Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: |  5.2% | | Whole state: |  11.0% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 0.8% | | Whole state: | 5.1% |
Blakely compared to Pennsylvania state average:
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- House age significantly above state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
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2004 Presidential Election results in Lackawanna County Pennsylvania:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Electric Power |
4 | $14,492 | $43,476 | 4 | $3,703 |
| Streets and Highways |
2 | $5,868 | $35,208 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
5 | $14,182 | $34,037 | 2 | $3,145 |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $4,766 | $57,192 | 10 | $4,225 |
| Other and Unallocable |
1 | $2,046 | $24,552 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
1 | $2,449 | $29,388 | 1 | $443 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
4 | $13,274 | $39,822 | 12 | $9,301 |
| Police - Other |
0 | $0 | | 3 | $319 |
| Totals for Government |
18 | $57,077 | $38,051 | 32 | $21,135 |
Blakely government finances in 2002:
- Charges - All Other: $3,959,000
Solid Waste Management: $302,000
- Current Operations - General - Other: $3,828,000
Electric Utilities: $1,782,000
Regular Highways: $416,000
Solid Waste Management: $367,000
Police Protection: $302,000
Parks & Recreation: $197,000
Housing & Community Development: $181,000
Fire Protection: $155,000
Financial Administration: $115,000
Central Staff Services: $70,000
Sewerage: $69,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $66,000
General Public Buildings: $60,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $24,000
Health Services - Other: $5,000
- Employee Retirement - Total Cash & Deposits: $1,016,000
Benefit Payments: $85,000
From Other Government: $54,000
Interest Revenue: $45,000
Local Employee Contribution: $31,000
Withdrawals: $6,000
From Local Government: $2,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $104,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $591,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $11,135,000
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $14,856,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $10,197,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $15,794,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $312,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $70,000
Electric Utilities: $69,000
Police Protection: $23,000
General Public Building: $5,000
Parks & Recreation: $2,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $113,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $3,925,000
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $135,000
Highways: $114,000
Housing & Community Development: $25,000
General Support: $1,000
- Tax - Individual Income: $508,000
NEC: $67,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $957,000
3.80% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,835 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 3.80% | | Pennsylvania average: | 4.99% |
0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($350 average AGI)| Lackawanna County: | 0.05% | | Pennsylvania average: | 0.12% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
3.82% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,520 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 3.82% | | Pennsylvania average: | 5.08% |
0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($280 average AGI)| Lackawanna County: | 0.04% | | Pennsylvania average: | 0.05% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Blakely:
- WEJL (630 AM; 2 kW; SCRANTON, PA)
- WQOR (750 AM; daytime; 2 kW; OLYPHANT, PA; Owner: HOLY FAMILY COMMUNICATIONS)
- WKJN (1440 AM; 5 kW; CARBONDALE, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WITK (1550 AM; 10 kW; PITTSTON, PA; Owner: ROBERT C. CORDARO, INC.)
- WARM (590 AM; 5 kW; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WICK (1400 AM; 1 kW; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: LANCOM, INC.)
- WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WGBI (910 AM; 1 kW; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
- WMCA (570 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: SALEM MEDIA OF NEW YORK, LLC)
- WILK (980 AM; 5 kW; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
- WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WZZD (990 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
- WOR (710 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: BUCKLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
Strongest FM radio stations in Blakely:
- W212AT (90.3 FM; CLARKS SUMMIT, PA; Owner: NORTHEASTERN PA. EDUCTNL TV ASSOC.)
- WWDL-FM (104.9 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: LANE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WEZX (106.9 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: THE SCRANTON TIMES, L.P.)
- WUSR (99.5 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON)
- WBHD (95.7 FM; OLYPHANT, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WGGY (101.3 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
- WCWI (94.3 FM; CARBONDALE, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WPGP (88.3 FM; TAFTON, PA; Owner: SOUND OF LIFE, INC.)
- WQFN (100.1 FM; FOREST CITY, PA; Owner: THE SCRANTON TIMES, L.P.)
- WMGS (92.9 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WKRZ (98.5 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
- WVIA-FM (89.9 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATIONAL TV ASSN.)
- WBHT (97.1 FM; MOUNTAIN TOP, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WQFM (92.1 FM; NANTICOKE, PA; Owner: THE SCRANTON TIMES, L.P.)
- WCLH (90.7 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: WILKES COLLEGE)
- W219CG (91.7 FM; WILKER-BARRE, PA; Owner: PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, INC.)
- WCWY (107.7 FM; TUNKHANNOCK, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WBSX (97.9 FM; HAZLETON, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- 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 Blakely:
- WQPX (Channel 64; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: PAXSON SCRANTON LICENSE, INC.)
- WSWB (Channel 38; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: KB PRIME MEDIA LLC)
- W26CD (Channel 26; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: NATIONAL MINORITY T.V., INC.)
- WNEP-TV (Channel 16; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: NEW YORK TIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES)
- WOLF-TV (Channel 56; HAZLETON, PA; Owner: WOLF LICENSE CORP.)
- WVIA-TV (Channel 44; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: NE PA ED TV ASSOCIATION)
- WBRE-TV (Channel 28; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: NEXSTAR BROADCASTING OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, L.L.C.)
- WYOU (Channel 22; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: MISSION BROADCASTING, INC.)
- W07BV (Channel 7; WILKES-BARRE, ETC., PA; Owner: CATHOLIC BROADCASTING OF SCRANTON, INC.)
- W51BP (Channel 51; CLARKS SUMMIT, ETC., PA; Owner: NEXSTAR BROADCASTING OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, L.L.C.)
- W19AR (Channel 19; CLARKS SUMMIT, PA; Owner: MISSION BROADCASTING, INC.)
- W48AQ (Channel 48; CLARKS SUMMIT, ETC., PA; Owner: NORTHEASTERN PA EDUC'L. TV ASSN.)
- W18BN (Channel 18; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: COMMONWEALTH TELECASTERS)
- W14CO (Channel 14; CLARKS SUMMIT, ETC., PA; Owner: NEW YORK TIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES)
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