Editing Westfield, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{distinguish|text=[[Westfield Township, Pennsylvania|Westfield Township]], also in Tioga County}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Westfield, Pennsylvania
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| settlement_type          = [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|Borough]]
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| subdivision_name2        = [[Tioga County, Pennsylvania|Tioga]]
| established_title        = Settled
| established_date         = 1809
| established_title2       = Incorporated (borough)
| established_date2        = 1867
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| population_total         = 1113 {{increase}}
| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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| postal_code              = 16950
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'''Westfield''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Tioga County, Pennsylvania|Tioga County]], [[Pennsylvania]],  United States. The population was 1,113 at the time of the 2020 census.<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>

==Geography==
Westfield is located at {{Coord|41|55|4|N|77|32|25|W|type:city}} (41.917910, -77.540315).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|1.0|sqmi|km2}}, all of it land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=right
|1870= 370
|1880= 579
|1890= 1128
|1900= 1180
|1910= 1207
|1920= 1303
|1930= 1193
|1940= 1386
|1950= 1357
|1960= 1333
|1970= 1273
|1980= 1268
|1990= 1119
|2000= 1190
|2010= 1064
|2020= 1113
|estyear=2021
|estimate=1109
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="USDecennialCensus">{{cite web|title=Census of Population and Housing|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=11 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref><ref name=CensusPopEst>{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=11 December 2013}}</ref>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,190 people, 495 households, and 330 families residing in the borough.

The population density was {{convert|1,148.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 551 housing units at an average density of {{convert|531.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.

The racial makeup of the borough was 97.56% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.01% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.34% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.25% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.25% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.59% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.59% of the population.

There were 495 households, out of which 29.5% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 49.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.3% were non-families. 28.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.4% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.85.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 25.3% under the age of eighteen, 7.1% from eighteen to twenty-four, 27.6% from twenty-five to forty-four, 20.3% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 19.8% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-nine years.

For every one hundred females there were 89.5 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 82.2 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $27,772, and the median income for a family was $33,688. Males had a median income of $26,607 compared with that of $18,424 for females.

The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $13,135.

Roughly 15.9% of families and 22.1% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including 29.4% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 13.1% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

==Business==
Westfield Pennsylvania is known for the now closed Eberle Tannery, (closed in 2004) which was one of the biggest sole leather shoe producers in the world in 1976. The tannery was located on Church Street; demolition of tannery buildings was completed in 2021.

==References==
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{{Tioga County, Pennsylvania}}

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<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sargeant.freehostia.com/Westfield/tannery.html | title=Westfield Tannery }}</ref>

[[Category:Populated places established in 1809]]
[[Category:Boroughs in Tioga County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1867 establishments in Pennsylvania]]