| Newell, Pennsylvania | |
| Settlement Type: | Borough |
| Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Newell |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Pennsylvania##Location in the United States |
| Coordinates: | 40.0803°N -79.8969°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Fayette |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1952 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Nicki Todaro |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.72 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.59 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.13 |
| Population Total: | 513 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 872.45 |
| Timezone1: | EST |
| Utc Offset1: | -4 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 15438[2] |
| Area Code: | 724 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-53504 |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.87 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.52 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.34 |
| Population Density Km2: | 336.72 |
Newell is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 512 at the time of the 2020 census.[3]
The town is served by the Frazier School District.
Newell is located at 40.0747°N -79.8969°W (40.074689, −79.896984).[4]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.8sqmi, of which 0.6sqmi is land and 0.2sqmi (19.48%) is water.
Newell has only one land border, with Jefferson Township to the east.
Across the Monongahela River in Washington County, Newell runs adjacent with (from north to south) Elco, California, Coal Center and another segment of California.
As of the 2010 census, there were 541 people and 241 households. As reported in the 2000 census, there were 162 families residing in the borough.
The population density was 892.6sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 232 housing units at an average density of 375.8sp=usNaNsp=us.
The racial makeup of the borough was 99.82% White and 0.18% African American. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.54% of the population.
There were 222 households, out of which 26.6% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 53.2% were married couples living together, 14.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.0% were non-families. 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.8% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.91.
In the borough the population was spread out, with 21.1% under the age of eighteen, 7.8% from eighteen to twenty-four, 29.0% from twenty-five to forty-four, 20.5% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 21.6% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-one years.
For every one hundred females, there were 91.3 males. For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 88.3 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $33,988, and the median income for a family was $41,477. Males had a median income of $38,611 compared with that of $20,556 for females.
The per capita income for the borough was $18,592.
Roughly 3.0% of families and 5.7% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 7.1% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 4.8% of those who were aged sixty-five or over.