Elim, Pennsylvania

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Population in July 2007: 3,977.

Males: 1,859	(46.8%)
Females: 2,118	(53.2%)

Median resident age:	45.7 years
Pennsylvania median age:	38.0 years

Zip codes: 15905.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $45,328 (it was $36,484 in 2000)

Elim:	$45,328
Pennsylvania:	$48,576

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $99,961 (it was $68,500 in 2000)

Elim:	$99,961
Pennsylvania:	$155,000

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $109,985; Detached houses: $114,722; Townhouses or other attached units: $61,589; In 2-unit structures: $68,074; Mobile homes: $13,258

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Races in Elim:

White Non-Hispanic (97.8%)
Black (0.8%)

2008 cost of living index in Elim: 84.4 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (27.8%), Irish (15.8%), English (13.3%), Polish (10.7%), Italian (9.2%), Slovak (7.3%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Land area: 2.00 square miles.

Population density: 1984 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Elim

High school or higher: 83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.5%
Graduate or professional degree: 8.8%
Unemployed: 5.8%
Mean travel time to work: 15.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Elim CDP

Never married: 19.3%
Now married: 50.6%
Separated: 1.2%
Widowed: 22.9%
Divorced: 6.1%

50 residents are foreign born

This place:	1.2%
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:

Elim:	2.0% ($1,381)
Pennsylvania:	1.6% ($1,552)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Pittsburgh, PA (72.0 miles , pop. 334,563).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (261.6 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Southmont borough, PA (0.9 miles ), Westmont borough, PA (1.5 miles ), Ferndale borough, PA (1.7 miles ), Johnstown, PA (2.2 miles ), Brownstown borough, PA (2.3 miles ), Dale borough, PA (2.6 miles ), Lorain borough, PA (3.0 miles ), Daisytown borough, PA (3.1 miles ).

Latitude: 40.30 N, Longitude: 78.94 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 814

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Most common industries for males:

Construction (13%)
Health care (9%)
Educational services (7%)
Metal and metal products (7%)
Public administration (6%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Utilities (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (31%)
Finance and insurance (12%)
Educational services (10%)
Social assistance (6%)
Personal and laundry services (5%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (7%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (11%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Registered nurses (5%)
Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)

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Average climate in Elim, Pennsylvania

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Elim-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Pennsylvania state average. It is 27% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/2/1998, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 25.8 miles away from the Elim place center injured 5 people and caused $6 million in damages.

On 6/3/1980, a category 4 tornado 43.1 miles away from the place center injured 140 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Elim:

CONEMAUGH VALLEY MEM HOSP (about 1 miles; JOHNSTOWN, PA)
SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OF JOHNSTOWN (about 1 miles; JOHNSTOWN, PA)
LEE HOSPITAL (about 3 miles; JOHNSTOWN, PA)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Elim:

JOHN MURTHA JOHNSTOWN-CAMBRIA CO (about 8 miles; JOHNSTOWN, PA; ID: JST)
ARNOLD PALMER REGIONAL (about 32 miles; LATROBE, PA; ID: LBE)
ALTOONA-BLAIR COUNTY (about 44 miles; ALTOONA, PA; ID: AOO)

Other public-use airports nearest to Elim:

EBENSBURG (about 16 miles; EBENSBURG, PA; ID: 9G8)
INDIAN LAKE (about 19 miles; CENTRAL CITY, PA; ID: 5G2)
SOMERSET COUNTY (about 19 miles; SOMERSET, PA; ID: 2G9)

Amtrak station near Elim:

3 miles: JOHNSTOWN (47 WALNUT ST.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Elim:

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-JOHNSTOWN (about 6 miles; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Full-time enrollment: 2,851)
INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA-MAIN CAMPUS (about 27 miles; INDIANA, PA; FT enrollment: 12,307)
WESTMORELAND COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 40 miles; YOUNGWOOD, PA; FT enrollment: 3,223)
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE ALTOONA (about 43 miles; ALTOONA, PA; FT enrollment: 3,516)
FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY (about 45 miles; FROSTBURG, MD; FT enrollment: 4,672)
CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 68 miles; CALIFORNIA, PA; FT enrollment: 5,183)
CLARION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 69 miles; CLARION, PA; FT enrollment: 5,690)

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Notable location: Johnstown Municipal Golf Course (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Church in Elim: Berkley Hills Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Cemetery: Berkley Hills Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.3 people
Pennsylvania:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	67.9%
Whole state:	67.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	2.5%
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: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	7.7%
Whole state:	11.0%

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

This place:	3.0%
Whole state:	5.1%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Elim, PA

People in group quarters in Elim

354 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
219 people in nursing homes
17 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
2 people in other nonhousehold living situations

Elim compared to Pennsylvania 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 below state average.
Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
House age above state average.
Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.

