Cheswick, Pennsylvania

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Population in July 2007: 1,754. Population change since 2000: -6.8%

Males: 800	(45.7%)
Females: 954	(54.3%)

Median resident age:	47.0 years
Pennsylvania median age:	38.0 years

Zip codes: 15024.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $49,200 (it was $40,625 in 2000)

Cheswick	$49,200
Pennsylvania:	$48,576

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $112,300 (it was $83,100 in 2000)

Cheswick	$112,300
Pennsylvania:	$155,000

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Races in Cheswick:

White Non-Hispanic (99.0%)

2008 cost of living index in Cheswick: 91.6 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (24.5%), Italian (17.4%), Polish (15.3%), Irish (14.4%), Slovak (11.6%), English (9.0%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated on 04/03/1902

Elevation: 770 feet

Land area: 0.48 square miles.

Population density: 3660 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Cheswick

High school or higher: 91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 23.0%
Graduate or professional degree: 6.1%
Unemployed: 6.0%
Mean travel time to work: 28.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Cheswick borough

Never married: 18.3%
Now married: 61.6%
Separated: 1.7%
Widowed: 11.7%
Divorced: 6.8%

45 residents are foreign born (2.2% Europe).

This city:	2.4%
Pennsylvania:	4.1%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Cheswick:	2.5% ($2,117)
Pennsylvania:	1.6% ($1,552)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Pittsburgh, PA (14.0 miles , pop. 334,563).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (322.1 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Springdale borough, PA (1.3 miles ), Oakmont borough, PA (3.0 miles ), New Kensington, PA (3.4 miles ), Arnold, PA (3.5 miles ), Verona borough, PA (3.8 miles ), Plum borough, PA (4.6 miles ), Penn Hills, PA (5.1 miles ), Tarentum borough, PA (5.2 miles ).

Latitude: 40.54 N, Longitude: 79.80 W

8 people in homes for the mentally retarded

Area code commonly used in this area: 724

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Population change in the 1990s: -100 (-5.0%).

Most common industries for males:

Construction (15%)
Educational services (9%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
Metal and metal products (7%)
Utilities (6%)
Health care (5%)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (24%)
Educational services (12%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
Accountants and auditors (5%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
Carpenters (3%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
Registered nurses (10%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Customer service representatives (6%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)

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Crime in Cheswick by Year
Type	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Murders	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Robberies	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Assaults	0	0	1	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	53.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Burglaries	2	2	2	5	4	1
per 100,000	105.3	104.9	106.8	270.0	219.4	55.8
Thefts	13	9	12	23	17	4
per 100,000	684.2	471.9	640.7	1241.9	932.5	223.2
Auto thefts	1	3	4	0	2	0
per 100,000	52.6	157.3	213.6	0.0	109.7	0.0
Arson	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9)	38.9	38.8	60.9	68.6	61.4	12.8

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 3 (3 officers).

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	1.71
US city average:	3.00

Average climate in Cheswick, Pennsylvania

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Cheswick-area historical tornado activity is near Pennsylvania state average. It is 2% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/3/1980, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 8.9 miles away from the Cheswick city center injured 140 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.

On 5/31/1985, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 13.2 miles away from the city center killed 9 people and injured 120 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

Main business address for: TOLLGRADE COMMUNICATIONS INC \PA\ (SERVICES-TELEPHONE INTERCONNECT SYSTEMS).

Hospitals/medical centers near Cheswick:

UPMC ST MARGARET (about 9 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA)
LIFECARE HOSPITALS OF PITTSBURGH INC (about 9 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA)
CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE (about 12 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Cheswick:

ALLEGHENY COUNTY (about 16 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; ID: AGC)
PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL (about 30 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; ID: PIT)
ARNOLD PALMER REGIONAL (about 34 miles; LATROBE, PA; ID: LBE)

Other public-use airports nearest to Cheswick:

ROCK (about 5 miles; TARENTUM, PA; ID: 9G1)
PITTSBURGH-MONROEVILLE (about 7 miles; MONROEVILLE, PA; ID: 4G0)
INTER COUNTY (about 15 miles; IRWIN, PA; ID: 31D)

Amtrak station near Cheswick:

15 miles: PITTSBURGH (1100 LIBERTY AVE.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, ATM, free short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service, intercity bus service, public transit connection.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Cheswick:

