Local servicesHospitalAnother Way6.5 miPost officeGibbon Glade Post Office2.6 miTown hallWharton Township Municipal Building6.2 miPoliceFairchance Police Department8.3 miFire stationBruceton Mills - Brandonville Volunteer Fire Department5.3 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 miNo schools listedCollegeLaurel Business Institute12.2 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportMorgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field MGW16 miMajor airportPittsburgh International Airport PIT61 miInterstateI-685.4 miUS highwayUS 406.3 miAmtrakConnellsville, PA COV20 miCoachMorgantownBarons Bus Lines18 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 15440 ZIP area.
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 15440 ZIP area.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 59 min5:50 am – 8:50 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 21 min7:36 am – 4:57 pm
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People297 residentsin the ZIP code areaMedian age 34.4119 householdsMedian household income $66,25083% of homes owner-occupiedSource: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024
Education and languages38% of adults have a bachelor's degree or higher90% finished high school, 23% hold a graduate degreeLanguages at home: English only 100%Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024, ZIP area
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 79°F, lows 56°FColdest month January: highs 34°F, lows 15°F56 in of rain a year, on about 112 dayswettest month June89 in of snow a year, on about 52 days0 days above 90°F, 138 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Chalk Hill 2 Ene station, 8 mi away
Nearby landmarksRobinson Run Lakelake · 3.2 miBrethren Summitpeak · 3.5 miDevies Mountainpeak · 4.8 miDeer Lakelake · 8.1 miFayette County Visitor Information Centervisitor center · 6.3 miWard Thompson Springspring · 5.4 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsQuebec Run Wild Areastate wilderness · under a mile · 6,069 acresFort Necessity National Battlefieldhistoric site · 5.3 mi · 908 acresFarmington Ballfieldsrecreation area · 5.7 miGreat Meadows Amphitheatre Parkpark · 5.8 mi · 123 acresOhiopyle State Parkstate park · 9.1 mi · 20,476 acresCoopers Rock State Park (Mont Chateau??)state park · 12.0 miSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
EarthquakesNone of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 1970Source: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively ModerateFayette County, PA, compared with all US countiesHighest-rated hazardsRiver flooding Relatively ModerateLightning Relatively ModerateSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality79% of days had good air in 2025288 of 365 days measured77 moderate daysMedian index 40, worst day 93main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, Fayette County monitors, PA
Internet at home65% of households have a broadband subscription50% have cable, fibre or DSL14% rely on a mobile data plan alone35% have no internet at homeSource: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024
Drinking waterMawc Yough Plantserves 133,000 people from surface water2 health-based violations since 2021latest Oct 2022: haloacetic acids (HAA5), maximum contaminant level4 monitoring or reporting violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation1,720 ft524 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
