{"id":189705,"date":"2020-09-16T15:25:04","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T15:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mazzantirealestate.com\/?page_id=189705"},"modified":"2021-12-17T15:30:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T15:30:33","slug":"ohara-township-pa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mazzantirealestate.com\/ohara-township-pa\/","title":{"rendered":"O’Hara Township, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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O’Hara Township<\/b>\u00a0is a\u00a0township<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0home rule status<\/a>[3]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0in\u00a0Allegheny County<\/a>,\u00a0Pennsylvania<\/a>\u00a0in the United States six miles northeast of\u00a0Downtown Pittsburgh<\/a>. The community was long organized as a\u00a0township<\/a>, and retains “Township” in its official name, but adopted a home rule charter in 1973 (taking effect on January 5, 1976)[3]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0and is no longer subject to the Pennsylvania Township Code. The population was 8,407 at the\u00a02010 census<\/a>.[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>

It is named for\u00a0James O’Hara<\/a>, an early American\u00a0industrialist<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0western Pennsylvania<\/a>, and a revolutionary war general.[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Geography<\/span><\/h2>
O’Hara Township<\/b>\u00a0is divided into five non-contiguous areas.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

O’Hara Township is located at\u00a040\u00b029\u203252\u2033N<\/span>\u00a079\u00b053\u203212\u2033W<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0(40.498001, -79.886789).[6]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0It consists of\u00a0five non-contiguous areas<\/a>, with\u00a0Sharpsburg<\/a>,\u00a0Aspinwall<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Fox Chapel<\/a>\u00a0separating them.<\/p>

According to the\u00a0United States Census Bureau<\/a>, the township has a total area of 7.3 square miles (19\u00a0km2<\/sup>), of which 7.0 square miles (18\u00a0km2<\/sup>) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78\u00a0km2<\/sup>), or 4.22%, is water.<\/p>

Demographics<\/span><\/h2>
Historical population<\/th><\/tr>
Census<\/th>Pop.<\/abbr><\/th>\u00a0<\/th>%\u00b1<\/abbr><\/th><\/tr>
1880<\/a><\/b><\/td>2,498<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr>
1890<\/a><\/b><\/td>3,402<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>36.2%<\/td><\/tr>
1900<\/a><\/b><\/td>3,101<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>\u22128.8%<\/td><\/tr>
1910<\/a><\/b><\/td>3,917<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>26.3%<\/td><\/tr>
1920<\/a><\/b><\/td>4,672<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>19.3%<\/td><\/tr>
1930<\/a><\/b><\/td>5,127<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>9.7%<\/td><\/tr>
1940<\/a><\/b><\/td>4,553<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>\u221211.2%<\/td><\/tr>
1950<\/a><\/b><\/td>5,768<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>26.7%<\/td><\/tr>
1960<\/a><\/b><\/td>8,681<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>50.5%<\/td><\/tr>
1970<\/a><\/b><\/td>9,209<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>6.1%<\/td><\/tr>
1980<\/a><\/b><\/td>9,233<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>0.3%<\/td><\/tr>
1990<\/a><\/b><\/td>9,096<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>\u22121.5%<\/td><\/tr>
2000<\/a><\/b><\/td>8,856<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>\u22122.6%<\/td><\/tr>
2010<\/a><\/b><\/td>8,407<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>\u22125.1%<\/td><\/tr>
Est. 2018<\/b><\/td>8,676<\/td>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>3.2%<\/td><\/tr>
Sources:[7]<\/a><\/sup>[8]<\/a><\/sup>[9]<\/a><\/sup>[10]<\/a><\/sup>[11]<\/a><\/sup>[12]<\/a><\/sup>[13]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

As of the\u00a0census<\/a>[12]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0of 2000, there were 8,856 people, 3,248 households, and 2,536 families residing in the township. The\u00a0population density<\/a>\u00a0was 1,259.1 people per square mile (486.4\/km\u00b2). There were 3,381 housing units at an average density of 480.7\/sq\u00a0mi (185.7\/km\u00b2). The racial makeup of the township was 95.25%\u00a0White<\/a>, 0.84%\u00a0African American<\/a>, 0.05%\u00a0Native American<\/a>, 3.04%\u00a0Asian<\/a>, 0.26% from\u00a0other races<\/a>, and 0.58% from two or more races.\u00a0Hispanic<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Latino<\/a>\u00a0of any race were 1.14% of the population.<\/p>

There were 3,248 households, out of which 34.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.5% were\u00a0married couples<\/a>\u00a0living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.9% were non-families. 19.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.05.<\/p>

In the township the population was spread out, with 25.6% under the age of 18, 3.5% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 20.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 99.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.5 males.<\/p>

The median income for a household in the township was $67,725, and the median income for a family was $77,594. Males had a median income of $58,125 versus $36,458 for females. The\u00a0per capita income<\/a>\u00a0for the township was $33,356. About 2.7% of families and 3.6% of the population were below the\u00a0poverty line<\/a>, including 3.1% of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over.<\/p>

Government and Politics<\/span><\/h2>

Presidential Elections Results<\/span><\/h3>
Presidential Elections Results<\/b>[14]<\/a><\/sup>[15]<\/a><\/sup><\/caption>
Year<\/th>Republican<\/a><\/th>Democratic<\/a><\/th>Third Parties<\/a><\/th><\/tr>
2016<\/a><\/b><\/td>41%’<\/i>\u00a02,182<\/i><\/td>58%\u00a03,130<\/i><\/td>.01%\u00a049<\/i><\/td><\/tr>
2012<\/a><\/b><\/td>49%<\/b>\u00a02,614<\/i><\/td>50%\u00a02,692<\/i><\/td>.01%\u00a051<\/i><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Township Council<\/span><\/h3>