About Sewickley Heights

Sewickley Heights is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 981 people and just one neighborhood, Sewickley Heights is the 864th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Sewickley Heights was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Sewickley Heights is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 90.57% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Sewickley Heights is a borough of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sewickley Heights who work in management occupations (23.18%), sales jobs (10.24%), and healthcare (9.70%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.05% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Seniors make up 28.24% of Sewickley Heights's population, making it a popular place to retire. Because of the prominence of the retirement community, Sewickley Heights is good place for those over 65 to settle, as they will find many opportunities for socializing, as well as having access to many services oriented toward seniors.

In addition, Sewickley Heights is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Sewickley Heights is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Sewickley Heights a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The borough's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Sewickley Heights has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Sewickley Heights's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Sewickley Heights is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Sewickley Heights Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Sewickley Heights, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Sewickley Heights is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 54.69% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Sewickley Heights in 2000 was $79,541, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $318,164 for a family of four. However, Sewickley Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Sewickley Heights home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Sewickley Heights is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sewickley Heights include German, English, Irish, Italian, Scottish, Scotch-Irish, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Sewickley Heights is English.