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Population (year 2000): 8,664. Estimated population in July 2006: 8,467 (-2.3% change)
 

Males: 4,206  (48.5%)
Females: 4,458  (51.5%)

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Median resident age:  34.4 years
Pennsylvania median age:  38.0 years

Estimated median household income in 2005: $44,700 (it was $40,207 in 2000)
Collingdale  $44,700
Pennsylvania:  $44,537

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $107,300 (it was $69,600 in 2000)
Collingdale  $107,300
Pennsylvania:  $131,900

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Races in Collingdale:

  • White Non-Hispanic (91.5%)
  • Black (4.7%)
  • Two or more races (1.2%)
  • Hispanic (0.9%)
  • American Indian (0.8%)

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Ancestries: Irish (45.3%), German (21.2%), Italian (20.1%), English (10.4%), Polish (5.1%), United States (2.7%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated on 12/23/1891

Elevation: 83 feet

Land area: 0.87 square miles.

Population density: 9784 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Collingdale

  • High school or higher: 82.4%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.6%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.6%
  • Unemployed: 5.7%
  • Mean travel time to work: 29.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Collingdale borough

  • Never married: 30.9%
  • Now married: 47.7%
  • Separated: 3.9%
  • Widowed: 8.5%
  • Divorced: 9.0%

105 residents are foreign born

This city:  1.2%
Pennsylvania:  4.1%

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

Collingdale:  2.8% ($1,943)
Pennsylvania:  1.6% ($1,552)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Philadelphia, PA (10.9 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Aldan borough, PA (0.7 miles ), Sharon Hill borough, PA (0.7 miles ), Darby Township, PA (0.8 miles ), Glenolden borough, PA (1.4 miles ), Darby borough, PA (1.4 miles ), Folcroft borough, PA (1.4 miles ), Clifton Heights borough, PA (1.6 miles ), Colwyn borough, PA (1.7 miles ).

Latitude: 39.91 N, Longitude: 75.28 W

Daytime population change due to commuting: -2,279 (-26.3%)
Workers who live and work in this city: 341 (8.7%)


People in group quarters in Collingdale
  • 11 people in other nonhousehold living situations
  • 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 2 people in religious group quarters

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Population change in the 1990s: -682 (-7.3%).


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Most common industries for males:
  • Construction (16%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Health care (5%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
  • Repair and maintenance (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (20%)
  • Educational services (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Finance and insurance (7%)
  • Food and beverage stores (6%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
  • Personal and laundry services (3%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
  • Carpenters (4%)
  • Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (3%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Cashiers (6%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
  • Customer service representatives (4%)


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Crime in Collingdale by Year
Type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 200000
    per 100,000 23.10.00.00.00.00.0
Rapes 473233
    per 100,000 46.180.434.923.335.135.3
Robberies 101330161916
    per 100,000 115.4149.4349.3186.6222.5188.0
Assaults 59N/A1061049183
    per 100,000 680.7N/A1234.11213.11065.6975.4
Burglaries 423538383233
    per 100,000 484.5402.2442.4443.3374.7387.8
Thefts 37185222201230203
    per 100,000 426.92125.72584.72344.62693.22385.7
Auto thefts 404047263829
    per 100,000 461.5459.6547.2303.3445.0340.8
Arson 051101
    per 100,000 0.057.511.611.70.011.8
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 198.7) 341.7N/A557.7466.3477.5429.5

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 10 (8 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  0.94
US city average:  3.00

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Collingdale-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Pennsylvania state average. It is 22% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/22/1955, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 16.2 miles away from the Collingdale city center killed one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 4/28/1961, a category 3 tornado 26.2 miles away from the city center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Collingdale:
  • KINDRED HOSPITAL - DELAWARE COUNTY (about 1 miles; DARBY, PA)
  • MERCY FITZGERALD HOSPITAL (about 1 miles; DARBY, PA)
  • DELAWARE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 3 miles; DREXEL HILL, PA)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Collingdale:
  • PHILADELPHIA INTL (about 5 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; ID: PHL)
  • NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 28 miles; WILMINGTON, DE; ID: ILG)
  • TRENTON MERCER (about 42 miles; TRENTON, NJ; ID: TTN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Collingdale:
  • PHILADELPHIA (about 5 miles; ESSINGTON, PA; ID: 9N2)
  • PENN'S LANDING (about 11 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; ID: P72)
  • SPITFIRE AERODROME (about 15 miles; PEDRICKTOWN, NJ; ID: 7N7)

