Onaway, Idaho

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Population in July 2008: 217. Population change since 2000: -5.7%

Males: 107	(49.6%)
Females: 110	(50.4%)

Median resident age:	34.8 years
Idaho median age:	33.2 years

Zip codes: 83855.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $52,640 (it was $39,821 in 2000)

Onaway:	$52,640
Idaho:	$46,253

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $20,449

Onaway:	$20,449
Idaho:	$23,105

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $132,889 (it was $71,700 in 2000)

Onaway:	$132,889
Idaho:	$178,100

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $137,412; Detached houses: $149,209; Mobile homes: $48,194

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Races in Onaway:

White Non-Hispanic (93.0%)
American Indian (4.8%)
Two or more races (4.3%)
Hispanic (3.5%)

2008 cost of living index in Onaway: 81.4 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (34.8%), United States (18.3%), English (17.4%), Irish (10.9%), Scottish (5.7%), Norwegian (4.8%).

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Elevation: 2640 feet

Land area: 0.15 square miles.

Population density: 1459 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Onaway

High school or higher: 74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.3%
Graduate or professional degree: 3.5%
Unemployed: 7.9%
Mean travel time to work: 29.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Onaway city

Never married: 11.7%
Now married: 68.4%
Separated: 1.8%
Widowed: 0.0%
Divorced: 18.1%

0 residents are foreign born

This city:	0.0%
Idaho:	5.0%

According to our research there was one registered sex offender living in Onaway, Idaho in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Onaway to the number of sex offenders is 217 to 1.

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

Onaway:	0.9% ($650)
Idaho:	1.0% ($1,007)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Spokane, WA (57.0 miles , pop. 195,629).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: East Seattle, WA (252.1 miles , pop. 480,100).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (891.7 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Potlatch, ID (0.8 miles ), Palouse, WA (3.0 miles ), Garfield, WA (3.6 miles ), Farmington, WA (3.7 miles) , Troy, ID (3.8 miles ), Moscow, ID (3.8 miles ), Tensed, ID (4.0 miles) , Deary, ID (4.2 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

2008: 0 buildings

Latitude: 46.93 N, Longitude: 116.89 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 208

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Population change in the 1990s: +9 (+4.1%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Wood products (39%)
Educational services (16%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
Repair and maintenance (7%)
Construction (6%)
Machinery (4%)
Air transportation (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Educational services (34%)
Food and beverage stores (13%)
Repair and maintenance (11%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
Truck transportation (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Other production occupations including supervisors (24%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (15%)
Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (9%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Secondary school teachers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (16%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (11%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
Cashiers (8%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
Entertainers and performers, sports, and related workers (5%)

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Onaway-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Idaho state average. It is 54% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 11/28/1991 at 01:08:58, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, 4.0 ML, 4.3 MD, Depth: 5.9 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 94.0 miles away from Onaway center
On 8/17/1994 at 06:56:49, a magnitude 4.1 (3.6 ML, 4.1 ML, Depth: 1.0 mi) earthquake occurred 64.3 miles away from the city center
On 11/11/2001 at 16:00:29, a magnitude 4.0 (4.0 MD, Depth: 2.9 mi) earthquake occurred 57.7 miles away from the city center
On 6/28/1998 at 07:35:32, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 MD, 3.6 ML, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 27.3 miles away from Onaway center
On 7/14/1992 at 20:01:51, a magnitude 4.1 (3.8 ML, 4.1 MD, Depth: 7.2 mi) earthquake occurred 93.6 miles away from the city center
On 6/25/2001 at 14:15:23, a magnitude 3.7 (3.7 MD, 3.5 ML, Depth: 6.8 mi) earthquake occurred 57.6 miles away from Onaway center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), local magnitude (ML)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Onaway:

GRITMAN MEDICAL CENTER (about 14 miles; MOSCOW, ID)
PULLMAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; PULLMAN, WA)
WHITMAN HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER (about 25 miles; COLFAX, WA)

Amtrak stations near Onaway:

15 miles: MOSCOW (120 W. 6TH ST.) - Bus Station. Services: public payphones, full-service food facilities, call for taxi service.
19 miles: PULLMAN (1002 NYE ST.) - Bus Station. Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, call for taxi service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Onaway:

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO (about 12 miles; MOSCOW, ID; Full-time enrollment: 9,823)
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 37 miles; PULLMAN, WA; FT enrollment: 18,110)
LEWIS-CLARK STATE COLLEGE (about 38 miles; LEWISTON, ID; FT enrollment: 2,213)
EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 51 miles; CHENEY, WA; FT enrollment: 7,852)
NORTH IDAHO COLLEGE (about 56 miles; COEUR D'ALENE, ID; FT enrollment: 2,988)
GONZAGA UNIVERSITY (about 57 miles; SPOKANE, WA; FT enrollment: 3,860)
SPOKANE FALLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 57 miles; SPOKANE, WA; FT enrollment: 6,284)

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Drinking water stations with addresses in Onaway and their reported violations in the past:

ONAWAY WATER AND SEWER ASSN (Population served: 290, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In MAY-2002, Contaminant: Coliform

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In NOV-2000, Contaminant: Coliform

Average household size:

This city:	2.8 people
Idaho:	2.7 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	77.1%
Whole state:	71.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	7.2%
Whole state:	4.8%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This city:	9.4%
Whole state:	11.8%

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

This city:	0.0%
Whole state:	4.6%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Onaway, ID

Onaway compared to Idaho state average:

Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage below state average.
Number of college students below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.

