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Population in July 2007: 2,975. Population change since 2000: -4.4%
 

Males: 1,339  (45.0%)
Females: 1,636  (55.0%)
Median resident age:  42.2 years
Pennsylvania median age:  38.0 years

Zip codes: 17961.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $53,000 (it was $42,400 in 2000)
Orwigsburg  $53,000
Pennsylvania:  $48,576

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $131,700 (it was $93,900 in 2000)
Orwigsburg  $131,700
Pennsylvania:  $155,000

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Races in Orwigsburg:

  • White Non-Hispanic (97.4%)
  • Asian Indian (0.6%)
  • Hispanic (0.5%)
  • Two or more races (0.5%)

2008 cost of living index in Orwigsburg: 85.8 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (40.5%), Irish (13.0%), English (9.9%), Italian (8.3%), Polish (5.8%), Welsh (5.6%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated in 1811

Elevation: 620 feet

Land area: 2.19 square miles.

Population density: 1359 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Orwigsburg

  • High school or higher: 83.5%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 25.7%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 6.5%
  • Unemployed: 4.7%
  • Mean travel time to work: 20.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Orwigsburg borough

  • Never married: 15.7%
  • Now married: 66.4%
  • Separated: 0.9%
  • Widowed: 9.5%
  • Divorced: 7.4%

20 residents are foreign born

This city:  0.6%
Pennsylvania:  4.1%

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

Orwigsburg:  1.6% ($1,470)
Pennsylvania:  1.6% ($1,552)

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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Reading, PA (24.9 miles , pop. 81,207).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Philadelphia, PA (80.0 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Landingville, PA (2.5 miles) , Renningers, PA (3.1 miles ), Deer Lake borough, PA (4.0 miles ), Auburn borough, PA (4.3 miles ), New Philadelphia borough, PA (4.6 miles ), Middleport borough, PA (5.0 miles ), Palo Alto borough, PA (5.2 miles ), Schuylkill Haven borough, PA (5.2 miles ).

Latitude: 40.66 N, Longitude: 76.10 W


297 people in nursing homes
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded

Area code: 570

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Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania business and economic data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...


Population change in the 1990s: +239 (+8.3%).


Historical population


Historical housing units



Most common industries for males:



  • Metal and metal products (11%)
  • Construction (9%)
  • Public administration (9%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
  • Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (4%)
  • Accommodation and food services (4%)
  • Finance and insurance (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (19%)
  • Educational services (13%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Social assistance (5%)
  • Apparel (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
  • Top executives (4%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
  • Accountants and auditors (3%)


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Crime in Orwigsburg (2005):
  • 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 1 rape (33.1 per 100,000)
  • 0 robberies (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 assaults (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 4 burglaries (132.6 per 100,000)
  • 20 thefts (662.9 per 100,000)
  • 2 auto thefts (66.3 per 100,000)
  • City-data.com crime index = 67.6 (higher means more crime, US average = 312.7)

Crime in Orwigsburg (2006):
  • 1 murder (33.4 per 100,000)
  • 0 rapes (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 robberies (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 1 assault (33.4 per 100,000)
  • 6 burglaries (200.1 per 100,000)
  • 40 thefts (1334.2 per 100,000)
  • 1 auto theft (33.4 per 100,000)
  • City-data.com crime index = 143.4 (higher means more crime, US average = 309.6)

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 4 (4 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  1.34
US city average:  3.00

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Orwigsburg-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Pennsylvania state average. It is 19% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/31/1998, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 18.5 miles away from the Orwigsburg city center injured 7 people and caused $1 million in damages.

On 6/18/1970, a category 3 tornado 19.8 miles away from the city center killed one person and injured 5 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Orwigsburg:
  • GOOD SAMARITAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 8 miles; POTTSVILLE, PA)
  • POTTSVILLE HOSPITAL-WARNE CLINIC (about 8 miles; POTTSVILLE, PA)
  • ASHLAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 15 miles; ASHLAND, PA)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Orwigsburg:
  • READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 23 miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
  • LANCASTER (about 40 miles; LANCASTER, PA; ID: LNS)
  • LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL (about 47 miles; ALLENTOWN, PA; ID: ABE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Orwigsburg:
  • GRIMES (about 16 miles; BETHEL, PA; ID: 8N1)
  • SCHUYLKILL COUNTY /JOE ZERBEY/ (about 19 miles; POTTSVILLE, PA; ID: ZER)
  • HAZLETON MUNI (about 24 miles; HAZLETON, PA; ID: HZL)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Orwigsburg:
  • PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE BERKS (about 24 miles; READING, PA; Full-time enrollment: 2,003)
  • KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 26 miles; KUTZTOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 7,101)
  • BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 34 miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 6,880)
  • LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 34 miles; SCHNECKSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,145)
  • LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 38 miles; NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)
  • MUHLENBERG COLLEGE (about 41 miles; Allentown, PA; FT enrollment: 2,334)
  • WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 43 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,438)
Public elementary/middle schools in Orwigsburg:
Library in Orwigsburg:
  • ORWIGSBURG AREA FR PUB LIBRARY (Operating income: $87,545; Location: 214 E. INDEPENDENCE ST; 11,977 books; 917 audio materials; 441 video materials; 57 serial subscriptions)

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Hotel: Fort Motel (Route 61).

