Wellersburg, Pennsylvania
Borough
Entering Wellersburg from Maryland
Location of Wellersburg in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
Wellersburg
Coordinates: 39°43′51″N 78°51′05″W / 39.73083°N 78.85139°W / 39.73083; -78.85139
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Somerset
Settled	1830
Incorporated	1857
Government
• Type	Borough Council
Area [1]
• Total	0.81 sq mi (2.10 km2)
• Land	0.81 sq mi (2.10 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	210
• Estimate  (2021)[2]	208
• Density	211.11/sq mi (81.49/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Zip code	15564
Area code	814
FIPS code	42-82128

Wellersburg is a borough that is located in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The population was 181 at the time of 2010 census.

Wellersburg, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, 1860 (note orientation of map: north at bottom)

Geography

Wellersburg is located at 39°43′51″N 78°51′05″W / 39.730947°N 78.851465°W / 39.730947; -78.851465.^[3] This borough is situated at the extreme southern end of Southampton Township, along its border with Maryland.

Pennsylvania Route 160 passes through Wellersburg as it runs between the Maryland border to the south and Southampton Township to the north.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km²), all land.

Demographics

At the time of the 2000 census, there were 176 people residing in eighty-four households in the borough, including fifty-one families.

The population density was 223.4 inhabitants per square mile (86.3/km²). There were ninety housing units at an average density of 114.2 per square mile (44.1/km²).

The racial makeup of the borough was 98.86% White, and 1.14% from two or more races.^[5]

Of the eighty-four households that were documented during the census, 15.5% had children who were under the age of eighteen living with them, 45.2% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.1% were non-families. Additionally, 36.9% of households were one-person and 17.9% were one-person households with someone living alone who was aged sixty-five or older.

The average household size was 2.10 and the average family size was 2.63.

The age distribution of residents was 15.9% who were under the age of eighteen, 6.8% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 28.4% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 27.3% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 21.6% who were aged sixty-five or older. The median age was forty-four years.

For every one hundred females, there were 83.3 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 87.3 males.

The median household income was $21,111 and the median family income was $23,750. Males had a median income of $24,688 compared with that of $18,750 for females.

The per capita income for the borough was $14,495.

Approximately 4.3% of families and 5.4% of the population were living below the poverty line, including those who were aged sixty-five or older. No one under the age of eighteen was reported as living in poverty.

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