Broad Top City, Pennsylvania

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Huntingdon County

Population in July 2007: 387. Population change since 2000: +0.5%

Males: 199	(51.6%)
Females: 188	(48.4%)

Median resident age:	42.7 years
Pennsylvania median age:	38.0 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $34,209 (it was $27,500 in 2000)

Broad Top City:	$34,209
Pennsylvania:	$48,576

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $104,261 (it was $66,900 in 2000)

Broad Top City:	$104,261
Pennsylvania:	$155,000

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $118,159; Detached houses: $126,897; Townhouses or other attached units: $85,075; Mobile homes: $46,250

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Races in Broad Top City:

White Non-Hispanic (100.0%)

2008 cost of living index in Broad Top City: 85.4 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (12.8%), Irish (11.5%), United States (8.3%), Polish (4.2%), Welsh (4.2%), Dutch (3.9%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated on 08/19/1868

Elevation: 1989 feet

Land area: 0.64 square miles.

Population density: 605 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Broad Top City

High school or higher: 77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.1%
Graduate or professional degree: 1.5%
Unemployed: 10.7%
Mean travel time to work: 42.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Broad Top City borough

Never married: 17.0%
Now married: 65.4%
Separated: 3.6%
Widowed: 8.8%
Divorced: 5.2%

0 residents are foreign born

This borough:	0.0%
Pennsylvania:	4.1%

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

Broad Top City:	1.5% ($988)
Pennsylvania:	1.6% ($1,552)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Frederick, MD (65.8 miles , pop. 52,767).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Pittsburgh, PA (98.3 miles , pop. 334,563).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (159.1 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Dudley, PA (1.4 miles) , Coalmont, PA (1.8 miles) , Coaldale, PA (2.2 miles) , Saxton borough, PA (2.4 miles ), Saltillo borough, PA (2.7 miles ), Hopewell borough, PA (2.9 miles ), Three Springs borough, PA (2.9 miles ), Cassville, PA (2.9 miles) .

Latitude: 40.20 N, Longitude: 78.14 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 814

Broad Top City household income distribution

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Population change in the 1990s: +53 (+16.0%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (28%)
Machinery (11%)
Leather and allied products (9%)
Public administration (8%)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
Repair and maintenance (5%)
Metal and metal products (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (24%)
Leather and allied products (20%)
Educational services (12%)
Food and beverage stores (8%)
Finance and insurance (8%)
Paper (4%)
Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
Carpenters (8%)
Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Cashiers (12%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)

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Average climate in Broad Top City, Pennsylvania

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

Broad Top City, Pennsylvania average temperatures

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Broad Top City-area historical tornado activity is near Pennsylvania state average. It is 2% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/16/1961, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 34.4 miles away from the Broad Top City borough center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 6/2/1998, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 53.9 miles away from the borough center injured 5 people and caused $6 million in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Broad Top City:

NASON HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; ROARING SPRING, PA)
FULTON COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (about 21 miles; MCCONNELLSBURG, PA)
ALTOONA HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; ALTOONA, PA)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Broad Top City:

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE ALTOONA (about 23 miles; ALTOONA, PA; Full-time enrollment: 3,516)
SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 38 miles; SHIPPENSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 6,330)
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-JOHNSTOWN (about 39 miles; JOHNSTOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 2,851)
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 44 miles; UNIVERSITY PARK, PA; FT enrollment: 38,248)
DICKINSON COLLEGE (about 50 miles; CARLISLE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,098)
GETTYSBURG COLLEGE (about 55 miles; GETTYSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 2,216)
FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY (about 58 miles; FROSTBURG, MD; FT enrollment: 4,672)

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Cemetery: Broad Top Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Drinking water stations with addresses in Broad Top City and their reported violations in the past:

BROADTOP CITY WATER AUTH (Population served: 350, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUL-2003, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance Meeting conducted (NOV-21-2003), St Compliance achieved (DEC-03-2003)

Past monitoring violations:

Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2005 and MAR-2005, Contaminant: Chlorine. Follow-up actions: St Consent Decree/Judgement (JUL-26-2005), St Compliance achieved (JUL-26-2005), St Compliance Meeting conducted (JUL-26-2005)

CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between OCT-2004 and JAN-2005, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JAN-31-2005), St Consent Decree/Judgement (JAN-31-2005), St Formal NOV issued (JAN-31-2005)

Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between OCT-2004 and DEC-2004, Contaminant: Chlorine. Follow-up actions: St Consent Decree/Judgement (MAR-02-2005), St Compliance achieved (MAR-02-2005), St Compliance Meeting conducted (MAR-02-2005)

Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JUL-2004 and SEP-2004, Contaminant: Chlorine. Follow-up actions: St Consent Decree/Judgement (DEC-20-2004), St Compliance achieved (DEC-20-2004), St Compliance Meeting conducted (DEC-20-2004)

Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between APR-2004 and JUN-2004, Contaminant: Chlorine. Follow-up actions: St Consent Decree/Judgement (AUG-24-2004), St Compliance achieved (AUG-24-2004), St Compliance Meeting conducted (AUG-24-2004)

15 regular monitoring violations

2 other older monitoring violations

Average household size:

This borough:	2.4 people
Pennsylvania:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This borough:	72.8%
Whole state:	67.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This borough:	4.9%
Whole state:	5.0%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
Gay men: 0.6% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This borough:	19.8%
Whole state:	11.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This borough:	9.8%
Whole state:	5.1%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Broad Top City, PA