 

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

DEER LAKE CITIZENS ASSOC. (Population served: 450, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between OCT-01-2003 and JAN-15-2004, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JAN-15-2004), St Formal NOV issued (JAN-15-2004), St Consent Decree/Judgement (JAN-15-2004)
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2000 and JUL-25-2000, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: Fed Compliance achieved (JUL-25-2000)
FORT MOTEL (Population served: 50, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Acute (TCR) - Between JUL-2002 and SEP-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance Meeting conducted (SEP-04-2002), St Compliance achieved (OCT-31-2002), St Public Notif received (OCT-31-2002), St Public Notif requested (OCT-31-2002)
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JUL-2002 and SEP-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance Meeting conducted (SEP-04-2002), St Compliance achieved (NOV-26-2002), St Public Notif received (NOV-26-2002), St Public Notif requested (NOV-26-2002)
COUNTRY HILLS APTS. (Population served: 40, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - In JUL-2002, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: Fed Compliance achieved (JUL-31-2002)
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2001 and AUG-20-2001, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: Fed Compliance achieved (AUG-20-2001)
Drinking water stations with addresses in Orwigsburg that have no violations reported:
  • GRACE BIBLE CHURCH (Population served: 100, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:
This city:  2.4 people
Pennsylvania:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  68.7%
Whole state:  67.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  3.1%
Whole state:  5.0%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  2.7%
Whole state:  11.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  0.9%
Whole state:  5.1%

Orwigsburg 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.
  • Length of stay since moving in above state average.
  • House age significantly above state average.
  • Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.


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Banks with branches in Orwigsburg (2007 data):
  • CommunityBanks: Orwigsburg Branch at Route 61, R.D. #1, branch established on 1989-10-27. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $3,490.4 mil, Deposits: $2,518.1 mil, headquarters in Millersburg, PA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 75 total offices, Holding Company: Community Banks, Inc.
  • Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company: Orwigsburg Branch at 100 West Market Street, branch established on 1962-05-07. 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.
  • Union Bank and Trust Company: Orwigsburg Branch at Route 61, branch established on 1995-10-24. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $132.4 mil, Deposits: $119.4 mil, headquarters in Pottsville, PA, positive income, 11 total offices, Holding Company: Union Bancorp, Inc.
  • Sovereign Bank: Orwigsburg Branch at South Liberty & South Wayne Streets, branch established on 1971-03-15. Info updated 2006-12-07: Bank assets: $89,506.4 mil, Deposits: $51,244.7 mil, headquarters in Wyomissing, PA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 860 total offices, Holding Company: Banco Santander Central Hispano, S.A.



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Orwigsburg government finances in 2002:
  • Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $32,000
  • Charges - Sewerage: $484,000
    Solid Waste Management: $126,000
    All Other: $31,000
  • Construction - General Public Buildings: $110,000
    Regular Highways: $49,000
  • Current Operations - Water Utilities: $282,000
    Police Protection: $282,000
    Sewerage: $270,000
    General - Other: $124,000
    Solid Waste Management: $121,000
    Central Staff Services: $73,000
    Parks & Recreation: $59,000
    Regular Highways: $56,000
    General Public Buildings: $43,000
    Fire Protection: $20,000
    Housing & Community Development: $17,000
    Financial Administration: $14,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $5,000
    Libraries: $3,000
    Health Services - Other: $2,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $126,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $2,093,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $1,706,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $230,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $157,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $58,000
    Interest Earnings: $45,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $26,000
    Water Utilities: $16,000
    Regular Highways: $16,000
    Sewerage: $4,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $469,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $410,000
  • Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $26,000
  • State Intergovernmental - All Other: $77,000
    Highways: $51,000
    General Support: $2,000
  • Tax - Individual Income: $245,000
    Property: $169,000
    NEC: $100,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $439,000

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 Orwigsburg:
  • 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.)
  • WOGY (1300 AM; 5 kW; WEST HAZLETON, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
  • WLSH (1410 AM; 5 kW; LANSFORD, PA; Owner: J-SYSTEMS FRANCHISING CORP.)
  • WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)
  • WNWR (1540 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)
  • WPHT (1210 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Orwigsburg:
  • W220BE (91.9 FM; ST. CLAIR, PA; Owner: SALT & LIGHT MEDIA MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • W256AB (99.1 FM; POTTSVILLE, PA; Owner: TEMPLE UNIV OF COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM)
  • WMGH-FM (105.5 FM; TAMAQUA, PA; Owner: J-SYSTEMS FRANCHISING CORP.)
  • WAVT-FM (101.9 FM; POTTSVILLE, PA; Owner: POTTSVILLE BROADCASTING CO.)
  • WBSX (97.9 FM; HAZLETON, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WRTL (90.7 FM; EPHRATA, PA; Owner: TEMPLE UNIV OF COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM)
  • WFYY (106.5 FM; BLOOMSBURG, PA; Owner: RADIO FRIENDZ, INC.)
  • W290AC (105.9 FM; PALMERTON, PA; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
  • WMGS (92.9 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • W299AF (107.7 FM; CATAWISSA, PA; Owner: SALT & LIGHT MEDIA MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • WRFY-FM (102.5 FM; READING, PA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WIOV-FM (105.1 FM; EPHRATA, PA; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF LANCASTER, INC.)
  • WVIA-FM (89.9 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATIONAL TV ASSN.)
  • WIOV-FM1 (105.1 FM; READING, PA; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF LANCASTER, INC.)
  • WBHT (97.1 FM; MOUNTAIN TOP, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WSPI (99.7 FM; MOUNT CARMEL, PA; Owner: H & P COMMUNICATIONS, LTD)
  • WKRZ (98.5 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
  • WAMT (103.1 FM; FREELAND, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
  • WQFM (92.1 FM; NANTICOKE, PA; Owner: THE SCRANTON TIMES, L.P.)
  • WCLH (90.7 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: WILKES COLLEGE)

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




Orwigsburg fatal accident list for 1999:
Feb 10, 1999 02:33 AM, Sr-443, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1


Orwigsburg fatal accident list for 1985:
Jan 10, 1985 01:47 AM, 53103, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1


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