Cashtown-McKnightstown, Pennsylvania

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Cambria County

Population in July 2007: 717.

Males: 345	(48.2%)
Females: 372	(51.8%)

Median resident age:	39.5 years
Pennsylvania median age:	38.0 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $57,000 (it was $45,882 in 2000)

Cashtown-McKnightstown	$57,000
Pennsylvania:	$48,576

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $163,900 (it was $114,700 in 2000)

Cashtown-McKnightstown	$163,900
Pennsylvania:	$155,000

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Races in Cashtown-McKnightstown:

White Non-Hispanic (95.8%)
Black (1.7%)
Two or more races (1.6%)
Hispanic (0.9%)
Other race (0.9%)

2008 cost of living index in Cashtown-McKnightstown: 88.4 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (45.3%), Irish (13.8%), English (13.4%), United States (9.7%), Dutch (6.1%), Italian (5.4%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 2010 feet

Land area: 2.38 square miles.

Population density: 301 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Cashtown-McKnightstown

High school or higher: 76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.1%
Graduate or professional degree: 6.9%
Unemployed: 0.9%
Mean travel time to work: 19.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Cashtown-McKnightstown CDP

Never married: 18.2%
Now married: 64.7%
Separated: 0.0%
Widowed: 11.4%
Divorced: 5.6%

11 residents are foreign born

This place:	1.5%
Pennsylvania:	4.1%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

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

Cashtown-McKnightstown:	1.2% ($1,428)
Pennsylvania:	1.6% ($1,552)

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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Frederick, MD (31.6 miles , pop. 52,767).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Baltimore, MD (63.2 miles , pop. 651,154).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (150.9 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Orrtanna, PA (2.3 miles) , Arendtsville borough, PA (4.4 miles ), Fairfield borough, PA (6.5 miles ), Biglerville borough, PA (7.3 miles ), Gettysburg borough, PA (7.8 miles ), Carroll Valley borough, PA (9.3 miles ), Bendersville borough, PA (9.6 miles ), Bendersville Station-Aspers, PA (10.5 miles ).

Latitude: 39.88 N, Longitude: 77.34 W

Cashtown-McKnightstown household income distribution

Cashtown-McKnightstown home values distribution

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Most common industries for males:

Construction (15%)
Nonmetallic mineral products (13%)
Accommodation and food services (13%)
Public administration (10%)
Utilities (7%)
Food (5%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (19%)
Accommodation and food services (15%)
Educational services (12%)
Food (9%)
Finance and insurance (8%)
Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (7%)
U. S. Postal service (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (15%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (5%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)

Most common occupations for females

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (11%)
Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (11%)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)

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Average climate in Cashtown-McKnightstown, Pennsylvania

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

Cashtown-McKnightstown, Pennsylvania average temperatures

Cashtown-McKnightstown, Pennsylvania average precipitation

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Cashtown-McKnightstown-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Pennsylvania state average. It is 16% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/22/1983, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 13.6 miles away from the Cashtown-McKnightstown place center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

On 4/16/1961, a category 3 tornado 17.4 miles away from the place center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Cashtown-McKnightstown:

GETTYSBURG HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; GETTYSBURG, PA)
WAYNESBORO HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; WAYNESBORO, PA)
CHAMBERSBURG HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; CHAMBERSBURG, PA)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Cashtown-McKnightstown:

HAGERSTOWN REGIONAL-RICHARD A HENSON FLD (about 29 miles; HAGERSTOWN, MD; ID: HGR)
HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL (about 46 miles; HARRISBURG, PA; ID: MDT)
WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL (about 66 miles; WASHINGTON, DC; ID: IAD)

Other public-use airports nearest to Cashtown-McKnightstown:

GETTYSBURG AIRPORT AND TRAVEL CENTER (about 6 miles; GETTYSBURG, PA; ID: W05)
MID ATLANTIC SOARING CENTER (about 9 miles; FAIRFIELD, PA; ID: W73)
SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY (about 10 miles; GETTYSBURG, PA; ID: P98)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Cashtown-McKnightstown:

GETTYSBURG COLLEGE (about 9 miles; GETTYSBURG, PA; Full-time enrollment: 2,216)
SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 16 miles; SHIPPENSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 6,330)
DICKINSON COLLEGE (about 25 miles; CARLISLE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,098)
FREDERICK COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 28 miles; FREDERICK, MD; FT enrollment: 2,407)
MESSIAH COLLEGE (about 31 miles; GRANTHAM, PA; FT enrollment: 2,761)
WESTERN MARYLAND COLLEGE (about 33 miles; WESTMINSTER, MD; FT enrollment: 2,245)
HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE-HARRISBURG (about 44 miles; HARRISBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 4,653)

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Average household size:

This place:	2.6 people
Pennsylvania:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	77.2%
Whole state:	67.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	3.1%
Whole state:	5.0%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	0.9%
Whole state:	11.0%

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

This place:	0.0%
Whole state:	5.1%

Cashtown-McKnightstown compared to Pennsylvania state average:

Unemployed percentage significantly below 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 below state average.
House age significantly above state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.

