Upper Burrell Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Upper Burrell Township, Pennsylvania
Township
A typical road in Upper Burrell Township
Map of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Highlighting Upper Burrell Township
Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Westmoreland County
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Westmoreland
Settled	1791
Incorporated	1879
Area
• Total	15.2 sq mi (39 km2)
Population (2000)
• Total	2,240
• Density	147.6/sq mi (57.0/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Website	http://www.upperburrelltwp.com

Upper Burrell Township is a township in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States, within the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 2,240 at the 2000 census.

The Byerly House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 15.2 square miles (39.3 km²), all of it land.

Upper Burrell is the site of Penn State New Kensington, and a large research facility of Alcoa.

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,240 people, 856 households, and 647 families residing in the township. The population density was 147.6 people per square mile (57.0/km²). There were 914 housing units at an average density of 60.2/sq mi (23.2/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 96.34% White, 2.81% African American, 0.04% Native American, 0.31% Asian, and 0.49% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.45% of the population.

There were 856 households out of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.1% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.4% were non-families. 19.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.01.