Crescent, Washington

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Population in July 2007: 3,381.

Males: 1,699	(50.3%)
Females: 1,682	(49.7%)

Median resident age:	43.2 years
Washington median age:	35.3 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $44,313 (it was $39,387 in 2000)

Crescent:	$44,313
Washington:	$55,591

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $21,893

Crescent:	$21,893
Washington:	$29,027

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $277,419 (it was $144,000 in 2000)

Crescent:	$277,419
Washington:	$300,800

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Races in Crescent:

White Non-Hispanic (89.2%)
Two or more races (2.7%)
Hispanic (1.7%)

2008 cost of living index in Crescent: 94.7 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Land area: 411.8 square miles.

Population density: 8.2 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Crescent

High school or higher: 88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 22.9%
Graduate or professional degree: 9.0%
Unemployed: 11.7%
Mean travel time to work: 30.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Crescent CCD

Never married: 18.0%
Now married: 63.5%
Separated: 1.6%
Widowed: 6.3%
Divorced: 12.2%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:	0.7%
Washington:	10.4%

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

Crescent:	0.9% ($1,265)
Washington:	1.2% ($1,915)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Shoreline, WA (68.4 miles , pop. 53,025).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Seattle, WA (72.3 miles , pop. 563,374).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (1007.1 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Port Angeles, WA (3.7 miles ), Port Angeles East, WA (4.1 miles ), Agnew-Carlsborg, WA (5.0 miles ), Carlsborg, WA (5.1 miles ), River Road, WA (5.3 miles ), Sequim, WA (5.4 miles ), Bell Hill, WA (5.4 miles ), Forks, WA (5.6 miles ).

Latitude: 48.09 N, Longitude: 123.73 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 360

Most common industries for males (%):

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
Construction (13%)
Public administration (10%)
Educational services (8%)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (7%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
Truck transportation (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (18%)
Educational services (13%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Public administration (7%)
Social assistance (5%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (8%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Farmers and farm managers (5%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Registered nurses (8%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Cashiers (5%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)

Crescent-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Washington state average. It is 4% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/13/1949 at 19:55:42, a magnitude 7.0 (7.0 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 81.4 miles away from Crescent center, causing $80,000,000 total damage
On 2/28/2001 at 18:54:32, a magnitude 6.8 (6.5 MB, 6.6 MS, 6.8 MW, Depth: 32.2 mi, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 87.3 miles away from the city center, causing $2,000,000,000 total damage and $305,000,000 insured losses
On 4/29/1965 at 15:28:43, a magnitude 6.6 (6.6 UK) earthquake occurred 84.1 miles away from the city center, causing $28,000,000 total damage
On 7/3/1999 at 01:43:54, a magnitude 5.8 (5.4 MB, 5.5 MS, 5.8 MW, 5.3 ME, Depth: 25.2 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 74.6 miles away from Crescent center
On 5/3/1996 at 04:04:22, a magnitude 5.5 (5.2 MB, 5.3 MD, 5.5 ML, Depth: 2.5 mi) earthquake occurred 93.7 miles away from the city center
On 4/14/1990 at 05:33:26, a magnitude 5.2 (4.4 MB, 4.1 MS, 5.2 ML, Depth: 7.8 mi) earthquake occurred 89.2 miles away from Crescent center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), energy magnitude (ME), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

Hospitals/medical centers near Crescent:

OLYMPIC MEDICAL CENTER (about 16 miles; PORT ANGELES, WA)
FORKS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 31 miles; FORKS, WA)
JEFFERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 44 miles; PORT TOWNSEND, WA)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Crescent:

PENINSULA COLLEGE (about 16 miles; PORT ANGELES, WA; Full-time enrollment: 2,374)
OLYMPIC COLLEGE (about 63 miles; BREMERTON, WA; FT enrollment: 3,889)
SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE (about 68 miles; MT VERNON, WA; FT enrollment: 3,420)
EDMONDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 70 miles; LYNNWOOD, WA; FT enrollment: 4,953)
SEATTLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-NORTH CAMPUS (about 71 miles; SEATTLE, WA; FT enrollment: 3,489)
EVERETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 72 miles; EVERETT, WA; FT enrollment: 3,970)
ART INSTITUTE OF SEATTLE (about 73 miles; SEATTLE, WA; FT enrollment: 2,313)

