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% |