Landingville, Pennsylvania

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Population in July 2007: 169. Population change since 2000: -3.4%

Males: 79	(46.9%)
Females: 90	(53.1%)

Median resident age:	36.6 years
Pennsylvania median age:	38.0 years

Zip code: 17942

Estimated median household income in 2007: $50,478 (it was $40,417 in 2000)

Landingville:	$50,478
Pennsylvania:	$48,576

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $107,700 (it was $77,500 in 2000)

Landingville:	$107,700
Pennsylvania:	$155,000

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $122,996; Detached houses: $109,170; Townhouses or other attached units: $180,771; In 2-unit structures: $143,298

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Races in Landingville:

White Non-Hispanic (99.4%)
Two or more races (0.6%)

2008 cost of living index in Landingville: 82.6 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (35.4%), Italian (10.3%), United States (9.7%), Irish (8.0%), Dutch (6.9%), Polish (5.1%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated on 11/14/1887

Elevation: 502 feet

Land area: 0.84 square miles.

Population density: 200 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Landingville

High school or higher: 84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 4.9%
Graduate or professional degree: 2.5%
Unemployed: 0.0%
Mean travel time to work: 20.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Landingville borough

Never married: 26.0%
Now married: 53.2%
Separated: 1.9%
Widowed: 5.8%
Divorced: 13.0%

7 residents are foreign born (4.0% Europe).

This borough:	4.0%
Pennsylvania:	4.1%

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

Landingville:	1.6% ($1,250)
Pennsylvania:	1.6% ($1,552)

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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Reading, PA (22.3 miles , pop. 81,207).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Philadelphia, PA (67.5 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Renningers, PA (1.4 miles ), Orwigsburg borough, PA (1.5 miles ), Schuylkill Haven borough, PA (1.6 miles ), Auburn borough, PA (1.6 miles ), Deer Lake borough, PA (1.9 miles ), Cressona borough, PA (1.9 miles ), Lake Wynonah, PA (2.0 miles ), Mount Carbon, PA (2.2 miles) .

Latitude: 40.63 N, Longitude: 76.12 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 570

Landingville household income distribution

Population change in the 1990s: -17 (-8.9%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Metal and metal products (15%)
Construction (12%)
Repair and maintenance (10%)
Textile mills and textile products (8%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (8%)
Food (7%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Textile mills and textile products (15%)
Health care (13%)
Apparel (9%)
U. S. Postal service (9%)
Finance and insurance (9%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (13%)
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (10%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
Cashiers (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (5%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (19%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)

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Landingville-area historical tornado activity is above Pennsylvania state average. It is 51% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/31/1998, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 15.5 miles away from the Landingville borough center injured 7 people and caused $1 million in damages.

On 6/18/1970, a category 3 tornado 16.6 miles away from the borough center killed one person and injured 5 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Landingville:

GOOD SAMARITAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 7 miles; POTTSVILLE, PA)
POTTSVILLE HOSPITAL-WARNE CLINIC (about 7 miles; POTTSVILLE, PA)
ASHLAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 11 miles; ASHLAND, PA)

Political contributions by individuals in Landingville, PA

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Landingville:

KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 22 miles; KUTZTOWN, PA; Full-time enrollment: 7,101)
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE BERKS (about 22 miles; READING, PA; FT enrollment: 2,003)
LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 27 miles; SCHNECKSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,145)
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 31 miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 6,880)
MUHLENBERG COLLEGE (about 32 miles; Allentown, PA; FT enrollment: 2,334)
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles; BETHLEHEM, PA; FT enrollment: 5,725)
LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 41 miles; NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)

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Creek: Mahannon Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Park in Landingville: State Game Lands Number 286 (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Drinking water stations with addresses in Landingville that have no violations reported:

LANDINGVILLE FIRE COMPANY (Population served: 300, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:

This borough:	2.6 people
Pennsylvania:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This borough:	67.6%
Whole state:	67.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This borough:	8.8%
Whole state:	5.0%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
Gay men: 1.5% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This borough:	9.5%
Whole state:	11.0%

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

This borough:	1.6%
Whole state:	5.1%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Landingville, PA

Landingville 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.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.
Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
House age significantly above state average.
Number of college students significantly below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Landingville mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Schuylkill County Pennsylvania:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (68%) Coal or coke (19%) Electricity (7%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)

Religon statistics for Landingville

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	United Church of Christ	United Methodist Church	Episcopal Church
Adherents	56.8%	17.7%	11.0%	7.4%	0.8%
Congregations	27.6%	15.5%	16.2%	16.2%	1.3%

Name	Salvation Army	Presbyterian Church (USA)	Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Other religions
Adherents	0.8%	0.6%	0.5%	0.5%	3.9%
Congregations	0.7%	1.7%	1.7%	1.3%	17.8%

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.

Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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	$396
Parks and Recreation	0	$0		1	$284
Totals for Government	0	$0		3	$680

Landingville government finances in 2002:

Current Operations - Regular Highways: $13,000
Solid Waste Management: $7,000

Central Staff Services: $6,000

Financial Administration: $2,000

Parks & Recreation: $2,000

General - Other: $1,000

Fire Protection: $1,000
Federal Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $12,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $2,000
General Revenue, NEC: $1,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $66,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $5,000
All Other: $1,000
Tax - Individual Income: $12,000
Property: $8,000

NEC: $3,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $16,000

3.76% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,458 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	3.76%
Pennsylvania average:	4.99%

0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($236 average AGI)
Schuylkill County: 0.04%
Pennsylvania average: 0.12%

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

from Berks County, PA	0.41% ($35,187 average AGI)
from Luzerne County, PA	0.41% ($31,150)
from Carbon County, PA	0.31% ($29,281)

3.39% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,732 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	3.39%
Pennsylvania average:	5.08%

0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($227 average AGI)
Schuylkill County: 0.03%
Pennsylvania average: 0.05%

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

to Luzerne County, PA	0.31% ($31,690 average AGI)
to Berks County, PA	0.30% ($32,480)
to Dauphin County, PA	0.26% ($30,014)

Strongest AM radio stations in Landingville:

WPPA (1360 AM; 5 kW; POTTSVILLE, PA; Owner: POTTSVILLE BROADCASTING CO.)
WEEU (830 AM; 20 kW; READING, PA; Owner: WEEU BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
WPAM (1450 AM; 1 kW; POTTSVILLE, PA; Owner: CURRAN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WZZD (990 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
KYW (1060 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WPEN (950 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
WNWR (1540 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)
WLSH (1410 AM; 5 kW; LANSFORD, PA; Owner: J-SYSTEMS FRANCHISING CORP.)
WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)
WOGY (1300 AM; 5 kW; WEST HAZLETON, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
WPHT (1210 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Landingville:

W256AB (99.1 FM; POTTSVILLE, PA; Owner: TEMPLE UNIV OF COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM)
W220BE (91.9 FM; ST. CLAIR, PA; Owner: SALT & LIGHT MEDIA MINISTRIES, INC.)
WMGH-FM (105.5 FM; TAMAQUA, PA; Owner: J-SYSTEMS FRANCHISING CORP.)
WAVT-FM (101.9 FM; POTTSVILLE, PA; Owner: POTTSVILLE BROADCASTING CO.)
WRTL (90.7 FM; EPHRATA, PA; Owner: TEMPLE UNIV OF COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM)
W290AC (105.9 FM; PALMERTON, PA; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
WFYY (106.5 FM; BLOOMSBURG, PA; Owner: RADIO FRIENDZ, INC.)
WBSX (97.9 FM; HAZLETON, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WRFY-FM (102.5 FM; READING, PA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
W299AF (107.7 FM; CATAWISSA, PA; Owner: SALT & LIGHT MEDIA MINISTRIES, INC.)
WSPI (99.7 FM; MOUNT CARMEL, PA; Owner: H & P COMMUNICATIONS, LTD)
WIOV-FM (105.1 FM; EPHRATA, PA; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF LANCASTER, INC.)
WMGS (92.9 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WIOV-FM1 (105.1 FM; READING, PA; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF LANCASTER, INC.)
WLEV (100.7 FM; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WVIA-FM (89.9 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATIONAL TV ASSN.)
WITF-FM (89.5 FM; HARRISBURG, PA; Owner: WITF, INC.)
WQKX (94.1 FM; SUNBURY, PA; Owner: SUNBURY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WEGH (107.3 FM; NORTHUMBERLAND, PA; Owner: SUNBURY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WBHT (97.1 FM; MOUNTAIN TOP, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)

TV broadcast stations around Landingville:

W24BL (Channel 24; POTTSVILLE, ETC., PA; Owner: NEXSTAR BROADCASTING OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, L.L.C.)
WTVE (Channel 51; READING, PA; Owner: READING BROADCASTING, INC.)
WLYH-TV (Channel 15; LANCASTER, PA; Owner: TELEVISION STATION GROUP LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
W61AG (Channel 61; POTTSVILLE, ETC., PA; Owner: NEW YORK TIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES)
W66AI (Channel 66; POTTSVILLE, ETC., PA; Owner: MISSION BROADCASTING, INC.)

National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 2
Total length: 8 meters (26ft)
Total costs: $1,976,000
Total average daily traffic: 469
Total average daily truck traffic: 20

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