Alpha, New Jersey

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Population in July 2007: 2,389. Population change since 2000: -3.1%

Males: 1,162	(48.7%)
Females: 1,227	(51.3%)

Median resident age:	37.7 years
New Jersey median age:	36.7 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $49,600 (it was $42,209 in 2000)

Alpha	$49,600
New Jersey:	$67,035

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $241,900 (it was $117,200 in 2000)

Alpha	$241,900
New Jersey:	$372,300

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Races in Alpha:

White Non-Hispanic (95.6%)
Hispanic (1.9%)
Two or more races (0.8%)
Other race (0.6%)

2008 cost of living index in Alpha: 114.4 (more than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (26.3%), Italian (21.0%), Irish (15.8%), Hungarian (9.3%), Polish (8.0%), United States (6.7%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 299 feet

Land area: 1.70 square miles.

Population density: 1407 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Alpha

High school or higher: 80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.9%
Graduate or professional degree: 4.4%
Unemployed: 5.7%
Mean travel time to work: 28.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Alpha borough

Never married: 23.2%
Now married: 56.8%
Separated: 2.8%
Widowed: 9.9%
Divorced: 7.4%

49 residents are foreign born

This city:	2.0%
New Jersey:	17.5%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Alpha:	2.9% ($3,426)
New Jersey:	2.4% ($4,047)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Bethlehem, PA (15.1 miles , pop. 71,329).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Philadelphia, PA (46.1 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Phillipsburg, NJ (2.5 miles ), Easton, PA (4.2 miles ), Glendon borough, PA (5.2 miles ), Bloomsbury borough, NJ (5.3 miles ), West Easton borough, PA (5.3 miles ), Riegelsville borough, PA (5.3 miles ), Wilson borough, PA (5.7 miles ), Old Orchard, PA (7.0 miles ).

Latitude: 40.66 N, Longitude: 75.16 W

7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
2 people in religious group quarters

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Population change in the 1990s: +86 (+3.6%).

Historical population

Historical housing units

Most common industries for males:

Construction (14%)
Public administration (7%)
Truck transportation (6%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
Educational services (4%)
Chemicals (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (18%)
Educational services (9%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Public administration (6%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)

Most common occupations for females

Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)

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Crime in Alpha by Year
Type	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Murders	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Robberies	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Assaults	0	3	3	4	9	13
per 100,000	0.0	118.4	119.4	159.7	362.2	529.1
Burglaries	1	5	3	4	7	3
per 100,000	40.0	197.3	119.4	159.7	281.7	122.1
Thefts	29	20	12	11	31	28
per 100,000	1158.6	789.3	477.7	439.1	1247.5	1139.6
Auto thefts	0	1	1	1	2	0
per 100,000	0.0	39.5	39.8	39.9	80.5	0.0
Arson	4	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	159.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9)	49.1	72.2	54.5	63.9	148.5	160.0

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Average climate in Alpha, New Jersey

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

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Alpha-area historical tornado activity is above New Jersey state average. It is 7% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/21/1976, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 21.9 miles away from the Alpha city center caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 7/26/1981, a category 3 tornado 26.5 miles away from the city center injured 2 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Alpha:

EASTON HOSPITAL (about 5 miles; EASTON, PA)
SCCI HOSPITAL EASTON (about 5 miles; EASTON, PA)
WARREN HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; PHILLIPSBURG, NJ)

Political contributions by individuals in Alpha, NJ

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Alpha:

LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL (about 19 miles; ALLENTOWN, PA; ID: ABE)
TRENTON MERCER (about 37 miles; TRENTON, NJ; ID: TTN)
PHILADELPHIA INTL (about 56 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; ID: PHL)

Other public-use airports nearest to Alpha:

BRADEN AIRPARK (about 7 miles; EASTON, PA; ID: N43)
ALEXANDRIA (about 12 miles; PITTSTOWN, NJ; ID: N85)
VANSANT (about 14 miles; ERWINNA, PA; ID: 9N1)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Alpha:

