Shade Gap, Pennsylvania

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Population in July 2007: 91. Population change since 2000: -6.2%

Males: 42	(46.4%)
Females: 49	(53.6%)

Median resident age:	36.5 years
Pennsylvania median age:	38.0 years

Zip code: 17255

Estimated median household income in 2007: $22,547 (it was $18,125 in 2000)

Shade Gap:	$22,547
Pennsylvania:	$48,576

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $68,260 (it was $43,800 in 2000)

Shade Gap:	$68,260
Pennsylvania:	$155,000

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $70,462; Detached houses: $69,568

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Races in Shade Gap:

White Non-Hispanic (97.9%)
Black (2.1%)

2008 cost of living index in Shade Gap: 83.2 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (23.7%), Irish (15.5%), German (11.3%), French (7.2%), English (4.1%), Italian (3.1%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated on 04/20/1871

Elevation: 990 feet

Land area: 0.05 square miles.

Population density: 1974 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Shade Gap

High school or higher: 58.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 2.9%
Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
Unemployed: 18.8%
Mean travel time to work: 58.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Shade Gap borough

Never married: 27.0%
Now married: 50.0%
Separated: 2.7%
Widowed: 17.6%
Divorced: 2.7%

0 residents are foreign born

This borough:	0.0%
Pennsylvania:	4.1%

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

Shade Gap:	1.1% ($500)
Pennsylvania:	1.6% ($1,552)

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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Frederick, MD (57.3 miles , pop. 52,767).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Baltimore, MD (89.7 miles , pop. 651,154).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (144.5 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Orbisonia borough, PA (2.1 miles ), Rockhill Furnace borough, PA (2.2 miles ), Three Springs borough, PA (2.5 miles ), Saltillo borough, PA (2.8 miles ), Shirleysburg, PA (2.8 miles) , Cassville, PA (3.4 miles) , Kistler borough, PA (3.7 miles ), Mount Union borough, PA (3.8 miles ).

Latitude: 40.18 N, Longitude: 77.87 W

Area code: 814

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Population change in the 1990s: -16 (-14.2%).

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Average climate in Shade Gap, Pennsylvania

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Shade Gap-area historical tornado activity is near Pennsylvania state average. It is 6% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/16/1961, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 20.4 miles away from the Shade Gap borough center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 5/22/1983, a category 3 tornado 46.6 miles away from the borough center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Shade Gap:

FULTON COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (about 19 miles; MCCONNELLSBURG, PA)
CHAMBERSBURG HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; CHAMBERSBURG, PA)
J C BLAIR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 24 miles; HUNTINGDON, PA)

Political contributions by individuals in Shade Gap, PA

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Shade Gap:

SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 23 miles; SHIPPENSBURG, PA; Full-time enrollment: 6,330)
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE ALTOONA (about 34 miles; ALTOONA, PA; FT enrollment: 3,516)
DICKINSON COLLEGE (about 36 miles; CARLISLE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,098)
GETTYSBURG COLLEGE (about 42 miles; GETTYSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 2,216)
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 43 miles; UNIVERSITY PARK, PA; FT enrollment: 38,248)
MESSIAH COLLEGE (about 46 miles; GRANTHAM, PA; FT enrollment: 2,761)
FREDERICK COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 53 miles; FREDERICK, MD; FT enrollment: 2,407)

Public elementary/middle school in Shade Gap:

Shade Gap Elementary School (Students: 124; Location: 22251 Shade Valley Road; Grades: KG - 5)

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

HUNNYS DINER (Population served: 30, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - Between JAN-1997 and MAR-1997, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Compliance Meeting conducted (FEB-04-1997), St Compliance achieved (FEB-23-1997)

3 routine major monitoring violations

GAP MINI MART (Population served: 30, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between OCT-2004 and DEC-2004, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (FEB-04-2005), St Compliance achieved (FEB-04-2005), St Compliance Meeting conducted (FEB-04-2005)

Past monitoring violations:

Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - Between JUL-2004 and SEP-2004, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Compliance Meeting conducted (DEC-29-2004), St Compliance achieved (APR-20-2005)

2 routine major monitoring violations

Drinking water stations with addresses in Shade Gap that have no violations reported:

HARPER MEMORIAL PARK CG (Population served: 150, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:

This borough:	2.5 people
Pennsylvania:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This borough:	65.8%
Whole state:	67.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This borough:	7.9%
Whole state:	5.0%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This borough:	19.5%
Whole state:	11.0%

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

This borough:	2.3%
Whole state:	5.1%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Shade Gap, PA

Shade Gap compared to Pennsylvania state average:

Median household income below state average.
Median house value significantly below state average.
Unemployed percentage significantly above state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
Number of rooms per house 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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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Shade Gap mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Huntingdon County Pennsylvania:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (92%) Electricity (8%)

Religon statistics for Shade Gap

Adherents

Name	United Methodist Church	Catholic Church	Presbyterian Church (USA)	Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Adherents	31.1%	14.7%	8.1%	6.8%	6.4%
Congregations	37.8%	3.1%	10.2%	5.5%	5.5%

Name	Christian and Missionary Alliance	United Church of Christ	Assemblies of God	Church of the Nazarene	Other religions
Adherents	4.7%	4.7%	4.0%	3.8%	15.6%
Congregations	2.4%	6.3%	3.1%	3.1%	22.8%

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

4.16% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,543 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.16%
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:

from Mifflin County, PA	0.53% ($24,744 average AGI)
from Blair County, PA	0.47% ($30,280)
from Centre County, PA	0.44% ($44,254)

4.42% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,126 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.42%
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:

to Blair County, PA	0.55% ($26,977 average AGI)
to Centre County, PA	0.48% ($33,169)
to Mifflin County, PA	0.43% ($27,754)

Strongest AM radio stations in Shade Gap:

WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)
WZSK (1040 AM; daytime; 10 kW; EVERETT, PA; Owner: NEW MILLENNIUM COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.)
WHUN (1150 AM; 5 kW; HUNTINGDON, PA; Owner: MEGAHERTZ LICENSES, LLC)
WMET (1150 AM; 50 kW; GAITHERSBURG, MD; Owner: BELTWAY ACQUISITION CORPORATION)
WBAL (1090 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: HEARST RADIO, INC.)
WIEZ (670 AM; daytime; 5 kW; LEWISTOWN, PA; Owner: FIRST MEDIA RADIO, LLC)
WCBG (1590 AM; 5 kW; CHAMBERSBURG, PA; Owner: M. BELMONT VERSTANDIG, INC.)
WGOP (700 AM; daytime; 25 kW; WALKERSVILLE, MD; Owner: BIRACH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WTEM (980 AM; 50 kW; WASHINGTON, DC; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
WVFC (1530 AM; daytime; 2 kW; MCCONNELLSBURG, PA; Owner: LANGER BROADCASTING GROUP, LLC)
WWLG (1370 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: M-10 BROADCASTING, INC.)
WKMC (1370 AM; 5 kW; ROARING SPRING, PA; Owner: ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN NETWORK)
WTOP (1500 AM; 50 kW; WASHINGTON, DC; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)

Strongest FM radio stations in Shade Gap:

WXMJ (99.5 FM; MOUNT UNION, PA; Owner: MEGAHERTZ LICENSES, LLC)
WEEO-FM (103.7 FM; MCCONNELLSBURG, PA; Owner: ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN NETWORK)
WLAK (103.5 FM; HUNTINGDON, PA; Owner: FIRST MEDIA RADIO, LLC)
WJSM-FM (92.7 FM; MARTINSBURG, PA; Owner: MARTINSBURG BROADCASTING, INC.)
WMAJ-FM (104.9 FM; HOLLIDAYSBURG, PA; Owner: FOREVER OF PA, LLC)
W294AE (106.7 FM; ALTOONA, PA; Owner: THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY)
WJUN-FM (92.5 FM; MEXICO, PA; Owner: STARVIEW MEDIA, INC.)
WQJU (107.1 FM; MIFFLINTOWN, PA; Owner: CENTRAL PA CHRISTIAN INSTITUTE, INC.)
WJRC (90.9 FM; LEWISTOWN, PA; Owner: SALT AND LIGHT MEDIA MINISTRIES, INC)
W267AC (101.3 FM; ALTOONA, PA; Owner: ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN NETWORK)
WWLY (106.3 FM; HUNTINGDON, PA; Owner: MEGAHERTZ LICENSES,LLC)
WBVE (107.5 FM; BEDFORD, PA; Owner: CESSNA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WAYC (100.9 FM; BEDFORD, PA; Owner: CESSNA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WAYZ-FM (104.7 FM; HAGERSTOWN, MD; Owner: HJV LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WETH (89.1 FM; HAGERSTOWN, MD; Owner: GREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSN.)
WSKE (104.3 FM; EVERETT, PA; Owner: NEW MILLENNIUM COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.)
WBUS (93.7 FM; BOALSBURG, PA; Owner: DAME BROADCASTING, LLC)
WVNW (96.7 FM; BURNHAM, PA; Owner: WVNW, INC.)
WBHV (103.1 FM; STATE COLLEGE, PA; Owner: FOREVER BROADCASTING, LLC)
WIKZ (95.1 FM; CHAMBERSBURG, PA; Owner: DAME BROADCASTING, LLC)

TV broadcast stations around Shade Gap:

WJAL (Channel 68; HAGERSTOWN, MD; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
W38AN (Channel 38; CHAMBERSBURG, PA; Owner: WITF, INC.)

FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1

Lat: 40.182389 Lon: -77.858333, Call Sign: WQJG926
Assigned Frequencies : 453.037 MHz, 458.037 MHz
Grant Date: 09/05/2008, Expiration Date: 09/05/2018, Certifier: Randy Cowan
Registrant: Compros, Inc., 400 Highland Ave, Altoona, PA 16602, Phone: (814) 946-8100, Fax: (814) 942-7064, Email:

FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1

SHADE GAP ELEM, 22251 Shade Valley Rd, Type: Tower, Structure height: 42.7 m, Call Sign: WQHM383
Assigned Frequencies : 11325.0 MHz, 19375.0 MHz
Grant Date: 09/06/2007, Expiration Date: 09/06/2017, Certifier: Darol Lain
Registrant: Radio Dynamics Corporation, 120 South 16th Street, Lebanon, PA 17042, Phone: (717) 270-1979, Fax: (717) 270-4338, Email:

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 3

Call Sign: KA3JXW, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01466432
Grant Date: 02/12/2009, Expiration Date: 03/04/2019, Certifier: Judith I Rockwood
Registrant: Judith I Rockwood, 22084 Deer Run Lane, Shade Gap, PA 17255
Call Sign: KA3RGM, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00315144
Grant Date: 08/21/2008, Expiration Date: 01/21/2017, Certifier: Joseph D Eaton
Registrant: Joseph D Eaton, Shade Gap, PA 17255
Call Sign: KJ3H, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01230178
Grant Date: 01/03/2007, Expiration Date: 03/27/2017, Certifier: Frederick D Rockwood
Registrant: Frederick D Rockwood, 22084 Deer Run Ln, Shade Gap, PA 17255

FAA Registered Aircrafts: 1

Aircraft: BROWN DWIGHT AVID FLYER (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: CUYUNA ALL MDLS A/B (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 191DB , Serial Number: 191, Airworthiness Date: 07/07/1986
Registrant (Individual): Reported Sale, Box 672 Hc 62, Shade Gap, PA 17255

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Fire: 2
Hazardous Condition: 6

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