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (about 13 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; Full-time enrollment: 7,903)
ART INSTITUTE PITTSBURGH (about 15 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 2,246)
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-MAIN CAMPUS (about 18 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 22,930)
COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY (about 18 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 9,058)
DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY (about 18 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 8,199)
POINT PARK COLLEGE (about 18 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 2,189)
ROBERT MORRIS COLLEGE (about 25 miles; MOON TOWNSHIP, PA; FT enrollment: 3,426)

Private high school in Cheswick:

CHESWICK CHR ACAD (Students: 227; Location: 1407 PITTSBURGH STREET; Grades: PK - 12)

Public elementary/middle school in Cheswick:

Acmetonia Primary School (Students: 321; Location: 300 Pearl Street; Grades: KG - 3)

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Drinking water stations with addresses in Cheswick and their reported violations in the past:

CHESWICK BORO WATER DEPT (Population served: 1975, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

OCCT Study Recommendation - Between JAN-1995 and APR-1997, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (JUN-03-1996), St Compliance Meeting conducted (FEB-11-1997), St BCA signed (MAR-14-1997), St Compliance achieved (APR-30-1997)

Past monitoring violations:

Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JUL-2005 and SEP-2005, Contaminant: Chlorine. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (NOV-23-2005), St Consent Decree/Judgement (NOV-23-2005)

2 routine major monitoring violations

One minor monitoring violation

Average household size:

This city:	2.2 people
Pennsylvania:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	69.2%
Whole state:	67.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	2.3%
Whole state:	5.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This city:	3.7%
Whole state:	11.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This city:	1.5%
Whole state:	5.1%

Cheswick compared to Pennsylvania state average:

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Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Median age significantly above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.
Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
House age significantly above state average.

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Banks with branches in Cheswick (2007 data):

PNC Bank, National Association: Cheswick Branch at 1304 Pittsburgh Street, branch established on 1961-08-07. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $90,142.4 mil, Deposits: $65,279.9 mil, headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 836 total offices, Holding Company: Pnc Financial Services Group, Inc., The

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School Enrollment by Level of School

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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Police Protection - Officers	3	$12,194	$48,776	7	$4,394
Other Government Administration	0	$0		9	$2,100
Streets and Highways	3	$8,256	$33,024	0	$0
Financial Administration	1	$3,094	$37,128	1	$972
Totals for Government	7	$23,544	$40,361	17	$7,466

Cheswick government finances in 2002:

Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $53,000
Charges - Sewerage: $76,000
Solid Waste Management: $59,000

All Other: $13,000
Construction - Regular Highways: $126,000
Water Utilities: $40,000

Sewerage: $16,000
Current Operations - General - Other: $1,425,000
Police Protection: $245,000

Central Staff Services: $161,000

Water Utilities: $105,000

Regular Highways: $63,000

Sewerage: $62,000

Solid Waste Management: $50,000

Sea and Inland Port Facilities: $19,000

Financial Administration: $17,000

Fire Protection: $11,000

Parks & Recreation: $9,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $8,000

General Public Buildings: $7,000

Housing & Community Development: $4,000

Libraries: $2,000

Health Services - Other: $1,000
Employee Retirement - Total Cash & Deposits: $1,109,000
Benefit Payments: $37,000

Interest Revenue: $22,000

From Other Government: $8,000

From Local Government: $2,000
General - Interest on Debt: $64,000
Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $29,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,060,000
Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $2,445,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $2,445,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $1,060,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $34,000
General Revenue, NEC: $9,000

Special Assessments: $2,000
Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $19,000
General Public Building: $7,000

Police Protection: $5,000

Regular Highways: $4,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,222,000
Revenue - Water Utilities: $195,000
Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $100,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $32,000
All Other: $7,000

Housing & Community Development: $6,000

General Support: $2,000
Tax - Property: $321,000
Individual Income: $128,000

NEC: $40,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $366,000

3.69% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($47,896 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	3.69%
Pennsylvania average:	4.99%

0.21% of residents moved from foreign countries ($718 average AGI)
Allegheny County: 0.21%
Pennsylvania average: 0.12%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Westmoreland County, PA	0.37% ($34,528 average AGI)
from Washington County, PA	0.24% ($42,283)
from Butler County, PA	0.18% ($113,869)

4.31% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($54,428 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.31%
Pennsylvania average:	5.08%

