Newell, Pennsylvania

Geography

Newell is located at (40.074689, −79.896984).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.8 sqmi, of which 0.6 sqmi is land and 0.2 sqmi (19.48%) is water.

Surrounding and adjacent neighborhoods

Newell has only one land border, with Jefferson Township to the east.

Across the Monongahela River in Washington County, Newell runs adjacent with (from north to south) Elco, California, Coal Center and another segment of California.

Demographics

As of the 2010 census, there were 541 people and 241 households. As reported in the 2000 census, there were 162 families residing in the borough.

The population density was 892.6 PD/sqmi. There were 232 housing units at an average density of 375.8 /sqmi.

The racial makeup of the borough was 99.82% White and 0.18% African American. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.54% of the population.

There were 222 households, out of which 26.6% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 53.2% were married couples living together, 14.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.0% were non-families. 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.8% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 21.1% under the age of eighteen, 7.8% from eighteen to twenty-four, 29.0% from twenty-five to forty-four, 20.5% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 21.6% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-one years.

For every one hundred females, there were 91.3 males. For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 88.3 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $33,988, and the median income for a family was $41,477. Males had a median income of $38,611 compared with that of $20,556 for females.

The per capita income for the borough was $18,592.

Roughly 3.0% of families and 5.7% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 7.1% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 4.8% of those who were aged sixty-five or over.

Image:newellchem.jpg|The Henwil Chemicals plant dominates the northern side of the municipality. Image:2ndstnewell.jpg|Early 20th-century homes are clustered near the plant. Image:typicalnewell.jpg|A typical street along the Newell riverfront. Image:uppernewell.jpg|On a hill above the river, many suburban-style homes are included in the borough. Image:newelltower4real.jpg|Water tower on a hill high above the Monongahela River.

References

References

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau.
2. (2023). "Newell PA ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com.
3. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020—2021". US Census Bureau.
4. (2011-02-12). "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". [[United States Census Bureau]].
5. "Census of Population and Housing". U.S. Census Bureau.
6. "U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
7. "Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012". U.S. Census Bureau.
8. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau.