[4] In the early twentieth century, coal mining and manufacturing were the main industries in the community.

[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.69 square miles (1.8 km2), all of it land.

There were 1,520 housing units at an average density of 2,213.7 per square mile (854.7/km2).

40.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.0% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 17.6% under the age of eighteen, 7.3% from eighteen to twenty-four, 28.7% from twenty-five to forty-four, 22.5% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 23.9% who were sixty-five years of age or older.