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Pringle, PA map Population (year 2000): 991. Estimated population in July 2006: 946 (-4.5% change)
 

Males: 480  (48.4%)
Females: 511  (51.6%)

Luzerne County

Median resident age:  43.6 years
Pennsylvania median age:  38.0 years

Estimated median household income in 2005: $35,100 (it was $31,793 in 2000)
Pringle  $35,100
Pennsylvania:  $44,537

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $86,600 (it was $76,000 in 2000)
Pringle  $86,600
Pennsylvania:  $131,900

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Races in Pringle:

  • White Non-Hispanic (98.9%)
  • Hispanic (1.0%)

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Ancestries: Polish (35.7%), Irish (20.0%), German (13.6%), Italian (11.3%), Slovak (10.1%), English (6.6%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated on 01/17/1914

Elevation: 650 feet

Land area: 0.47 square miles.

Population density: 2036 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Pringle

  • High school or higher: 76.4%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.2%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.5%
  • Unemployed: 5.5%
  • Mean travel time to work: 16.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Pringle borough

  • Never married: 27.7%
  • Now married: 47.7%
  • Separated: 1.3%
  • Widowed: 15.0%
  • Divorced: 8.3%

9 residents are foreign born

This city:  0.9%
Pennsylvania:  4.1%

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

Pringle:  1.3% ($963)
Pennsylvania:  1.6% ($1,552)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Scranton, PA (18.5 miles , pop. 76,415).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Philadelphia, PA (102.5 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Courtdale borough, PA (0.7 miles ), Luzerne borough, PA (0.7 miles ), Edwardsville borough, PA (0.9 miles ), Kingston borough, PA (1.0 miles ), Forty Fort borough, PA (1.9 miles ), Swoyersville borough, PA (2.0 miles ), Larksville borough, PA (2.3 miles ), Wilkes-Barre, PA (2.6 miles ).

Latitude: 41.28 N, Longitude: 75.90 W


Area code commonly used in this area: 570

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Population change in the 1990s: -172 (-14.8%).



Most common industries for males:
  • Construction (10%)
  • Public administration (9%)
  • Metal and metal products (7%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
  • Paper (3%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (17%)
  • Finance and insurance (11%)
  • Educational services (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
  • Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Customer service representatives (7%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
  • Registered nurses (5%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (4%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)


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Pringle-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Pennsylvania state average. It is 21% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/2/1998, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 21.4 miles away from the Pringle city center killed 2 people and injured 15 people and caused $2 million in damages.

On 7/4/1960, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 12.2 miles away from the city center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Pringle:
  • MERCY HOSPITAL (about 2 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA)
  • PENN STATE GEISINGERY WYOMING VALLEY (about 2 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA)
  • WVHCS HOSPITAL INC (about 2 miles; WILKES-BARRE, PA)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Pringle:
  • WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (about 14 miles; WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON, PA; ID: AVP)
  • LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL (about 54 miles; ALLENTOWN, PA; ID: ABE)
  • READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 63 miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Pringle:
  • WILKES-BARRE WYOMING VALLEY (about 4 miles; WILKES-BARRE, PA; ID: WBW)
  • SKYHAVEN (about 17 miles; TUNKHANNOCK, PA; ID: 76N)
  • HAZLETON MUNI (about 21 miles; HAZLETON, PA; ID: HZL)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Pringle:
  • WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 3 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA; Full-time enrollment: 2,438)
  • LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 9 miles; NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)
  • UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON (about 19 miles; SCRANTON, PA; FT enrollment: 4,093)
  • MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY (about 21 miles; SCRANTON, PA; FT enrollment: 2,203)
  • BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 42 miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 6,880)
  • LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 46 miles; SCHNECKSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,145)
  • MUHLENBERG COLLEGE (about 54 miles; Allentown, PA; FT enrollment: 2,334)

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Average household size:
This city:  2.3 people
Pennsylvania:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  65.0%
Whole state:  67.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  4.4%
Whole state:  5.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  9.2%
Whole state:  11.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  2.8%
Whole state:  5.1%

Pringle compared to Pennsylvania state average:
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage 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 significantly above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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2004 Presidential Election results in Luzerne County Pennsylvania:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Solid Waste Management 0$0 2$1,477
Other Government Administration 0$0 1$1,463
Police Protection - Officers 0$0 3$2,318
Streets and Highways 0$0 2$1,477
Totals for Government 0$0 8$6,735


Pringle government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Solid Waste Management: $31,000
    All Other: $12,000
  • Current Operations - Police Protection: $45,000
    Central Staff Services: $38,000
    Solid Waste Management: $37,000
    General - Other: $36,000
    Regular Highways: $16,000
    General Public Buildings: $14,000
    Fire Protection: $12,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $8,000
    Parks & Recreation: $7,000
    Financial Administration: $5,000
    Housing & Community Development: $2,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $2,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $16,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $5,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $181,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $0
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $20,000
    All Other: $11,000
  • Tax - Individual Income: $57,000
    NEC: $23,000
    Property: $23,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $65,000

3.58% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,014 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  3.58%
Pennsylvania average:  4.99%

0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($340 average AGI)
Luzerne County:  0.04%
Pennsylvania average:  0.12%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Lackawanna County, PA  0.40% ($33,529 average AGI)
from Columbia County, PA  0.17% ($30,034)
from Schuylkill County, PA  0.14% ($31,690)


3.63% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($39,456 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  3.63%
Pennsylvania average:  5.08%

0.02% of residents moved to foreign countries ($223 average AGI)
Luzerne County:  0.02%
Pennsylvania average:  0.05%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Lackawanna County, PA  0.35% ($39,731 average AGI)
to Columbia County, PA  0.20% ($30,057)
to Schuylkill County, PA  0.19% ($31,150)


Strongest AM radio stations in Pringle:
  • WBAX (1240 AM; 1 kW; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: THE SCRANTON TIMES, L.P.)
  • WILK (980 AM; 5 kW; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
  • WITK (1550 AM; 10 kW; PITTSTON, PA; Owner: ROBERT C. CORDARO, INC.)
  • WARM (590 AM; 5 kW; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WNAK (730 AM; 1 kW; NANTICOKE, PA; Owner: SEVEN-THIRTY BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • WYCK (1340 AM; 1 kW; PLAINS, PA; Owner: LB RADIO CORPORATION)
  • WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WEJL (630 AM; 2 kW; SCRANTON, PA)
  • WEMR (1460 AM; 5 kW; TUNKHANNOCK, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WOGY (1300 AM; 5 kW; WEST HAZLETON, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
  • WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WZZD (990 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
  • WEEU (830 AM; 20 kW; READING, PA; Owner: WEEU BROADCASTING COMPANY)

Strongest FM radio stations in Pringle:
  • WMGS (92.9 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WVIA-FM (89.9 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATIONAL TV ASSN.)
  • WBHT (97.1 FM; MOUNTAIN TOP, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WCWQ (93.7 FM; DALLAS, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WQFM (92.1 FM; NANTICOKE, PA; Owner: THE SCRANTON TIMES, L.P.)
  • WCLH (90.7 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: WILKES COLLEGE)
  • W219CG (91.7 FM; WILKER-BARRE, PA; Owner: PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, INC.)
  • WKRZ (98.5 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
  • W235AA (94.9 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: TEMPLE U. OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYST OF HIGHER ED)
  • W288BE (105.5 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
  • WBSX (97.9 FM; HAZLETON, 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)
  • WCWY (107.7 FM; TUNKHANNOCK, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WAMT (103.1 FM; FREELAND, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
  • W212AT (90.3 FM; CLARKS SUMMIT, PA; Owner: NORTHEASTERN PA. EDUCTNL TV ASSOC.)
  • WRKC (88.5 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)

TV broadcast stations around Pringle:
  • WNEP-TV (Channel 16; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: NEW YORK TIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES)
  • 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.)
  • WVIA-TV (Channel 44; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: NE PA ED TV ASSOCIATION)
  • W07BV (Channel 7; WILKES-BARRE, ETC., PA; Owner: CATHOLIC BROADCASTING OF SCRANTON, INC.)
  • W54BO (Channel 54; KINGSTON, PA; Owner: KATHY POTERA)
  • WQPX (Channel 64; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: PAXSON SCRANTON LICENSE, INC.)
  • WSWB (Channel 38; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: KB PRIME MEDIA LLC)
  • W67DE (Channel 67; NEWPORT, PA; Owner: TRIPLE J COMMUNITY BROADCASTING., L.L.C.)

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