Amtrak stations near Collingdale:
  • 7 miles: ARDMORE (STATION RD. & LANCASTER AVE.). Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, paid short-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service, public transit connection.
  • 8 miles: PHILADELPHIA (30TH & MARKET STS.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack bar, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, car rental agency, taxi stand, public transit connection.
  • 11 miles: NORTH PHILADELPHIA (PHILADELPHIA, 2900 N. BROAD ST.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for taxi service, public transit connection.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Collingdale:
  • SAINT JOSEPHS UNIVERSITY (about 6 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Full-time enrollment: 5,115)
  • UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 7 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; FT enrollment: 19,324)
  • DREXEL UNIVERSITY (about 7 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; FT enrollment: 10,823)
  • ART INSTITUTE OF PHILADELPHIA (about 8 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; FT enrollment: 2,138)
  • WIDENER UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 9 miles; CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 3,646)
  • COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA (about 9 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; FT enrollment: 8,794)
  • MCP HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY (about 9 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; FT enrollment: 2,198)
Public high school in Collingdale:
  • SOUTHEAST ACADEMY (Students: 55; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public elementary/middle school in Collingdale:
  • HARRIS EL SCH (Students: 640; Grades: KG - 06)
Private elementary/middle schools in Collingdale:
  • ST JOSEPH SCHOOL (Students: 740; Location: 502 WOODLAWN AVE; Grades: PK - 8)
  • TED DI RENZO MONTESSORI SCHOOL (Students: 110; Location: 709 BARTRAM AVENUE; Grades: PK - KG)
Library in Collingdale:
  • COLLINGDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $63,716; Location: 823 MACDADE BLVD; 20,584 books; 140 audio materials; 231 video materials; 147 serial subscriptions)

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Cemeteries: Eden Memorial Cemetery (1), Mount Zion Cemetery (2), Har Zion Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Average household size:
This city:  2.7 people
Pennsylvania:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  68.5%
Whole state:  67.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  6.1%
Whole state:  5.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  8.4%
Whole state:  11.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  4.9%
Whole state:  5.1%

Collingdale compared to Pennsylvania state average:

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  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in above state average.
  • House age significantly above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Banks with branches in Collingdale (2007 data):
  • Sovereign Bank: Suburban Federal Branch at 14-20 Macdade Blvd, branch established on 1907-01-01. Info updated 2006-12-07: Bank assets: $89,506.4 mil, Deposits: $51,244.7 mil, headquarters in Wyomissing, PA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 860 total offices, Holding Company: Banco Santander Central Hispano, S.A.



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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 0$0 2$2,015
Other Government Administration 2$7,271$43,6268$3,505
Police Protection - Officers 8$40,698$61,0478$5,369
Police - Other 0$0 13$5,683
Parks and Recreation 1$2,123$25,4762$1,333
Solid Waste Management 6$14,646$29,2920$0
Health 0$0 1$199
Streets and Highways 4$11,716$35,1481$1,116
Firefighters 0$0 1$29
Totals for Government 21$76,454$43,68836$19,249


Collingdale government finances in 2002:
  • Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $0
  • Charges - Sewerage: $643,000
    All Other: $56,000
    Parking Facilities: $16,000
    Solid Waste Management: $4,000
  • Construction - Regular Highways: $65,000
  • Current Operations - General - Other: $1,163,000
    Police Protection: $764,000
    Sewerage: $537,000
    Solid Waste Management: $334,000
    General Public Buildings: $300,000
    Central Staff Services: $218,000
    Regular Highways: $138,000
    Parks & Recreation: $73,000
    Housing & Community Development: $51,000
    Fire Protection: $39,000
    Financial Administration: $33,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $25,000
    Libraries: $19,000
    Health Services - Other: $7,000
  • Employee Retirement - Securities - Corporate Bonds (market): $931,000
    Securities - Corporate Bonds (market): $699,000
    Total Federal Securities: $184,000
    Total Cash & Deposits: $107,000
    Benefit Payments: $106,000
    From Other Government: $46,000
    From Local Government: $26,000
    Local Employee Contribution: $26,000
    Interest Revenue: $-31,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $48,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $21,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $10,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $272,000
    Interest Earnings: $69,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $86,000
    Police Protection: $24,000
    General Public Building: $14,000
    Parks & Recreation: $7,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,478,000
  • Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $350,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $118,000
    All Other: $88,000
    General Support: $1,000
  • Tax - Property: $1,709,000
    NEC: $133,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $1,153,000

