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Dushore, PA map Population (year 2000): 663. Estimated population in July 2006: 598 (-9.8% change)
 

Males: 293  (44.2%)
Females: 370  (55.8%)

Sullivan County

Median resident age:  42.2 years
Pennsylvania median age:  38.0 years

Zip codes: 18614.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $27,500 (it was $26,635 in 2000)
Dushore  $27,500
Pennsylvania:  $44,537

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $85,700 (it was $72,000 in 2000)
Dushore  $85,700
Pennsylvania:  $131,900

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Races in Dushore:

  • White Non-Hispanic (97.6%)
  • American Indian (2.1%)
  • Two or more races (0.9%)

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Ancestries: German (32.0%), Irish (22.0%), English (12.4%), Italian (8.1%), Polish (8.0%), United States (7.4%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated in 1859

Elevation: 1450 feet

Land area: 0.88 square miles.

Population density: 694 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Dushore

  • High school or higher: 81.5%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.9%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.6%
  • Unemployed: 8.7%
  • Mean travel time to work: 24.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Dushore borough

  • Never married: 22.5%
  • Now married: 45.6%
  • Separated: 1.9%
  • Widowed: 15.0%
  • Divorced: 15.0%

5 residents are foreign born

This city:  0.8%
Pennsylvania:  4.1%

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

Dushore:  1.3% ($910)
Pennsylvania:  1.6% ($1,552)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Union, NY (48.3 miles , pop. 56,298).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Philadelphia, PA (136.4 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: New Albany borough, PA (5.9 miles ), Laporte borough, PA (9.6 miles ), Wyalusing borough, PA (13.6 miles ), Monroe borough, PA (14.0 miles ), Forksville, PA (14.2 miles) , Eagles Mere, PA (14.7 miles) , Jamison City, PA (15.6 miles) , Towanda borough, PA (17.2 miles ).

Latitude: 41.53 N, Longitude: 76.40 W


Area code: 570

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Population change in the 1990s: -75 (-10.2%).



Most common industries for males:
  • Construction (18%)
  • Wood products (12%)
  • Paper (12%)
  • Food (6%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
  • Repair and maintenance (6%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (16%)
  • Educational services (12%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Food and beverage stores (5%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Personal and laundry services (5%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (5%)
  • Carpenters (5%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
  • Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
  • Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (10%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Registered nurses (5%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)


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Dushore-area historical tornado activity is below Pennsylvania state average. It is 34% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/2/1998, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 24.9 miles away from the Dushore city center killed 2 people and injured 15 people and caused $2 million in damages.

On 7/29/1976, a category 3 tornado 33.1 miles away from the city center caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Dushore:
  • MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC (about 17 miles; TOWANDA, PA)
  • TYLER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 30 miles; TUNKHANNOCK, PA)
  • MUNCY VALLEY HOSPITAL (about 32 miles; MUNCY, PA)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Dushore:
  • WILLIAMSPORT RGNL (about 41 miles; WILLIAMSPORT, PA; ID: IPT)
  • WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (about 50 miles; WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON, PA; ID: AVP)
  • ELMIRA/CORNING REGIONAL (about 55 miles; ELMIRA/CORNING, NY; ID: ELM)
Other public-use airports nearest to Dushore:
  • BRADFORD COUNTY (about 15 miles; TOWANDA, PA; ID: N27)
  • SKYHAVEN (about 33 miles; TUNKHANNOCK, PA; ID: 76N)
  • BLUE SWAN (about 34 miles; SAYRE, PA; ID: N32)

Local government website: www.dushore.com/gov/index.html

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Dushore:
  • LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 36 miles; NANTICOKE, PA; Full-time enrollment: 3,582)
  • BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 36 miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 6,880)
  • WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 41 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,438)
  • PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 43 miles; WILLIAMSPORT, PA; FT enrollment: 4,666)
  • MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 51 miles; MANSFIELD, PA; FT enrollment: 2,831)
  • BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY (about 53 miles; LEWISBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 3,534)
  • UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON (about 53 miles; SCRANTON, PA; FT enrollment: 4,093)
Library in Dushore:
  • SULLIVAN COUNTY LIBRARY (Operating income: $174,747; Location: 216 CENTER STREET, BOX 309; 16,581 books; 312 audio materials; 419 video materials; 78 serial subscriptions)

User submitted facts and corrections:
  • St. Basil the Great's Church, located in Dushore, PA, is the largest church in Sullivan County.

