New Kensington Jobs

New Kensington is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, 18 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, on the Allegheny river. In 1900, 4,665 people lived in New Kensington, Pennsylvania; in 1910, 7,707; in 1920, 11, 987; and in 1940, 24,055. The population was 14,701 at the 2000 census. New Kensington was founded in 1891. In 1890, the Burrell Improvement Company considered the advantages of the level land south of its home in Lower Burrell, and deemed it a prime location for a city and named the area "Kensington" . In an attempt to make New Kensington comparable to Pittsburgh, the streets were named with numbers. Avenues ran parallel to the river, while streets were perpendicular. 4th and 5th were the main commercial streets. Once the land was surveyed, a public sale was held on June 10, 1891. Thousands of people flooded the area and investors began bringing industry with them. The first large company was the Pittsburgh Reduction Company . They acquired a 3.5 acre that allowed the...more

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Among the most common occupations in New Kensington are Sales and office occupations, 26%. Management, professional, and related occupations, 26%. and Service occupations, 18%. Approximately 79 percent of workers in New Kensington, Pennsylvania work for companies, 9 percent work for the government and 4 percent are self-employed.

Currently, the most commonly listed New Kensington Jobs are for hospitalist - locum jobs, psychiatry - locum jobs, pediatrics - locum jobs, rep-retail sales jobs, software engineer jobs and program analyst job jobs.

The leading industries in New Kensington, Pennsylvania are Educational, health and social services, 20%; Manufacturing, 14%; and Retail trade, 14%. Simply Hired's New Kensington job listings indicate that the following industries in New Kensington are hiring the most workers: Equity Research, Investment Advisers, Investment Services, Catering Services and Food Service Contractors.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in New Kensington, Pennsylvania is $27,188, and the median income of households in New Kensington was $30,505.

New Kensington has an unemployment rate of 7.3%, compared the national average of 5.8%.

According to our New Kensington Trends data, the number of New Kensington, Pennsylvania jobs has increased by 15% since March 2008.

Population of New Kensington Total population 14,701 Male 46.93% Female 53.07% Median age 41.8     New Kensington Housing Owner-occupied homes 62.1% Median cost of a home $69,000 Median mortgage payment $508 Renter-occupied homes 37.9% Vacant housing 10.8% Median monthly rent $394     Average Income Median for all male full-time $32,692 Median for all female full-time $21,683     Household Income Less than $10,000 14% $10,000 to $14,999 10% $15,000 to $24,999 18% $25,000 to $34,999 16% $35,000 to $49,999 17% $50,000 to $74,999 17% $75,000 to $99,999 6% $100,000 to $149,999 2% $150,000 to $199,999 0% $200,000 or more 0%

Education Less than 9th grade 4% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 13% High school graduate 41% Some college, no degree 17% Associate's degree 9% Bachelor's degree 11% Graduate degree 5%     Marital Status Never married 26% Currently married 49% Separated 2% Widowed 11% Divorced 11%     Race White 89% Black or African American 10% Asian 0% Other 1%     New Kensington Commute Carpool 11.3% Public transportation 4.8% Average travel time 29 minutes

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