| Homewood, Pennsylvania | |
| Settlement Type: | Borough |
| Mapsize: | 260px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Beaver |
| Government Type: | Borough Council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1859 |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated |
| Established Date1: | 1910 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.44 |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.44 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.17 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.17 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 104 |
| Population Density Km2: | 236.99 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 615.38 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 40.8139°N -80.3297°W |
| Elevation Ft: | 971 |
| Postal Code Type: | Zip code |
| Postal Code: | 15208 |
| Area Code: | 724 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-35488 |
Homewood is a borough that is located in northern Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 104 at the time of the 2020 census.[2]
It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
Homewood is located in northern Beaver County at 40.8139°N -80.3297°W (40.813995, −80.329852).[3] It is entirely surrounded by the borough of Big Beaver.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike (Interstate 76) passes through the northeast corner of the borough, with Exit 13 (Pennsylvania Route 18/Big Beaver Boulevard) located just outside the borough limits. PA-18 runs through the eastern edge of the borough.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.44km2, all land.[4]
The borough has a waterfall within the community, which was named Buttermilk Falls in the year 1870. The waters fall into a natural basin of solid sandstone. The town lends its name to the Homewood Formation, the sandstone rock layer which is exposed at Buttermilk Falls. The Homewood Formation is the upper member of the Pottsville Group (Wanless, 1939).
Homewood is drained by Clarks Run, which flows into the Beaver River a short distance to the east.
As of the 2000 census, there were 147 people, 59 households, and 37 families residing in the borough.
The population density was 855.1sp=usNaNsp=us. There were sixty-two housing units at an average density of 360.7sp=usNaNsp=us.
The racial makeup of the borough was 94.56% White, 2.04% African American, and 3.40% Native American.
There were fifty-nine households, out of which 15.3% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 47.5% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.6% were non-families. 28.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.08.
In the borough, the population was spread out, with 15.0% under the age of eighteen, 13.6% from eighteen to twenty-four, 26.5% from twenty-five to forty-four, 27.9% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 17.0% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-two years.
For every one hundred females, there were 96.0 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 101.6 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $33,333, and the median income for a family was $52,500. Males had a median income of $31,250 compared with that of $20,357 for females.
The per capita income for the borough was $34,486.
There were 4.5% of families and 9.0% of the population living below the poverty line, including 16.0% of those who were aged sixty-four or older; however, no one aged eighteen or under was living in poverty.
Children in Homewood are served by the Big Beaver Falls Area School District. The current schools serving Homewood are: