Wyoming County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 31.2. This is about average.
Carbon Monoxide (CO) [ppm] level in 2010 was 0.0418. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 24.9 miles away from the city center.
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) [ppb] level in 2010 was 10.2. This is about average. Closest monitor was 24.9 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2008 was 16.7. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 24.2 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 9.33. This is about average. Closest monitor was 24.9 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Meshoppen and their reported violations in the past:
KOUNTRY KORNER MARKET (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JAN-02-2003), St Boil Water Order (JAN-02-2003), St Public Notif received (JAN-02-2003), St Compliance Meeting conducted (JAN-02-2003), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-02-2003)
- MCL, Acute (TCR) - In JUL-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JAN-02-2003), St Boil Water Order (JAN-02-2003), St Public Notif received (JAN-02-2003), St Compliance Meeting conducted (JAN-02-2003), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-02-2003)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUL-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JAN-02-2003), St Boil Water Order (JAN-02-2003), St Public Notif received (JAN-02-2003), St Compliance Meeting conducted (JAN-02-2003), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-02-2003)
Past monitoring violations:
- 2 routine major monitoring violations
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 27.2%
(24.8% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This borough: |  3.0 people | | Pennsylvania: |  2.4 people |
| This borough: | 67.4% | | Whole state: | 67.5% |
| This borough: | 12.6% | | Whole state: | 5.0% |
- Lesbian couples: 1.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Meshoppen, PA
Meshoppen compared to Pennsylvania state average:
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Median age below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- House age significantly above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Banks with branches in Meshoppen (2011 data):
- Peoples Neighborhood Bank: Meshoppen Branch at U.S. Route 6, branch established on 1900/06/15. Info updated 2011/01/20: Bank assets: $620.8 mil, Deposits: $494.3 mil, headquarters in Hallstead, PA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 12 total offices, Holding Company: Peoples Financial Services Corp.
- Community Bank, National Association: Meshoppen Branch at Route 6, branch established on 1984/01/09. Info updated 2011/06/13: Bank assets: $6,460.6 mil, Deposits: $4,840.4 mil, headquarters in Canton, NY, positive income, 175 total offices, Holding Company: Community Bank System, Inc.
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (66%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Wood (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Wyoming County Pennsylvania:
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Religion statistics for Meshoppen (based on Wyoming County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 42.38%
| Here | | 42.4% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | United Methodist Church | Assemblies of God | American Baptist Churches in the USA | Lutheran Church |
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| Adherents | 47.9% | 35.6% | 3.0% | 2.4% | 1.9% |
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| Congregations | 13.2% | 44.7% | 7.9% | 5.3% | 2.6% |
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| Name | Presbyterian Church (USA) | General Association of Regular Baptist Churches | Episcopal Church | LDS (Mormon) Church | Other |
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| Adherents | 1.8% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.2% | 3.3% |
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| Congregations | 5.3% | 5.3% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 10.5% |
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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.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 10 | Wyoming County: | 3.60 / 10,000 pop. | | Pennsylvania: | 2.04 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 3 | Wyoming County: | 1.08 / 10,000 pop. | | Pennsylvania: | 0.88 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 15 | Here: | 5.39 / 10,000 pop. | | Pennsylvania: | 2.52 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 28 | Here: | 10.07 / 10,000 pop. | | Pennsylvania: | 7.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Wyoming County: | 9.4% | | State: | 9.1% |
Adult obesity rate: | Wyoming County: | 30.1% | | State: | 27.2% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | Here: | 12.2% | | Pennsylvania: | 11.5% |
| 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 | | 1 | $455 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 8 | $332 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
1 | $2,511 | $30,132 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
0 | $0 | | 3 | $980 |
| Other and Unallocable |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $25 |
| Totals for Government |
1 | $2,511 | $30,132 | 13 | $1,792 |
Meshoppen government finances in 2002:
- Charges - All Other: $11,000 ($19.50)
- Construction - Regular Highways: $36,000 ($63.83)
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $102,000 ($180.85)
Police Protection: $52,000 ($92.20)
Central Staff Services: $24,000 ($42.55)
General Public Buildings: $8,000 ($14.18)
General - Other: $8,000 ($14.18)
Financial Administration: $7,000 ($12.41)
Fire Protection: $5,000 ($8.87)
Solid Waste Management: $2,000 ($3.55)
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,000 ($1.77)
Libraries: $1,000 ($1.77)
Parks & Recreation: $1,000 ($1.77)
- General - Interest on Debt: $59,000 ($104.61)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $1,000 ($1.77)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $991,000 ($1757.09)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $960,000 ($1702.13)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $31,000 ($54.96)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $29,000 ($51.42)
Interest Earnings: $3,000 ($5.32)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $126,000 ($223.40)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $88,000 ($156.03)
- State Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $9,000 ($15.96)
Highways: $8,000 ($14.18)
All Other: $2,000 ($3.55)
- Tax - Individual Income: $35,000 ($62.06)
Property: $26,000 ($46.10)
NEC: $6,000 ($10.64)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $48,000 ($85.11)
5.67% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,137 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.67% | | 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:
6.32% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,723 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.32% | | 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:
Strongest AM radio stations in Meshoppen:
- WEMR (1460 AM; 5 kW; TUNKHANNOCK, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WARM (590 AM; 5 kW; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WITK (1550 AM; 10 kW; PITTSTON, PA; Owner: ROBERT C. CORDARO, INC.)
- WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WNBF (1290 AM; 9 kW; BINGHAMTON, NY; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WILK (980 AM; 5 kW; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
- WMCA (570 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: SALEM MEDIA OF NEW YORK, LLC)
- WINR (680 AM; 5 kW; BINGHAMTON, NY; Owner: CLEVELAND RADIO LICENSES, LLC)
- WEJL (630 AM; 2 kW; SCRANTON, PA)
- WOR (710 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: BUCKLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WABC (770 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WABC-AM RADIO, INC.)
- WFAN (660 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Meshoppen:
- WCWY (107.7 FM; TUNKHANNOCK, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WEZX (106.9 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: THE SCRANTON TIMES, L.P.)
- WGGY (101.3 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
- WWDL-FM (104.9 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: LANE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WBHD (95.7 FM; OLYPHANT, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WUSR (99.5 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON)
- WMGS (92.9 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WHWK (98.1 FM; BINGHAMTON, NY; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- W212AT (90.3 FM; CLARKS SUMMIT, PA; Owner: NORTHEASTERN PA. EDUCTNL TV ASSOC.)
- WVIA-FM (89.9 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATIONAL TV ASSN.)
- WKRZ (98.5 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
- WBHT (97.1 FM; MOUNTAIN TOP, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WAAL (99.1 FM; BINGHAMTON, NY; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WQFM (92.1 FM; NANTICOKE, PA; Owner: THE SCRANTON TIMES, L.P.)
- WBSX (97.9 FM; HAZLETON, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WSKG-FM (89.3 FM; BINGHAMTON, NY; Owner: WSKG PUB.TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL)
- WMXW (103.3 FM; VESTAL, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WCLH (90.7 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: WILKES COLLEGE)
- W219CG (91.7 FM; WILKER-BARRE, PA; Owner: PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, INC.)
- WPGP (88.3 FM; TAFTON, PA; Owner: SOUND OF LIFE, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Meshoppen:
- WQPX (Channel 64; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: PAXSON SCRANTON LICENSE, INC.)
- WSKG-TV (Channel 46; BINGHAMTON, NY; Owner: WSKG PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL)
- WICZ-TV (Channel 40; BINGHAMTON, NY; Owner: STAINLESS BROADCASTING, L.P.)
- WNEP-TV (Channel 16; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: NEW YORK TIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES)
- WVIA-TV (Channel 44; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: NE PA ED TV ASSOCIATION)
- WBRE-TV (Channel 28; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: NEXSTAR BROADCASTING OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, L.L.C.)
