Clinton is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

in Findlay Township, Allegheny County,

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, United States. It had a population of 905 at the 2020 census. The community is located adjacent to the

Pittsburgh International Airport Pittsburgh International Airport , formerly Greater Pittsburgh International Airport, is a civil–military international airport in Findlay Township and Moon Township, Pennsylvania. Located about 10 miles (15 km) west of downtown Pittsbur ...

within the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.

History

In mid-2014 the

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opened a large printing plant in Clinton.

Demographics

Clinton has a population of 905 as of the 2020 census. The employment rate is 70.2 percent, and approximately 44.1 percent of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher, whilst 4.5 percent lack health insurance The 461 families in the ZCTA are spread across 399 houses which have a median household income of $89,086. The 4,071 residents of the ZCTA have a median age of 35.6, below Pennsylvania's median age of 40.9. The population is nearly all

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and descending from Europe, with a plurality descending from Germany and additional large sectors of

English Americans English Americans (historically known as Anglo-Americans) are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England. In the 2020 American Community Survey, 25.21 million self-identified as being of English origin. The term is distin ...

Italian Americans Italian Americans ( it, italoamericani or ''italo-americani'', ) are Americans who have full or partial Italian ancestry. The largest concentrations of Italian Americans are in the urban Northeast and industrial Midwestern metropolitan areas, w ...

Polish Americans Polish Americans ( pl, Polonia amerykańska) are Americans who either have total or partial Poles, Polish ancestry, or are citizens of the Republic of Poland. There are an estimated 9.15 million self-identified Polish Americans, representing abou ...

, and

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and small minorities of

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and

Scottish Americans Scottish Americans or Scots Americans (Scottish Gaelic: ''Ameireaganaich Albannach''; sco, Scots-American) are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in Scotland. Scottish Americans are closely related to Scotch-Irish Americans, d ...

. Only 3.7 percent of the population is foreign-born, all of whom not being naturalized American citizens. , 2010= 434 , 2020= 905 , footnote=U.S. Decennial Census

Education

Children in Clinton are served by the

West Allegheny School District The West Allegheny School District is a midsized, suburban public school district which is located in the western corner of Allegheny County, approximately from downtown Pittsburgh. The district comprises Findlay Township, North Fayette Towns ...

. The current schools serving the community are: * Wilson Elementary School – grades K-5 * West Allegheny Middle School – grades 6-8 *

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– grades 9-12

Infrastructure and transportation

Services

Clinton contains the

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for ZIP Code 15026. Electrical services are provided by either

Duquesne Light Company Duquesne Light Holdings, Inc. (“DLH”) is an energy services holding company formed in 1989 to serve as the holding company for Duquesne Light Company and to engage in certain unregulated energy and related businesses. After a 2007 acquisitio ...

Allegheny Energy Allegheny Energy was an electric utility headquartered in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. It owned and operated electric generation facilities and delivered electric services to customers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, and Virginia. Allegh ...

. The Findlay Township Police Department is headquartered in Clinton.

Transportation

Clinton is bisected by

U.S. Route 30 U.S. Route 30 or U.S. Highway 30 (US 30) is an east–west main route in the system of the United States Numbered Highways, with the highway traveling across the northern tier of the country. With a length of , it is the third longest ...

, which serves as the Main Street for the CDP. Due to its proximity to

, many of the same expressways which serve the airport also serve Clinton, including designated exits for Clinton on

Interstate 376 Interstate 376 (I-376) is a major auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System in the US state of Pennsylvania, located within the Allegheny Plateau. It runs from I-80 near Sharon south and east to a junction with the Pennsylvania Tur ...

and

Pennsylvania Route 576 Pennsylvania Route 576 (PA Turnpike 576), also known as the Southern Beltway, is a tolled freeway in the southern and western suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is envisioned to serve as a southern beltway around ...

. General aviation travelers not able to use Pittsburgh International Airport are also able to use

Allegheny County Airport Allegheny County Airport is in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Pittsburgh. It is the fifth-busiest airport in Pennsylvania following Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, and Harrisburg. The airport is owned by t ...

if needed. No public transportation service to Clinton exists.

References

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