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Schuylkill County

Population in July 2007: 301.
Males: 136  (45.3%)
Females: 165  (54.7%)
Median resident age:  46.8 years
Pennsylvania median age:  38.0 years

Zip codes: 17974.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $41,762 (it was $33,438 in 2000)
Seltzer:  $41,762
Pennsylvania:  $48,576

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $77,127 (it was $55,500 in 2000)
Seltzer:  $77,127
Pennsylvania:  $155,000

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $86,662; Detached houses: $93,384; Townhouses or other attached units: $64,933

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Races in Seltzer:

  • White Non-Hispanic (100.0%)

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

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Ancestries: Lithuanian (37.1%), Irish (25.1%), German (16.6%), Ukrainian (16.3%), Slovak (13.7%), Dutch (7.8%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 900 feet

Land area: 0.07 square miles.

Population density: 4348 people per square mile 
 
 (average).




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For population 25 years and over in Seltzer

  • High school or higher: 82.5%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 2.2%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
  • Unemployed: 0.0%
  • Mean travel time to work: 21.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Seltzer CDP

  • Never married: 24.4%
  • Now married: 58.5%
  • Separated: 0.8%
  • Widowed: 9.3%
  • Divorced: 6.9%

0 residents are foreign born

This place:  0.0%
Pennsylvania:  4.1%



According to our research there was one registered sex offender living in Seltzer, Pennsylvania in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Seltzer to the number of sex offenders is 301 to 1.

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

Seltzer:  2.0% ($1,108)
Pennsylvania:  1.6% ($1,552)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Reading, PA (32.4 miles , pop. 81,207).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Philadelphia, PA (89.2 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Marlin, PA (1.2 miles ), Minersville borough, PA (1.7 miles ), Pottsville, PA (2.4 miles ), Heckscherville, PA (2.7 miles) , St. Clair borough, PA (3.5 miles ), Mount Carbon, PA (3.7 miles) , Mechanicsville borough, PA (3.7 miles ), Forrestville, PA (4.1 miles ).

Latitude: 40.70 N, Longitude: 76.24 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 570

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Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (38%)
  • Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
  • Warehousing and storage (7%)
  • Metal and metal products (6%)
  • Transportation equipment (6%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Educational services (22%)
  • Clothing and clothing accessories, including shoe, stores (17%)
  • Health care (15%)
  • Other health and personal care stores (9%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (9%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (15%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
  • Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (7%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (17%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (13%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (9%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)


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Seltzer-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Pennsylvania state average. It is 15% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/18/1970, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 20.5 miles away from the Seltzer place center killed one person and injured 5 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 5/31/1998, a category 3 tornado 27.5 miles away from the place center injured 7 people and caused $1 million in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Seltzer:
  • GOOD SAMARITAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 2 miles; POTTSVILLE, PA)
  • POTTSVILLE HOSPITAL-WARNE CLINIC (about 2 miles; POTTSVILLE, PA)
  • ASHLAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 5 miles; ASHLAND, PA)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Seltzer:
  • READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 31 miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
  • LANCASTER (about 40 miles; LANCASTER, PA; ID: LNS)
  • HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL (about 51 miles; HARRISBURG, PA; ID: MDT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Seltzer:
  • SCHUYLKILL COUNTY /JOE ZERBEY/ (about 10 miles; POTTSVILLE, PA; ID: ZER)
  • GRIMES (about 15 miles; BETHEL, PA; ID: 8N1)
  • FARMERS PRIDE (about 23 miles; FREDERICKSBURG, PA; ID: 9N7)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Seltzer:
  • BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 26 miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; Full-time enrollment: 6,880)
  • PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE BERKS (about 31 miles; READING, PA; FT enrollment: 2,003)
  • KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 36 miles; KUTZTOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 7,101)
  • LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 39 miles; NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)
  • LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 43 miles; SCHNECKSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,145)
  • WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 45 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,438)
  • PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN ST HARRISBURG (about 49 miles; MIDDLETOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 2,064)

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

Percentage of family households:
This place:  64.3%
Whole state:  67.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  4.7%
Whole state:  5.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 1.6% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  0.0%
Whole state:  11.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  0.0%
Whole state:  5.1%


Seltzer compared to Pennsylvania state average:
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born 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 below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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2004 Presidential Election results in Schuylkill County Pennsylvania:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (56%)
  • Coal or coke (37%)
  • Electricity (3%)
  • Wood (3%)

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 Seltzer:
  • WPPA (1360 AM; 5 kW; POTTSVILLE, PA; Owner: POTTSVILLE BROADCASTING CO.)
  • WPAM (1450 AM; 1 kW; POTTSVILLE, PA; Owner: CURRAN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WEEU (830 AM; 20 kW; READING, PA; Owner: WEEU BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WZZD (990 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
  • WPEN (950 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
  • KYW (1060 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WOGY (1300 AM; 5 kW; WEST HAZLETON, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
  • WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)
  • WKOK (1070 AM; 10 kW; SUNBURY, PA; Owner: SUNBURY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WLBR (1270 AM; 5 kW; LEBANON, PA; Owner: LEBANON BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WNWR (1540 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)

Strongest FM radio stations in Seltzer:
  • 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.)
  • WAVT-FM (101.9 FM; POTTSVILLE, PA; Owner: POTTSVILLE BROADCASTING CO.)
  • WFYY (106.5 FM; BLOOMSBURG, PA; Owner: RADIO FRIENDZ, 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)
  • WMGH-FM (105.5 FM; TAMAQUA, PA; Owner: J-SYSTEMS FRANCHISING CORP.)
  • WBSX (97.9 FM; HAZLETON, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WRTL (90.7 FM; EPHRATA, PA; Owner: TEMPLE UNIV OF COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM)
  • WMGS (92.9 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WVIA-FM (89.9 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATIONAL TV ASSN.)
  • WBLJ-FM (95.3 FM; SHAMOKIN, PA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WIOV-FM (105.1 FM; EPHRATA, PA; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF LANCASTER, INC.)
  • WQKX (94.1 FM; SUNBURY, PA; Owner: SUNBURY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WPGM-FM (96.7 FM; DANVILLE, PA; Owner: MONTROSE BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WEGH (107.3 FM; NORTHUMBERLAND, PA; Owner: SUNBURY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • W290AC (105.9 FM; PALMERTON, PA; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
  • W235AD (94.9 FM; POTTSVILLE, PA; Owner: NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA ED TV ASSC)
  • WBHT (97.1 FM; MOUNTAIN TOP, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WITF-FM (89.5 FM; HARRISBURG, PA; Owner: WITF, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Seltzer:
  • 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)
  • W61AG (Channel 61; POTTSVILLE, ETC., PA; Owner: NEW YORK TIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES)
  • W66AI (Channel 66; POTTSVILLE, ETC., PA; Owner: MISSION BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WTVE (Channel 51; READING, PA; Owner: READING BROADCASTING, INC.)

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