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2004 Presidential Election results in Latah County Idaho:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Electricity (37%) Wood (25%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%) Other fuel (4%)

Religion statistics for Onaway

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Church of the Nazarene	United Methodist Church
Adherents	24.9%	23.9%	11.2%	10.8%	5.0%
Congregations	4.3%	21.7%	15.2%	8.7%	6.5%

Name	Presbyterian Church (USA)	Southern Baptist Convention	Seventh-Day Adventist Church	Unitarian Universalist Association	Other religions
Adherents	4.9%	4.2%	4.0%	1.7%	9.3%
Congregations	6.5%	2.2%	8.7%	2.2%	23.9%

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
Other Government Administration	0	$0		1	$220
Streets and Highways	0	$0		2	$802
Totals for Government	0	$0		3	$1,022

11.91% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,110 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	11.91%
Idaho average:	9.61%

0.58% of residents moved from foreign countries ($560 average AGI)
Latah County: 0.58%
Idaho average: 0.14%

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

from Whitman County, WA	0.94% ($29,661 average AGI)
from Ada County, ID	0.85% ($24,040)
from Nez Perce County, ID	0.79% ($65,074)

12.59% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,900 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	12.59%
Idaho average:	8.30%

0.14% of residents moved to foreign countries ($309 average AGI)
Latah County: 0.14%
Idaho average: 0.09%

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

to Ada County, ID	1.11% ($22,604 average AGI)
to Whitman County, WA	0.86% ($30,330)
to Kootenai County, ID	0.74% ($33,820)

Strongest AM radio stations in Onaway:

KQQQ (1150 AM; 25 kW; PULLMAN, WA; Owner: RADIO PALOUSE, INC.)
KMAX (840 AM; 10 kW; COLFAX, WA; Owner: PALOUSE COUNTRY, INC.)
KGA (1510 AM; 50 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KXLY (920 AM; 20 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE RADIO, INC.)
KWSU (1250 AM; 5 kW; PULLMAN, WA; Owner: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY)
KMJY (700 AM; 10 kW; NEWPORT, WA; Owner: JAMES E. AND HELEN G. STARGEL)
KVNI (1080 AM; 10 kW; COEUR D' ALENE, ID; Owner: QUEENB RADIO, INC.)
KTBI (810 AM; daytime; 50 kW; EPHRATA, WA; Owner: TACOMA BROADCASTERS, INCORPORATED)
KRPL (1400 AM; 1 kW; MOSCOW, ID; Owner: KRPL, INCORPORATED)
KOZE (950 AM; 5 kW; LEWISTON, ID; Owner: 4-K RADIO, INC.)
KERR (750 AM; 50 kW; POLSON, MT; Owner: ANDERSON RADIO BROADCASTING, INC.)
KQNT (590 AM; 5 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KRLC (1350 AM; 5 kW; CLARKSTON LEWISTON,, WA; Owner: IDA-VEND COMPANY, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Onaway:

KHTR (104.3 FM; PULLMAN, WA; Owner: RADIO PALOUSE, INC.)
KRAO-FM (102.5 FM; COLFAX, WA; Owner: PALOUSE COUNTRY, INC.)
KZZL-FM (99.5 FM; PULLMAN, WA; Owner: PALOUSE COUNTRY, INC.)
KZFN (106.1 FM; MOSCOW, ID; Owner: KRPL, INC.)
KRFA-FM (91.7 FM; MOSCOW, ID; Owner: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY)
KDRK-FM (93.7 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KIXZ-FM (96.1 FM; OPPORTUNITY, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KPBX-FM (91.1 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
KMBI-FM (107.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
KCDA (103.1 FM; POST FALLS, ID; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KRLF (88.5 FM; PULLMAN, WA; Owner: LIVING FAITH F/SHIP EDUC. MINISTRIES)
KMOK (106.9 FM; LEWISTON, ID; Owner: IDA-VEND COMPANY, INC.)
KISC (98.1 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KZZU-FM (92.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: QUEENB)
KCLK-FM (94.1 FM; CLARKSTON, WA; Owner: CLARKSTON BROADCASTERS, INC.)
KEYF-FM (101.1 FM; CHENEY, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KZBD (105.7 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KVAB (102.9 FM; CLARKSTON, WA; Owner: CLARKSTON BROADCASTERS, INC.)
KXLY-FM (99.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE RADIO, INC.)
KVTY (105.1 FM; LEWISTON, ID; Owner: IDAVEND CO. INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Onaway:

KUID-TV (Channel 12; MOSCOW, ID; Owner: STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, STATE OF IDAHO)
KWSU-TV (Channel 10; PULLMAN, WA; Owner: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY)
K40EE (Channel 40; PULLMAN, WA; Owner: SPOKANE TELEVISION, INC.)

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