LAFAYETTE COLLEGE (about 5 miles; EASTON, PA; Full-time enrollment: 2,218)
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 13 miles; BETHLEHEM, PA; FT enrollment: 3,128)
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY (about 16 miles; BETHLEHEM, PA; FT enrollment: 5,725)
MUHLENBERG COLLEGE (about 26 miles; Allentown, PA; FT enrollment: 2,334)
EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 27 miles; EAST STROUDSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 4,985)
BUCKS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 31 miles; NEWTOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 4,840)
LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 32 miles; SCHNECKSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,145)

Public elementary/middle school in Alpha:

Alpha School (Students: 278; Location: 817 NORTH BOULEVARD; Grades: KG - G8)

Library in Alpha:

W.W. WALTERS FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $59,440; Location: 1001 EAST BOULEVARD; 14,863 books; 345 audio materials; 459 video materials; 41 serial subscriptions)

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Cemetery: Peter and Paul Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Drinking water stations with addresses in Alpha and their reported violations in the past:

ALPHA MUNICIPAL WATER WO (Population served: 2530, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JAN-2006 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule

Initial Water Quality Parameter WQP M&R - Between JAN-2005 and JUN-2005, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (NOV-28-2005), St Compliance achieved (JAN-20-2006)

67 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:

This city:	2.5 people
New Jersey:	2.7 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	69.6%
Whole state:	70.3%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	4.0%
Whole state:	4.9%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This city:	7.6%
Whole state:	8.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This city:	4.1%
Whole state:	4.2%

Alpha compared to New Jersey state average:

Median house value above state average.
Black race population percentage below state average.
Number of college students below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.

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Banks with branches in Alpha (2007 data):

PNC Bank, National Association: Alpha Branch at Third Ave And Pohatcong Street, branch established on 1964-08-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $90,142.4 mil, Deposits: $65,279.9 mil, headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 836 total offices, Holding Company: Pnc Financial Services Group, Inc., The

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School Enrollment by Level of School

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2004 Presidential Election results in Warren County New Jersey:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Financial Administration	1	$4,001	$48,012	0	$0
Other Government Administration	1	$2,980	$35,760	14	$7,665
Judicial and Legal	0	$0		6	$4,162
Police Protection - Officers	4	$14,437	$43,311	2	$1,993
Police - Other	0	$0		2	$509
Streets and Highways	3	$9,808	$39,232	0	$0
Parks and Recreation	0	$0		2	$2,657
Water Supply	0	$0		1	$715
Sewerage	0	$0		4	$1,450
Totals for Government	9	$31,226	$41,635	31	$19,151

7.42% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($56,471 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.42%
New Jersey average:	6.12%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Morris County, NJ	1.41% ($57,577 average AGI)
from Hunterdon County, NJ	0.82% ($52,299)
from Northampton County, PA	0.55% ($37,091)

7.61% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($57,491 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.61%
New Jersey average:	6.89%

0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($566 average AGI)
Warren County: 0.03%
New Jersey average: 0.09%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Northampton County, PA	1.49% ($50,535 average AGI)
to Morris County, NJ	0.90% ($60,738)
to Hunterdon County, NJ	0.44% ($66,663)

Strongest AM radio stations in Alpha:

WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
WEST (1400 AM; 1 kW; EASTON, PA; Owner: MARANATHA BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WEEX (1230 AM; 1 kW; EASTON, PA; Owner: NASSAU BROADCASTING II, LLC)
WZZD (990 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
KYW (1060 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WPEN (950 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WNWR (1540 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)
WPHT (1210 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WCHR (1040 AM; 5 kW; FLEMINGTON, NJ; Owner: NASSAU BROADCASTING II, L.L.C.)
WMCA (570 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: SALEM MEDIA OF NEW YORK, LLC)
WOR (710 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: BUCKLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WABC (770 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WABC-AM RADIO, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Alpha:

WODE-FM (99.9 FM; EASTON, PA; Owner: NASSAU BROADCASTING II, LLC)
W245AC (96.9 FM; HARMONY TOWNSHIP, NJ; Owner: MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
WZZO (95.1 FM; BETHLEHEM, PA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WWPJ (89.5 FM; PEN ARGYL, PA; Owner: MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
WLEV (100.7 FM; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WLVR-FM (91.3 FM; BETHLEHEM, PA; Owner: LEHIGH UNIVERSITY)
WDIY (88.1 FM; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: LEHIGH VALLEY COMMUNITY BR/CST ASSOC)
WSBG (93.5 FM; STROUDSBURG, PA; Owner: NASSAU BROADCASTING II, L.L.C.)
WJCS (89.3 FM; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: BEACON BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WWYY (107.1 FM; BELVIDERE, NJ; Owner: NASSAU BROADCASTING HOLDINGS, INC.)
W224AS (92.7 FM; WASHINGTON, NJ; Owner: WRNJ RADIO, INC.)
W278AI (103.5 FM; CENTER VALLEY, PA; Owner: BUX-MONT EDUCATIONAL RADIO ASSOCIATION)
W224AU (92.7 FM; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
W289AA (105.7 FM; LEBANON TOWNSHIP, NJ; Owner: MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
WCTO (96.1 FM; EASTON, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
W246AA (97.1 FM; ALLENTOWN, ETC., PA; Owner: TEMPLE UNIV. OF THE COMMONWEALTH,ETC)
W290AC (105.9 FM; PALMERTON, PA; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
WHCY (106.3 FM; BLAIRSTOWN, NJ; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WKRF (107.9 FM; TOBYHANNA, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
WRTY (91.1 FM; JACKSON TOWNSHIP, PA; Owner: TEMPLE UNIV COMMONWEALTH SYS HGR ED.)

TV broadcast stations around Alpha:

WFMZ-TV (Channel 69; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: MARANATHA BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
KYW-TV (Channel 3; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: CBS BROADCASTING INC.)
WLVT-TV (Channel 39; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: LEHIGH VALLEY PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
W55BS (Channel 55; BELVIDERE, NJ; Owner: NEW JERSEY PUBLIC BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
W07DC (Channel 7; ALLENTOWN/BETHLEHEM, PA; Owner: NEW YORK TIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES)
WPHL-TV (Channel 17; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION COMPANY)
WBPH-TV (Channel 60; BETHLEHEM, PA; Owner: SONSHINE FAMILY TELEVISION CORPORATION)
WPPX (Channel 61; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: PAXSON PHILADELPHIA LICENSE, INC.)
WPVI-TV (Channel 6; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: ABC, INC.)
WPSG (Channel 57; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: VIACOM STATIONS GROUP OF PHILADELPHIA INC.)
WCAU (Channel 10; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: NBC SUBSIDIARY (WCAU-TV), L.P.)
WGTW (Channel 48; BURLINGTON, NJ; Owner: BRUNSON COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WYBE (Channel 35; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INDEPENDENCE PUBLIC MEDIA OF PHILADELPHIA, INC.)
WNJT (Channel 52; TRENTON, NJ; Owner: NEW JERSEY PUBLIC BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
WHYY-TV (Channel 12; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: WHYY, INC.)
WELL-LP (Channel 8; WILLOW GROVE, ETC., PA; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
WTXF-TV (Channel 29; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: FOX TV STATIONS OF PHILADELPHIA)
W46BL (Channel 46; ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM, PA; Owner: MARANATHA BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)

Alpha fatal accident list for 2002:
Aug 8, 2002 08:56 AM, I-78, Vehicles: 3, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 1

Alpha fatal accident list for 1992:
Sep 14, 1992 09:00 AM, Cr635, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1

Alpha fatal accident list for 1984:
Jul 5, 1984 07:35 AM, Cr642, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1

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