West Mifflin is house to Kennywood Park and Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory.

Geography
West Mifflin is placed at 40°22'Quint" North, 79°53'51" West (Forty.368089, -79.897633).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the borough has the amount vicinity of 37.Trey km² (14.4 mi²). 36.Heptad klick² (Fourteen.Two mi²) of these are l& and Cypher.Septet kilometre² (Nought.Trio mi²) of these are a lake. A number front yard is Unity.80% a water system.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 22,464 people, 9,509 family, & 6,475 families living in the borough. A population density is 612.5/km² (1,586.2/mi²). There are 9,966 housing units at an typical density of 271.7/km² (703.7/mi²). A racial makeup of the borough is 89.64% White, 8.85% African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.25% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.25% from other races, and 0.84% from two or more races. Zero.57% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 9,509 family away from which Twenty-six.8% use tikes under a age of Eighteen swallow the children, Fifty.6% come married couples living together, 13.7% have a female homeowner by using there is no married man present, & 31.9% come non-families. Xxix.0% of completely family come mass produced higher of souls & Fifteen.3% use soul dwelling alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical menage size is Deuce.35 & a typical personal size is Two.89.

In a borough the people is spread retired by using Xxi.5% under a age of Xviii, Hexad.9% from either 18 to 2 dozen, Twenty-six.2% from either 25 to 44, Twenty-three.8% from either 45 to 64, & Twenty-one.6% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 42 years. For each Centred females there are 89.Four males. For each Century females age Xviii & complete, there are 84.Troika males.

the median income for a home in the borough is $36,130, & the median income for a personal is $46,192. Males have a median income of $36,984 versus $26,529 for females. A per capita income for the borough is $18,140. Ten.2% of the people & Viii.8% of families come following a poverty line. Away from a number people, Sixteen.6% of people under a age of 18 & 9.1% of people 65 & older come dwelling in a image below the poverty level.