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Notable locations in Crescent: Lake Crescent Ranger Station (A), Altair Campgrounds (B), Hyak Shelter (C), North Shore Picnic Area (D), Lyre River Campground (E), Barnes Point Picnic Area (F), Twentyone Mile Shelter (G), Bogachiel Shelter (H), Boulder Creek Campground (I), Boulder Lake Shelter (J), Calawah Shelter (K), Canyon Creek Shelter (L), Soleduck Ranger Station (M), Soleduck Campground (N), Sol Duc Hot Springs (O), Singers (P), Sevenmile Shelter (Q), Seven Lakes Ranger Station (R), Deer Lake Shelter (S), Salt Creek Campground (T). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes: Deer Lake (A), Sol Duc Lake (B), Round Lake (C), Y Lake (D), Mud Lake (E), Mink Lake (F), Lunch Lake (G), Blackwood Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Rivers and creeks: Hyak Creek (A), Olallie Creek (B), Devil Club Creek (C), Stukey Creek (D), Schoeffel Creek (E), Hell Creek (F), Happy Lake Creek (G), Deer Creek (H), Deep Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Park in Crescent: Salt Creek Recreation Area (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.5 people
Washington:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	62.6%
Whole state:	66.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	7.9%
Whole state:	6.1%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	14.6%
Whole state:	10.6%

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

This place:	6.4%
Whole state:	4.6%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Crescent, WA

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Crescent compared to Washington 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 significantly above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.
Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
House age below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Electricity (53%) Wood (39%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%) Other fuel (1%)

Religion statistics for Crescent

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Assemblies of God	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	United Methodist Church
Adherents	29.3%	11.3%	7.7%	7.3%	6.7%
Congregations	6.0%	9.0%	11.9%	4.5%	3.0%

Name	Presbyterian Church (USA)	Southern Baptist Convention	Lutheran Church	Episcopal Church	Other religions
Adherents	5.9%	5.5%	5.2%	4.1%	17.0%
Congregations	6.0%	4.5%	4.5%	3.0%	47.8%

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.

7.10% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($55,559 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.10%
Washington average:	7.86%

0.07% of residents moved from foreign countries ($294 average AGI)
Clallam County: 0.07%
Washington average: 0.26%

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

from King County, WA	0.71% ($73,989 average AGI)
from Snohomish County, WA	0.32% ($42,024)
from Pierce County, WA	0.28% ($34,297)

5.87% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($34,745 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.87%
Washington average:	7.07%

0.07% of residents moved to foreign countries ($408 average AGI)
Clallam County: 0.07%
Washington average: 0.16%

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

to King County, WA	0.59% ($36,458 average AGI)
to Kitsap County, WA	0.37% ($40,354)
to Snohomish County, WA	0.35% ($32,289)

Strongest AM radio stations in Crescent:

KIRO (710 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
KGNW (820 AM; 50 kW; BURIEN-SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
KTTH (770 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
KKOL (1300 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
KOMO (1000 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - SEATTLE RADIO, L.L.C.)
KIXI (880 AM; 50 kW; MERCER ISLAND/SEATTL, WA; Owner: BELLEVUE RADIO, INC.)
KYCW (1090 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
KARI (550 AM; 25 kW; BLAINE, WA; Owner: WAY BROADCASTING, INC.)
KJR (950 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA)
KRPI (1550 AM; 50 kW; FERNDALE, WA; Owner: BBC BROADCASTING, INC.)
KRKO (1380 AM; 50 kW; EVERETT, WA; Owner: S-R BROADCASTING, CO.)
KONP (1450 AM; 1 kW; PORT ANGELES, WA; Owner: RADIO PACIFIC, INC.)
KIKN (1290 AM; 1 kW; PORT ANGELES, WA; Owner: COMMON GROUND BROADCASTING, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Crescent:

KNWP (90.1 FM; PORT ANGELES, WA; Owner: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY)
KISM (92.9 FM; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: SAGA BROADCASTING, LLC)
KWPZ (106.5 FM; LYNDEN, WA; Owner: CRISTA MINISTRIES, INC.)
KAFE (104.3 FM; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: SAGA BROADCASTING, LLC)
KAYO-FM (99.3 FM; ELMA, WA; Owner: SOUTH SOUND BROADCASTING, LLC)

TV broadcast stations around Crescent:

K51HB (Channel 51; JOYCE, WA; Owner: CRESCENT TV RECEPTION IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT)
K49CV (Channel 49; JOYCE, WA; Owner: CRESCENT TV RECEP. IMPROV. DIST.)
K53CN (Channel 53; JOYCE, WA; Owner: CRESCENT TV RECEP. IMPROV. DIST.)
K47BB (Channel 47; JOYCE, WA; Owner: CRESCENT TV RECEP. IMPROV. DIST.)

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