5.33% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($57,574 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.33%
Pennsylvania average:  4.99%

0.10% of residents moved from foreign countries ($506 average AGI)
Delaware County:  0.10%
Pennsylvania average:  0.12%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Philadelphia County, PA  1.83% ($38,045 average AGI)
from Montgomery County, PA  0.56% ($82,255)
from Chester County, PA  0.53% ($71,219)


5.67% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($57,420 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.67%
Pennsylvania average:  5.08%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($458 average AGI)
Delaware County:  0.05%
Pennsylvania average:  0.05%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Philadelphia County, PA  1.15% ($37,465 average AGI)
to Chester County, PA  0.88% ($74,618)
to Montgomery County, PA  0.56% ($68,656)


Strongest AM radio stations in Collingdale:
  • 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)
  • WZZD (990 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
  • KYW (1060 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WPHT (1210 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WURD (900 AM; 1 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: LEVAS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WDAS (1480 AM; 5 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WIP (610 AM; 5 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF PHILADELPHIA)
  • WFIL (560 AM; 5 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
  • WTMR (800 AM; 5 kW; CAMDEN, NJ; Owner: WTMR LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WWDB (860 AM; daytime; 10 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)

Strongest FM radio stations in Collingdale:
  • WMGK (102.9 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
  • WMWX (95.7 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
  • WOGL (98.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WBEB (101.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WEAZ-FM RADIO, INC.)
  • WRTI (90.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: TEMPLE UNIV. OF THE COMMONWEALTH, ET)
  • WSNI-FM (104.5 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WPHI-FM (103.9 FM; JENKINTOWN, PA; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
  • WMMR (93.3 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
  • WXTU (92.5 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WXTU LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WPLY (100.3 FM; MEDIA, PA; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
  • WHYY-FM (90.9 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WHYY, INC.)
  • WXPN (88.5 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNA.)
  • WPTP (96.5 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WDAS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WDAS-FM (105.3 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WUSL (98.9 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WYSP (94.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WIOQ (102.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WJJZ (106.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WPEB (88.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WEST PHILADELPHIA BROADCASTING FOUNDATION)
  • WKDN (106.9 FM; CAMDEN, NJ; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Collingdale:
  • KYW-TV (Channel 3; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: CBS BROADCASTING INC.)
  • WPVI-TV (Channel 6; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WPSG (Channel 57; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: VIACOM STATIONS GROUP OF PHILADELPHIA INC.)
  • WPHL-TV (Channel 17; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION COMPANY)
  • WWJT-LP (Channel 7; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PHILADELPHIA TELEVISION NETWORK, INC)
  • WPPX (Channel 61; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: PAXSON PHILADELPHIA LICENSE, 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.)
  • WHYY-TV (Channel 12; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: WHYY, INC.)
  • WTXF-TV (Channel 29; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: FOX TV STATIONS OF PHILADELPHIA)
  • WELL-LP (Channel 8; WILLOW GROVE, ETC., PA; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
  • WFPA-CA (Channel 28; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WXTV LICENSE PARTNERSHIP, G.P.)
  • WPHA-LP (Channel 63; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: COMMERCIAL BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WUVP (Channel 65; VINELAND, NJ; Owner: UNIVISION PHILADELPHIA LLC)
  • WMCN-TV (Channel 53; ATLANTIC CITY, NJ; Owner: LENFEST BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WTSD-CA (Channel 14; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: PRIORITY COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • WNJS (Channel 23; CAMDEN, NJ; Owner: NEW JERSEY PUBLIC BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
  • WPSJ-LP (Channel 8; HAMMONTON, ETC., NJ; Owner: ENGLE BROADCASTING)
  • W40AZ (Channel 40; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: NATIONAL MINORITY T.V., INC.)
  • W55BT (Channel 55; TALLEYVILLE, DE; Owner: MEDIACASTING LLC)
  • W33BT (Channel 33; CAMDEN, NJ; Owner: MEDIACASTING LLC)

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