The population of Westmoreland county is estimated at 354,788. In 2017 there were 3,092 births and 4,460 deaths in Westmoreland county. Westmoreland county has 69,527 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 48,199 that are owned free and clear and 35,924 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Westmoreland County filed 181,760 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 2.9% of all Pennsylvania filings and 0.122% of the entire nation. Westmoreland had an impressive combined total federal tax liability of $1,695,724,000 on earned income of $10,929,028,000. Other notable statistics from Westmoreland County were 14,310 unemployment claims which collected a total of $74,150,000 and 34,320 charitable contributions valued at $145,442,000. 38,860 filings from Westmoreland County paid a combined total of $160,620,000 in property taxes and 32,470 filings paid $195,592,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Westmoreland county had 468 religious congregations with an estimated 219,820 members.
28.0% of the Westmoreland population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 6.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 51% of Westmoreland County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 13,031 votes.
At $60,308 the median income is 101.9% of the Pennsylvania average. An estimated 9,422 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Westmoreland, the equivalant of around 5.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Westmoreland County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
20,603	Health care and social assistance
18,854	Manufacturing
18,183	Retail trade
12,356	Accommodation and food services
11,584	Food services and drinking places
10,320	Restaurants and other eating places
7,683	Ambulatory health care services
7,229	Transportation and warehousing
6,027	Full-service restaurants
5,958	Wholesale trade
5,812	Professional, scientific, and technical services
4,906	Nursing and residential care facilities
4,447	Other services (except public administration)
4,234	General merchandise stores
4,099	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.33% in Westmoreland County (averaging across 8 zip codes a sample of which are; 15668, 15650, 15644 and 15068).

In 2018 15.70% of listings in Westmoreland County (averaging across 11 zip codes a sample of which are; 15644, 15085, 15012, 15068 and 15642) dropped their price.

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