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Educational Attainment

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2004 Presidential Election results in Cambria County Pennsylvania:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (87%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%) Electricity (4%) Coal or coke (1%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

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 Elim:

WLYE (850 AM; 10 kW; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: FOREVER OF JOHNSTOWN, INC.)
WCRO (1230 AM; 1 kW; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: GREATER JOHNSTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT)
WNTJ (1490 AM; 1 kW; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WVSC (990 AM; 10 kW; SOMERSET, PA; Owner: FOREVER OF JOHNSTOWN, INC.)
WCCS (1160 AM; 10 kW; HOMER CITY, PA; Owner: RENDA RADIO, INC.)
KDKA (1020 AM; 50 kW; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WYSN (1330 AM; 5 kW; SOMERSET, PA; Owner: DAME BROADCASTING, LLC)
WZSK (1040 AM; daytime; 10 kW; EVERETT, PA; Owner: NEW MILLENNIUM COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.)
WFRB (560 AM; 5 kW; FROSTBURG, MD; Owner: WTBO-WKGO CORPORATION, L.L.C.)
WKHB (620 AM; 6 kW; IRWIN, PA; Owner: BROADCAST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)
WAVL (910 AM; 5 kW; APOLLO, PA; Owner: EVANGEL HEIGHTS ASSEMBLY OF GOD)
WKMC (1370 AM; 5 kW; ROARING SPRING, PA; Owner: ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN NETWORK)

Strongest FM radio stations in Elim:

WQEJ (89.7 FM; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: WQED MULTIMEDIA)
WFRJ (88.9 FM; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
WKYE (95.5 FM; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: FOREVER OF JOHNSTOWN, INC.)
WQKK (92.1 FM; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: DAME BROADCASTING, LLC)
WMTZ (96.5 FM; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WCCL (101.7 FM; CENTRAL CITY, PA; Owner: DAME BROADCASTING, LLC)
WGLU (99.1 FM; EBENSBURG, PA; Owner: DAME BROADCASTING, LLC)
W228AO (93.5 FM; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: DAME BROADCASTING, LLC)
WAYC (100.9 FM; BEDFORD, PA; Owner: CESSNA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WBVE (107.5 FM; BEDFORD, PA; Owner: CESSNA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WBXQ (94.7 FM; CRESSON, PA; Owner: SOUNDS GOOD, INC.)
WUZI-FM1 (105.7 FM; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: FOREVER BROADCASTING, LLC)
WMAJ-FM (104.9 FM; HOLLIDAYSBURG, PA; Owner: FOREVER OF PA, LLC)
W294AE (106.7 FM; ALTOONA, PA; Owner: THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY)
W267AC (101.3 FM; ALTOONA, PA; Owner: ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN NETWORK)
WROG (102.9 FM; CUMBERLAND, MD; Owner: TSCHUDY RADIO, INC)
WFWM (91.9 FM; FROSTBURG, MD; Owner: FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY)
WKGO (106.1 FM; CUMBERLAND, MD; Owner: WTBO-WKGO CORPORATION, L.L.C.)
WPCL (97.3 FM; NORTHERN CAMBRIA, PA; Owner: HE'S ALIVE INCORPORATED)
WLIC (97.1 FM; FROSTBURG, MD; Owner: HE'S ALIVE, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Elim:

WJAC-TV (Channel 6; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: WPXI-TV HOLDINGS, INC.)
WNPA (Channel 19; JEANNETTE, PA; Owner: VIACOM STATIONS GROUP OF PITTSBURGH INC.)
WLLS-LP (Channel 49; INDIANA, PA; Owner: LARRY L. SCHRECONGOST)
WWCP-TV (Channel 8; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: PEAK MEDIA OF PA LICENSEE LLC)

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