- WYOU (Channel 22; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: MISSION BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WOLF-TV (Channel 56; HAZLETON, PA; Owner: WOLF LICENSE CORP.)
- WBNG-TV (Channel 12; BINGHAMTON, NY; Owner: TELEVISION STATION GROUP LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
- WSWB (Channel 38; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: KB PRIME MEDIA LLC)
- W26BS (Channel 14; BINGHAMTON, NY; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- WBPN-LP (Channel 10; BINGHAMTON, NY; Owner: STAINLESS BROADCASTING, L.P.)
- WIVT (Channel 34; BINGHAMTON, NY; Owner: CENTRAL NY NEWS, INC.)
- W66AB (Channel 66; MESHOPPEN, PA; Owner: NORTHEASTERN PA EDUC'L. TV ASSN.)
Meshoppen fatal accident list:
Mar 31, 1994 04:45 AM, 6, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Apr 24, 1993 02:34 AM, Ywp-518, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Dec 23, 1986 00:30 AM, 00241, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Apr 30, 1985 06:20 AM, 00241, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
Jan 23, 1984 01:99 AM, 00316, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Mar 3, 1982 06:99 AM, 00241, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Jan 5, 1976 06:05 PM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 5
Total length: 15 meters (49ft)
Total costs: $3,000
Total average daily traffic: 9,550
Total average daily truck traffic: 1,275
Total future (year 1995) average daily traffic: 13,428
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 15 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers in Meshoppen)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1 - MEHOOPANY, 1.7 Mi S Of (Lat: 41.590611 Lon: -76.046306), Overall height: 68.6 m, Call Sign: WBB362
Assigned Frequencies: 2178.00 MHz, 10915.0 MHz, 10915.0 MHz, 10995.0 MHz, 10995.0 MHz, 11075.0 MHz, 11075.0 MHz
Grant Date: 03/13/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Cancellation Date: 03/21/2007
Registrant: Citizens Communications Company, 180 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14646, Phone: (585) 777-1538, Fax: (585) 777-1177, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 18 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Meshoppen)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 3 - Aircraft: CESSNA 172N (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 105 mph), Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 2329E , Serial Number: 17271235, Year manufactured: 1978, Airworthiness Date: 08/17/1978
Registrant (Corporation): Meshoppen Air LLC, 524 Sr 4015, Meshoppen, PA 18630 - Aircraft: GUTHRIE WILLIS A KIT FOX CLASSIC 4 (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 427WG , Serial Number: C94070046, Year manufactured: 1994, Airworthiness Date: 09/30/1998
Registrant (Individual): Pending Registration, 3009 Bunnell Rd / Rr4, Meshoppen, PA 18630 - Aircraft: CESSNA 172M (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 108 mph), Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 HP) (4 Cycle)
N-Number: 782SN , Serial Number: 17261341, Year manufactured: 1973, Airworthiness Date: 01/26/1973
Registrant (Individual): N Shannon Nichols, 192 Nichols Lane, Meshoppen, PA 18630
| Most common first names in Meshoppen, PA among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|
| William | 27 | 73.2 years |
| Robert | 21 | 73.8 years |
| Joseph | 21 | 75.4 years |
| John | 20 | 67.9 years |
| Charles | 15 | 71.5 years |
| Mary | 14 | 80.1 years |
| Helen | 13 | 81.4 years |
| George | 13 | 81.8 years |
| Ruth | 12 | 77.5 years |
| Elizabeth | 12 | 77.0 years |
| Most common last names in Meshoppen, PA among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|
| Mcgavin | 11 | 73.4 years |
| Smith | 9 | 72.6 years |
| Baker | 9 | 71.4 years |
| White | 9 | 83.8 years |
| Bell | 7 | 77.7 years |
| Adams | 7 | 80.7 years |
| Shoemaker | 7 | 73.5 years |
| Harvey | 7 | 69.0 years |
| Williams | 7 | 74.4 years |
| Stone | 6 | 79.3 years |
Businesses in Meshoppen, PA
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