0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($706 average AGI)
Allegheny County: 0.08%
Pennsylvania average: 0.05%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Westmoreland County, PA	0.39% ($46,000 average AGI)
to Washington County, PA	0.30% ($59,215)
to Butler County, PA	0.27% ($62,261)

Strongest AM radio stations in Cheswick:

KDKA (1020 AM; 50 kW; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WGBN (1150 AM; 1 kW; NEW KENSINGTON, PA; Owner: PENTECOSTAL TEMPLE DEVELOPMENT CORP.)
WPGR (1510 AM; 5 kW; MONROEVILLE, PA; Owner: MCL/ MCM- INC.)
WJAS (1320 AM; 6 kW; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: RENDA BROADCASTING CORP. OF NEVADA)
WPIT (730 AM; 5 kW; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
WBGG (970 AM; 5 kW; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
WKHB (620 AM; 6 kW; IRWIN, PA; Owner: BROADCAST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WPTT (1360 AM; 5 kW; MCKEESPORT, PA; Owner: RENDA BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF NEVADA)
WEAE (1250 AM; 5 kW; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: ABC, INC.)
KQV (1410 AM; 5 kW; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: CALVARY, INC.)
WAVL (910 AM; 5 kW; APOLLO, PA; Owner: EVANGEL HEIGHTS ASSEMBLY OF GOD)
WWCS (540 AM; 5 kW; CANONSBURG, PA; Owner: BIRACH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WEDO (810 AM; daytime; 1 kW; MCKEESPORT, PA; Owner: 810 INCORPORATED)

Strongest FM radio stations in Cheswick:

WZPT (100.7 FM; NEW KENSINGTON, PA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
WSHH (99.7 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: RENDA B/CING CORP. OF NEVADA)
WDSY-FM (107.9 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
WJJJ (104.7 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WLTJ (92.9 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: WPNT, INC.)
WWSW-FM (94.5 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
WDVE (102.5 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WQED-FM (89.3 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: WQED MULTIMEDIA)
WRWJ (88.1 FM; MURRYSVILLE, PA; Owner: HE'S ALIVE, INCORPORATED)
WRRK (96.9 FM; BRADDOCK, PA; Owner: WPNT INC)
WPTS-FM (92.1 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: UNIV. OF PITTSBURGH COMMONWEALTH SYS)
WORD-FM (101.5 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
WKST-FM (96.1 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WXDX-FM (105.9 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WYEP-FM (91.3 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: PITTSBURGH COMM. B/CING. CORP.)
WOGI (98.3 FM; DUQUESNE, PA; Owner: KEYMARKET LICENSES, LLC)
WBZZ (93.7 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
WDUQ (90.5 FM; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY)
WSSZ (107.1 FM; GREENSBURG, PA; Owner: MCL/MCM-INC.)
WOGG (94.9 FM; OLIVER, PA; Owner: KEYMARKET LICENSES, LLC)

TV broadcast stations around Cheswick:

WCWB (Channel 22; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: WCWB LICENSEE, LLC)
WPCB-TV (Channel 40; GREENSBURG, PA; Owner: CORNERSTONE TELEVISION, INC.)
WPXI (Channel 11; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: WPXI-TV HOLDINGS, INC.)
WBGN-LP (Channel 59; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: BRUNO GOODWORTH NETWORK, INC.)
WPTG-LP (Channel 69; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: ABACUS TELEVISION)
W65CG (Channel 65; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
WQEX (Channel 16; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: WQED MULTIMEDIA)
KDKA-TV (Channel 2; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: CBS BROADCASTING INC.)
WTAE-TV (Channel 4; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: WTAE HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC. (CA CORP.))
WPGH-TV (Channel 53; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: WPGH LICENSEE, LLC)
WQED (Channel 13; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: WQED MULTIMEDIA)
W61CC (Channel 61; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: THE VIDEOHOUSE, INC.)
WIIC-LP (Channel 29; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: ABACUS TELEVISION)
WBPA-LP (Channel 29; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: VENTURE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, LLC)
WBYD-CA (Channel 35; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: BENJAMIN PEREZ)
W63AU (Channel 63; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: THE BON-TELE NETWORK, INC.)
W25AX (Channel 25; KITTANNING, PA; Owner: TURNPIKE TELEVISION)
WQVC-CA (Channel 28; GREENSBURG, PA; Owner: ABACUS TELEVISION)

Cheswick fatal accident list for 1986:
May 3, 1986 05:15 AM, 00070, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1

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