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Churches in Dushore include: Redeemer Church (A), Saint Pauls Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoir: Bob Kosts Pond (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Marsh Run (A). Display/hide its location on the map

 

Average household size:
This city:  1.9 people
Pennsylvania:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  44.0%
Whole state:  67.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  6.5%
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: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  14.4%
Whole state:  11.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  4.6%
Whole state:  5.1%

Dushore compared to Pennsylvania 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.
  • House age significantly above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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Banks with branches in Dushore (2007 data):
  • Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company: Dushore Branch at 103 Main Street, branch established on 1890-01-01. Info updated 2006-07-18: Bank assets: $56,382.4 mil, Deposits: $39,939.0 mil, headquarters in Buffalo, NY, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 699 total offices, Holding Company: Allied Irish Banks, P.L.c.
  • Citizens & Northern Bank: Dushore Branch at 111 Main Street, branch established on 1973-10-01. Info updated 2006-09-29: Bank assets: $1,064.0 mil, Deposits: $726.0 mil, headquarters in Wellsboro, PA, positive income, 21 total offices, Holding Company: Citizens And Northern Corporation
  • People's State Bank of Wyalusing, Pennsylvania: Dushore Branch at 202 S. Turnpike Street, branch established on 2001-07-02. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $187.5 mil, Deposits: $139.7 mil, headquarters in Wyalusing, PA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 9 total offices, Holding Company: Peoples Ltd.



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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
Solid Waste Management 1$2,340$28,0800$0
Water Supply 1$1,734$20,8080$0
Financial Administration 1$1,850$22,2000$0
Totals for Government 3$5,924$23,6960$0


Dushore government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Parks & Recreation: $3,000
  • Current Operations - Regular Highways: $264,000
    Water Utilities: $37,000
    General - Other: $30,000
    Central Staff Services: $14,000
    Financial Administration: $6,000
    Solid Waste Management: $3,000
    Parks & Recreation: $3,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $3,000
    Fire Protection: $1,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $76,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $17,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $5,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $277,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $250,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $27,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $23,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $10,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $12,000
    Regular Highways: $9,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $577,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $79,000
  • State Intergovernmental - All Other: $52,000
    Highways: $11,000
  • Tax - Property: $57,000
    Individual Income: $35,000
    NEC: $12,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $40,000

5.35% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,803 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.35%
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 Lycoming County, PA  0.89% ($20,818 average AGI)
from Bradford County, PA  0.85% ($29,286)


6.19% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($38,623 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.19%
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 Bradford County, PA  1.29% ($34,938 average AGI)
to Lycoming County, PA  1.13% ($32,071)


Strongest AM radio stations in Dushore:
  • WRKK (1200 AM; 10 kW; HUGHESVILLE, PA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WARM (590 AM; 5 kW; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WATS (960 AM; 5 kW; SAYRE, PA; Owner: WATS BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WEMR (1460 AM; 5 kW; TUNKHANNOCK, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WILK (980 AM; 5 kW; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
  • WITK (1550 AM; 10 kW; PITTSTON, PA; Owner: ROBERT C. CORDARO, INC.)
  • WKOK (1070 AM; 10 kW; SUNBURY, PA; Owner: SUNBURY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WEEU (830 AM; 20 kW; READING, PA; Owner: WEEU BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WZZD (990 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
  • WNBF (1290 AM; 9 kW; BINGHAMTON, NY; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Dushore:
  • WCWY (107.7 FM; TUNKHANNOCK, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WCOZ (103.9 FM; LAPORTE, PA; Owner: SMITH AND FITZGERALD, PARTNERSHIP)
  • WMGS (92.9 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WBSX (97.9 FM; HAZLETON, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WRVH (107.9 FM; WILLIAMSPORT, PA; Owner: SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT SABRECOM, INC.)
  • WVIA-FM (89.9 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATIONAL TV ASSN.)
  • WHGL-FM (100.3 FM; CANTON, PA; Owner: CANTROAIR COMMUNICATIONS INC.)
  • WZXR (99.3 FM; SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, PA; Owner: SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT SABRECOM, INC.)
  • WBZD-FM (93.3 FM; MUNCY, PA; Owner: SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT SABRECOM, INC.)
  • WEZX (106.9 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: THE SCRANTON TIMES, L.P.)
  • WFYY (106.5 FM; BLOOMSBURG, PA; Owner: RADIO FRIENDZ, INC.)
  • WGGY (101.3 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
  • WHWK (98.1 FM; BINGHAMTON, NY; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WBHT (97.1 FM; MOUNTAIN TOP, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WKRZ (98.5 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
  • WILQ (105.1 FM; WILLIAMSPORT, PA; Owner: SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT SABRECOM, INC.)
  • WQFM (92.1 FM; NANTICOKE, PA; Owner: THE SCRANTON TIMES, L.P.)
  • W263AG (100.5 FM; SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, PA; Owner: DBA COVENANT BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WCLH (90.7 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: WILKES COLLEGE)
  • W299AF (107.7 FM; CATAWISSA, PA; Owner: SALT & LIGHT MEDIA MINISTRIES, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Dushore:
  • W25AQ (Channel 25; TOWANDA, PA; Owner: NORTHEASTERN PA EDUC'L. TV ASSN.)

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