Mercer County, Pennsylvania

Housing Characteristics
2000 U.S. Census

Information from DP-1
(Profile of General Demographic Characteristics, 2000)

Notes: Vacant housing units include seasonal or migratory units that were vacant at the time of the census.

      Owner Occupied Renter Occupied Vacant Seasonal
Municipality Housing Units Housing Units Housing Units Housing Units Housing Units
1990 2000 1990 2000 2000 % HU 1990 2000 2000 % HU 1990 2000 2000 % HU 1990 2000 2000 % HU
City of Farrell 3,030 2,752 1,974 1,750 63.6% 775 754 27.4% 279 248 9.0% 2 3 0.1%
City of Hermitage 6,359 7,104 4,591 5,092 71.7% 1,567 1,717 24.2% 188 295 4.2% 13 47 0.7%
City of Sharon 7,670 7,388 4,530 4,269 57.8% 2,656 2,522 34.1% 475 597 8.1% 9 12 0.2%
Clark Borough 207 233 189 208 89.3% 15 19 8.2% 3 6 2.6% 0 1 0.4%
Fredonia Borough 269 272 173 175 64.3% 72 77 28.3% 22 20 7.4% 2 3 1.1%
Greenville Borough 2,859 2,723 1,509 1,471 54.0% 1,119 993 36.5% 222 259 9.5% 9 19 0.7%
Grove City Borough 2,762 2,745 1,664 1,639 59.7% 970 936 34.1% 111 170 6.2% 17 22 0.8%
Jackson Center Borough 102 85 76 64 75.3% 17 17 20.0% 7 4 4.7% 2 0 0.0%
Jamestown Borough 340 297 220 205 69.0% 86 64 21.5% 19 28 9.4% 15 13 4.4%
Mercer Borough 1,043 1,086 589 595 54.8% 379 425 39.1% 72 66 6.1% 3 6 0.6%
New Lebanon Borough 101 94 70 72 76.6% 8 6 6.4% 17 16 17.0% 6 10 10.6%
Sandy Lake Borough 344 330 195 200 60.6% 106 98 29.7% 35 32 9.7% 8 4 1.2%
Sharpsville Borough 2,041 2,016 1,372 1,338 66.4% 586 574 28.5% 79 104 5.2% 4 4 0.2%
Sheakleyville Borough 61 71 49 51 71.8% 9 14 19.7% 3 6 8.5% 0 0 0.0%
Stoneboro Borough 528 517 361 359 69.4% 111 116 22.4% 37 42 8.1% 19 20 3.9%
West Middlesex Borough 410 398 293 287 72.1% 99 85 21.4% 15 26 6.5% 3 0 0.0%
Wheatland Borough 373 379 270 262 69.1% 91 87 23.0% 12 30 7.9% 0 2 0.5%
Cities and Boroughs 28,499 28,490 18,125 18,037 63.3% 8,666 8,504 29.8% 1,596 1,949 6.8% 112 166 0.6%
Coolspring Township 838 927 622 716 77.2% 103 102 11.0% 38 109 11.8% 75 66 7.1%
Deer Creek Township 202 177 149 143 80.8% 15 20 11.3% 4 14 7.9% 34 6 3.4%
Delaware Township 797 842 666 741 88.0% 80 65 7.7% 36 36 4.3% 15 5 0.6%
East Lackawannock Township 581 599 503 518 86.5% 59 66 11.0% 13 15 2.5% 6 1 0.2%
Fairview Township 324 354 263 288 81.4% 37 46 13.0% 16 20 5.6% 8 6 1.7%
Findley Township 565 564 465 484 85.8% 66 58 10.3% 25 22 3.9% 9 4 0.7%
French Creek Township 378 309 239 243 78.6% 40 37 12.0% 18 29 9.4% 81 5 1.6%
Greene Township 486 484 379 408 84.3% 70 44 9.1% 22 32 6.6% 15 8 1.7%
Hempfield Township 1,503 1,646 1,232 1,343 81.6% 229 247 15.0% 37 56 3.4% 5 9 0.5%
Jackson Township 439 514 336 410 79.8% 46 42 8.2% 14 62 12.1% 43 43 8.4%
Jefferson Township 763 993 669 880 88.6% 64 78 7.9% 28 35 3.5% 2 7 0.7%
Lackawannock Township 937 952 786 807 84.8% 120 102 10.7% 31 43 4.5% 0 0 0.0%
Lake Township 272 246 176 196 79.7% 33 36 14.6% 8 14 5.7% 55 6 2.4%
Liberty Township 486 514 405 449 87.4% 60 43 8.4% 13 22 4.3% 8 11 2.1%
Mill Creek Township 276 265 191 217 81.9% 22 26 9.8% 25 22 8.3% 38 10 3.8%
New Vernon Township 209 218 159 164 75.2% 20 29 13.3% 10 25 11.5% 20 14 6.4%
Otter Creek Township 232 246 191 198 80.5% 27 31 12.6% 10 17 6.9% 4 5 2.0%
Perry Township 593 627 480 528 84.2% 56 53 8.5% 36 46 7.3% 21 16 2.6%
Pine Township 1,509 1,619 1,144 1,342 82.9% 283 196 12.1% 63 81 5.0% 19 14 0.9%
Pymatuning Township 1,496 1,632 1,067 1,213 74.3% 362 306 18.8% 55 113 6.9% 12 5 0.3%
Salem Township 270 313 212 257 82.1% 36 38 12.1% 16 18 5.8% 6 15 4.8%
Sandy Creek Township 323 350 259 286 81.7% 36 38 10.9% 20 26 7.4% 8 13 3.7%
Sandy Lake Township 480 515 391 437 84.9% 40 62 12.0% 22 16 3.1% 27 8 1.6%
Shenango Township 1,709 1,693 1,374 1,398 82.6% 256 239 14.1% 71 56 3.3% 8 9 0.5%
South Pymatuning Township 1,076 1,168 938 1,014 86.8% 113 117 10.0% 22 37 3.2% 3 1 0.1%
Springfield Township 725 771 556 627 81.3% 105 90 11.7% 41 54 7.0% 23 15 1.9%
Sugar Grove Township 398 377 321 306 81.2% 58 57 15.1% 18 14 3.7% 1 0 0.0%
West Salem Township 1,330 1,441 1,106 1,156 80.2% 159 158 11.0% 58 127 8.8% 7 8 0.6%
Wilmington Township 382 392 294 308 78.6% 77 72 18.4% 10 12 3.1% 1 0 0.0%
Wolf Creek Township 260 292 205 256 87.7% 31 21 7.2% 14 15 5.1% 10 3 1.0%
Worth Township 351 329 281 276 83.9% 38 43 13.1% 16 10 3.0% 16 3 0.9%
Townships 20190 21369 16059 17609 82.4% 2741 2562 12.0% 810 1198 5.6% 580 316 1.5%
Mercer County 48,689 49,859 34,184 35,646 71.5% 11,407 11,066 22.2% 2,406 3,147 6.3% 692 482 1.0%
Pennsylvania 4,938,140 5,249,750 3,176,121 3,406,337 64.9% 1,319,845 1,370,666 26.1% 442,174 472,747 9.0% 144,359 148,230 2.8%