California, Pennsylvania

Back to California, PA housing info, Washington County, Pennsylvania, PA smaller cities, PA small cities, All Cities.   Submit your own pictures of this borough and show them to the World General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Current weather forecast for California, PA Washington County Population in July 2008: 6,252. Population change since 2000: +18.5%   Males: 3,008   (48.1%) Females: 3,244   (51.9%) Median resident age:   23.7 years Pennsylvania median age:   38.0 years Zip codes: 15419. Estimated median household income in 2007: $30,975 (it was $24,628 in 2000) California:   $30,975 Pennsylvania:   $48,576 Estimated per capita income in 2007: $18,285 California:   $18,285 Pennsylvania:   $26,228 Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $104,768 (it was $69,900 in 2000) California:   $104,768 Pennsylvania:   $155,000 Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $133,285; Detached houses: $135,187; Townhouses or other attached units: $204,934; In 2-unit structures: $44,447; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $91,125; Mobile homes: $36,806 Recent home sales, real estate maps, and home value estimator for zip code 15419 California, PA residents, houses, and apartments details Add your B&M business listing here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition Races in California: White Non-Hispanic (93.7%) Black (4.1%) Two or more races (0.9%) American Indian (0.6%) 2008 cost of living index in California: 78.0 (low, U.S. average is 100) Recent posts about California, Pennsylvania on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users. California is mentioned 1,811 times on our forum: Relocating Teacher (California to Pennsylvania)  (8 replies) Apartments in or near California, PA  (1 reply) Moving to Erie in a few weeks from California...Need Info  (7 replies) Summing Up the Shape that California is in  (1 reply) California City Data Friends evacuate from Fire  (4 replies) Fires in So. California  (1 reply) Latest news from California, PA collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations Ancestries: German (17.6%), Italian (17.4%), Irish (12.9%), English (11.8%), Polish (6.8%), Slovak (5.7%). Current Local Time: EST time zone Incorporated on 11/26/1853 Elevation: 1000 feet Land area: 11.0 square miles. Population density: 567 people per square mile   (low).

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	1.12
US city average:	3.00

Average climate in California, Pennsylvania

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California-area historical tornado activity is near Pennsylvania state average. It is 5% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/2/1998, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 35.9 miles away from the California borough center injured 5 people and caused $6 million in damages.

On 8/3/1963, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 17.6 miles away from the borough center killed 2 people and injured 70 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

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Notable location: California Overlook (A). Display/hide its location on the map Cemeteries: Eastern Cemetery (1), Highland Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map Streams, rivers, and creeks: Gorby Run (A). Display/hide its location on the map Tourist attraction: California Area Historical Society (Historical Places & Services; 429 Wood Street).

Average household size:

This borough:	2.1 people
Pennsylvania:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This borough:	45.9%
Whole state:	67.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This borough:	5.1%
Whole state:	5.0%

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

• Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
• Gay men: 0.1% of all households

This borough:	22.3%
Whole state:	11.0%

This borough:	11.0%
Whole state:	5.1%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in California, PA

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4.28% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($51,140 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.28%
Pennsylvania average:	4.99%

0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($254 average AGI)

Washington County:	0.04%
Pennsylvania average:	0.12%

from Allegheny County, PA	1.84% ($59,215 average AGI)
from Westmoreland County, PA	0.28% ($31,215)
from Fayette County, PA	0.24% ($29,016)

4.46% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($47,904 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.46%
Pennsylvania average:	5.08%

0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($214 average AGI)

Washington County:	0.03%
Pennsylvania average:	0.05%

to Allegheny County, PA	1.45% ($42,283 average AGI)
to Westmoreland County, PA	0.33% ($34,176)
to Fayette County, PA	0.19% ($29,471)