Broad Top City compared to Pennsylvania state average:

Unemployed percentage above state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Median age above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.
Length of stay since moving in above state average.
Number of college students significantly below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Educational Attainment

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Broad Top City mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Huntingdon County Pennsylvania:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (75%) Electricity (10%) Coal or coke (9%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%) Wood (3%)

Religon statistics for Broad Top City

Adherents

Name	United Methodist Church	Catholic Church	Presbyterian Church (USA)	Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Adherents	31.1%	14.7%	8.1%	6.8%	6.4%
Congregations	37.8%	3.1%	10.2%	5.5%	5.5%

Name	Christian and Missionary Alliance	United Church of Christ	Assemblies of God	Church of the Nazarene	Other religions
Adherents	4.7%	4.7%	4.0%	3.8%	15.6%
Congregations	2.4%	6.3%	3.1%	3.1%	22.8%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Sewerage	0	$0		2	$1,020
Water Supply	0	$0		2	$1,445
Totals for Government	0	$0		4	$2,465

4.16% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,543 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.16%
Pennsylvania average:	4.99%

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 Mifflin County, PA	0.53% ($24,744 average AGI)
from Blair County, PA	0.47% ($30,280)
from Centre County, PA	0.44% ($44,254)

4.42% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,126 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.42%
Pennsylvania average:	5.08%

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

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

to Blair County, PA	0.55% ($26,977 average AGI)
to Centre County, PA	0.48% ($33,169)
to Mifflin County, PA	0.43% ($27,754)

Strongest AM radio stations in Broad Top City:

WZSK (1040 AM; daytime; 10 kW; EVERETT, PA; Owner: NEW MILLENNIUM COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.)
WKMC (1370 AM; 5 kW; ROARING SPRING, PA; Owner: ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN NETWORK)
WHUN (1150 AM; 5 kW; HUNTINGDON, PA; Owner: MEGAHERTZ LICENSES, LLC)
WJSM (1110 AM; daytime; 1 kW; MARTINSBURG, PA; Owner: MARTINSBURG BROADCASTING, INC.)
WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)
WFBG (1290 AM; 5 kW; ALTOONA, PA; Owner: FOREVER OF PA, LLC)
WLYE (850 AM; 10 kW; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: FOREVER OF JOHNSTOWN, INC.)
WHJB (1600 AM; 5 kW; BEDFORD, PA; Owner: JOHN H. CESSNA)
WMET (1150 AM; 50 kW; GAITHERSBURG, MD; Owner: BELTWAY ACQUISITION CORPORATION)
WVAM (1430 AM; 5 kW; ALTOONA, PA; Owner: VITAL LICENSES, LLC)
WBAL (1090 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: HEARST RADIO, INC.)
KDKA (1020 AM; 50 kW; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WIEZ (670 AM; daytime; 5 kW; LEWISTOWN, PA; Owner: FIRST MEDIA RADIO, LLC)

Strongest FM radio stations in Broad Top City:

WJSM-FM (92.7 FM; MARTINSBURG, PA; Owner: MARTINSBURG BROADCASTING, INC.)
WXMJ (99.5 FM; MOUNT UNION, PA; Owner: MEGAHERTZ LICENSES, LLC)
WEEO-FM (103.7 FM; MCCONNELLSBURG, PA; Owner: ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN NETWORK)
WLAK (103.5 FM; HUNTINGDON, PA; Owner: FIRST MEDIA RADIO, LLC)
WMAJ-FM (104.9 FM; HOLLIDAYSBURG, PA; Owner: FOREVER OF PA, LLC)
W294AE (106.7 FM; ALTOONA, PA; Owner: THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY)
WAYC (100.9 FM; BEDFORD, PA; Owner: CESSNA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WBVE (107.5 FM; BEDFORD, PA; Owner: CESSNA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
W267AC (101.3 FM; ALTOONA, PA; Owner: ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN NETWORK)
WSKE (104.3 FM; EVERETT, PA; Owner: NEW MILLENNIUM COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.)
WBXQ (94.7 FM; CRESSON, PA; Owner: SOUNDS GOOD, INC.)
WWLY (106.3 FM; HUNTINGDON, PA; Owner: MEGAHERTZ LICENSES,LLC)
WFGY (98.1 FM; ALTOONA, PA; Owner: FOREVER OF PA, LLC)
WKYE-FM1 (95.5 FM; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: WINSTON RADIO CORPORATION)
WALY (103.9 FM; BELLWOOD, PA; Owner: FOREVER OF JOHNSTOWN, INC.)
WPRR (100.1 FM; ALTOONA, PA; Owner: VITAL LICENSES, LLC)
WBRX-FM1 (94.7 FM; ALTOONA, PA; Owner: SHERLOCK BROADCASTING, INC)
WBUS (93.7 FM; BOALSBURG, PA; Owner: DAME BROADCASTING, LLC)
WQJU (107.1 FM; MIFFLINTOWN, PA; Owner: CENTRAL PA CHRISTIAN INSTITUTE, INC.)
WJRC (90.9 FM; LEWISTOWN, PA; Owner: SALT AND LIGHT MEDIA MINISTRIES, INC)

TV broadcast stations around Broad Top City:

W32AX (Channel 32; ALTOONA, PA; Owner: BENJAMIN PEREZ)
WJAL (Channel 68; HAGERSTOWN, MD; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Fire: 1

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