseries, which was originally assembled by steel manufacturer and engineer George Mesta, founder of the Mesta Machine Company.
Another feature of the historic precinct is the Bulgarian Macedonian National Educational and Cultural Center on West Eighth Avenue.
West Homestead's Eighth Avenue itself is a tree-lined boulevard adorned by Victorian shops on the National Register of Historic Places, and the neighborhood is surrounded by the biggest group of ethnic churches on the National Register.
West Homestead is positioned at 40 23 40 N 79 54 55 W (40.394369, -79.915224). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the borough has a total region of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2), of which 0.9 square miles (2.3 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2), or 9.90%, is water.
North east Homestead (an Allegheny county borough) South east Munhall (an Allegheny county borough) South west New Homestead (a Pittsburgh neighborhood) West Hays (a Pittsburgh neighborhood) There are two parks positioned in West Homestead: Calhoun Community Park (Located off of Fieldstone Drive) and Eighth Avenue Playground (Located next to West Homestead Volunteer Fire Department, entrance on Eighth Avenue).
In the borough the populace was spread out, with 21.0% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 23.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the borough was $33,309, and the median income for a family was $44,338.
About 9.2% of families and 13.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 20.6% of those under age 18 and 5.5% of those age 65 or over.
Homestead, Pennsylvania "Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Enumeration Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), West Homestead borough, Pennsylvania".
Enumeration Bureau, American Fact - Finder 2.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
18th Enumeration of the United States.
"Pennsylvania: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
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Municipalities and communities of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
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