• Lynn A Deppen, North Twr - 1.65 Mi Nw Of Brownsville Pa Btwn Pa Rt 88 & Us 40, Type: 2ta1, Structure height: 68.9 m, Overall height: 68.9 m
  Registrant: Keymarket Of Pa, LLC, 100 Ryan Court, Pittsburgh, PA 15205, Phone: (412) 489-1001, Email:
• Lynn A Deppen, South Twr - 1.65 Mi Nw Of Brownsville Pa Btwn Pa Rt 88 & Us 40, Type: 2ta2, Structure height: 68.9 m, Overall height: 68.9 m
  Registrant: Keymarket Of Pa, LLC, 100 Ryan Court, Pittsburgh, PA 15205, Phone: (412) 489-1001, Email:
• Richard J Byrne, 777 Promised Land Drive, Type: Tower, Structure height: 60 m, Overall height: 62.4 m
  Registrant: Towerco Assets LLC, 5000 Valleystone Drive, Suite 200, Cary, NC 27519, Phone: (919) 653-5710, Email:
• Edward G Roach, 875 Highpoint Drive, Type: Tower, Structure height: 82.3 m, Overall height: 82.3 m, , Licensee ID: L00131772
  Registrant: Sba Towers, Inc., 5900 Broken Sound Parkway Nw, Boca Raton, FL 33487, Phone: (561) 995-7670, Email:

• 101 Wood St, Call Sign: KGE841
  Assigned Frequencies : 46.4600 MHz
  Grant Date: 03/09/1996, Expiration Date: 03/25/2001, Cancelation Date: 05/27/2001
  Registrant: California Volunteer Fire Dept, 101 Wood St, California, PA 15419, Phone: (412) 938-3567
• 1.7 Mi Ese Of Int Of Sr 481 & Leg Rt 62196, Call Sign: KLF857, Licensee ID: L00067330
  Assigned Frequencies : 48.1600 MHz
  Grant Date: 12/10/1997, Expiration Date: 01/25/2003, Cancelation Date: 04/27/2003
  Registrant: Redstone Water Company Inc, 3 Main Street, Daisytown, PA 15427

• 293 Malden Rd, Structure height: 7.3 m, Overall height: 12.2 m, Call Sign: WPNL776
  Assigned Frequencies : 943.375 MHz
  Grant Date: 03/04/2008, Expiration Date: 05/28/2018
  Registrant: Phone: (412) 228-6911
• WPQR Studio, North Twr - 1.65 Mi Nw Of Brownsville Pa Btwn Pa Rt 88 & Us 40, Type: Other, Structure height: 68.9 m, Call Sign: WPSS426
  Assigned Frequencies : 950.000 MHz
  Grant Date: 07/23/2001, Expiration Date: 08/01/2014, Certifier: Lynn A Deppen
  Registrant: Keymarket Licenses, LLC, 100 Ryan Court, Pittsburgh, PA 15205, Phone: (412) 489-1001, Fax: (412) 489-1002, Email:

• Call Sign: K3RZ, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00794908
  Grant Date: 01/08/2004, Expiration Date: 01/18/2014, Certifier: Robert L Zoppetti
  Registrant: Robert L Zoppetti, 195 Skyline Dr, California, PA 15419
• Call Sign: KA3SQL, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00162012
  Grant Date: 08/25/2003, Expiration Date: 11/23/2013, Certifier: Farley B Hunt
  Registrant: Farley B Hunt, 978 Boulder St, California, PA 15419
• Call Sign: N3KTG, Previous Call Sign:
  Grant Date: 10/18/1994, Expiration Date: 10/22/2001, Cancelation Date: 10/23/2003
  Registrant: Carmen F Polen, 217 Water St, California, PA 15419
• Call Sign: W3LKE, Previous Call Sign:
  Grant Date: 11/20/1995, Expiration Date: 11/20/2005, Cancelation Date: 11/21/2007
  Registrant: Stanley M Markovitch, 998 Green St, California, PA 15419
• Call Sign: W3SUS, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00794794
  Grant Date: 01/08/2004, Expiration Date: 01/18/2014, Certifier: Robert L Zoppetti
  Registrant: Vulcan Amateur Radio Club, 195 Skyline Dr, California, PA 15419
• Call Sign: KB3ITV, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00594758
  Grant Date: 11/14/2002, Expiration Date: 11/14/2012, Certifier: William R Ridge Iii
  Registrant: William R Ridge Iii, 1239 California Terr, California, PA 15419

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