Tyrone (Pennsylvania)

Blair County

Tyrone is a facility located in Blair County American community, about 25 kilometers northeast of Altoona ( Pennsylvania) at the Little Juniata River. At present there are about 5500 inhabitants in Tyrone and mayor of the municipality is James Kilmartin.

History

Tyrone was founded in 1850 and was first called Eagleville, later Shorbsville and ultimately Tyrone City. First building of the settlement emerged at the mouth of Bald Eagle Creek in the Little Juniata River. With the industrial development of the Allegheny Mountains, the community became important for the paper industry, in addition to chemical plants and confectionery manufacturer settled. The coal mines of Clair Field had a branch in the community.

After the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh was opened on Altoona to 1849, it took until 1880 until Tyrone also got its own railway station for passenger traffic. In Tyrone a railway line began after Lock Heaven (near Williamsburg ) about Milesburg. There was also a network of many branch lines leading from Tyrone to various industries in surrounding cities such as Phillipsburg and Fairbrook. Meanwhile downgraded to breakpoint on demand, currently operates a daily Amtrak train pair ( Pennsylvanian, New York City - Pittsburgh) with stops in Tyrone on the track. There is also a connection to the lines of the Greyhound buses.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 5528 people Tyrone. The population density was 1056.6 people per km ². There were 2567 housing units at an average 490.7 per km ². The population consisted of Tyrone 98.86 % White, 1.00 % African American, 0.11 % Native American, 0.11 % Asian, 0 % Pacific Islander, 0.14 % reported from other races, and 0.45 % from two or more races. 0.54 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Residents Tyrone distributed to 2381 households out of which 27.6% were living in children under 18 years. 46.0 % married couples living together, 13.2 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.7 % were non-families. 32.8 % of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 17.5 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size is 2.87 people.

The population was spread out with 22.5 % under the, 7.8 % 18 -24- year-old, 27.8 % 25 -44- year-old, 20.7% 45-64 year olds and 21.1 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 84.1 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 79.6 men.

The median household income in Tyrone was 29 393 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 37 813 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 29,361 U.S. dollars, compared to 21 371 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 15.285 U.S. dollars. 17.4 % of the population and 14.8 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 28.5 % of minors and 10.3 % of those age 65 or over.