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Educational Attainment

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Cashtown-McKnightstown travel time to work

Cashtown-McKnightstown mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Cambria County Pennsylvania:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

3.35% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,835 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	3.35%
Pennsylvania average:	4.99%

0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($297 average AGI)
Cambria County: 0.04%
Pennsylvania average: 0.12%

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

from Somerset County, PA	0.42% ($21,680 average AGI)
from Blair County, PA	0.32% ($30,783)
from Indiana County, PA	0.23% ($29,414)

4.02% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,968 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.02%
Pennsylvania average:	5.08%

0.02% of residents moved to foreign countries ($111 average AGI)
Cambria County: 0.02%
Pennsylvania average: 0.05%

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

to Somerset County, PA	0.45% ($35,913 average AGI)
to Blair County, PA	0.40% ($28,300)
to Allegheny County, PA	0.38% ($29,854)

Strongest AM radio stations in Cashtown-McKnightstown:

WFKJ (890 AM; daytime; 1 kW; CASHTOWN, PA; Owner: JESUS IS LORD MINISTRIES INTERNATION)
WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)
WMET (1150 AM; 50 kW; GAITHERSBURG, MD; Owner: BELTWAY ACQUISITION CORPORATION)
WBAL (1090 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: HEARST RADIO, INC.)
WGOP (700 AM; daytime; 25 kW; WALKERSVILLE, MD; Owner: BIRACH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WGET (1320 AM; 1 kW; GETTYSBURG, PA; Owner: TIMES AND NEWS PUBLISHING COMANY)
WTEM (980 AM; 50 kW; WASHINGTON, DC; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
WTOP (1500 AM; 50 kW; WASHINGTON, DC; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
WHYL (960 AM; 5 kW; CARLISLE, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WWLG (1370 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: M-10 BROADCASTING, INC.)
WHVR (1280 AM; 5 kW; HANOVER, PA)
WCBG (1590 AM; 5 kW; CHAMBERSBURG, PA; Owner: M. BELMONT VERSTANDIG, INC.)
WTRI (1520 AM; daytime; 17 kW; BRUNSWICK, MD; Owner: JMK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Cashtown-McKnightstown:

WAYZ-FM (104.7 FM; HAGERSTOWN, MD; Owner: HJV LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WETH (89.1 FM; HAGERSTOWN, MD; Owner: GREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSN.)
WZBT (91.1 FM; GETTYSBURG, PA; Owner: GETTYSBURG COLLEGE)
W219BE (91.7 FM; WAYNESBORO, PA; Owner: MARANATHA BIBLE INSTITUTE, NDBA)
WFRE (99.9 FM; FREDERICK, MD; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
W219BX (91.7 FM; FREDERICK, MD; Owner: CEDAR RIDGE CHILDREN'S HOME & SCHOOL, INC)
WYCR (98.5 FM; YORK-HANOVER, PA; Owner: RADIO HANOVER, INC.)
WGTY (107.7 FM; GETTYSBURG, PA; Owner: TIMES AND NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY)
WEEO-FM (103.7 FM; MCCONNELLSBURG, PA; Owner: ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN NETWORK)
WWVZ (103.9 FM; BRADDOCK HEIGHTS, MD; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
WJUN-FM (92.5 FM; MEXICO, PA; Owner: STARVIEW MEDIA, INC.)
WITF-FM (89.5 FM; HARRISBURG, PA; Owner: WITF, INC.)
WARX (106.9 FM; HAGERSTOWN, MD; Owner: MANNING BROADCASTING INC.)
WQJU (107.1 FM; MIFFLINTOWN, PA; Owner: CENTRAL PA CHRISTIAN INSTITUTE, INC.)
WXMJ (99.5 FM; MOUNT UNION, PA; Owner: MEGAHERTZ LICENSES, LLC)
WJRC (90.9 FM; LEWISTOWN, PA; Owner: SALT AND LIGHT MEDIA MINISTRIES, INC)
WROZ (101.3 FM; LANCASTER, PA; Owner: HALL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WHBO (92.7 FM; STARVIEW, PA; Owner: HALL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WQCM (94.3 FM; GREENCASTLE, PA; Owner: DAME BROADCASTING, LLC)
WIKZ (95.1 FM; CHAMBERSBURG, PA; Owner: DAME BROADCASTING, LLC)

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