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Schuylkill County

Population in July 2008: 2,987. Population change since 2000: -8.2%
 

Males: 1,401  (46.9%)
Females: 1,586  (53.1%)

Median resident age:  44.0 years
Pennsylvania median age:  38.0 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $35,171 (it was $28,161 in 2000)
St. Clair:  $35,171
Pennsylvania:  $48,576

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $18,943
St. Clair:  $18,943
Pennsylvania:  $26,228

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $65,870 (it was $47,400 in 2000)
St. Clair:  $65,870
Pennsylvania:  $155,000

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $80,743; Detached houses: $89,180; Townhouses or other attached units: $62,603; In 2-unit structures: $125,799; Mobile homes: $37,500

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Races in St. Clair:

  • White Non-Hispanic (98.4%)
  • Hispanic (0.7%)
  • Black (0.7%)

2008 cost of living index in St. Clair: 79.8 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (17.2%), Irish (16.5%), Polish (10.2%), Ukrainian (9.2%), Slovak (7.7%), Dutch (6.7%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated on 04/06/1850

Land area: 1.22 square miles.

Population density: 2443 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in St. Clair

  • High school or higher: 77.4%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.6%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.3%
  • Unemployed: 7.2%
  • Mean travel time to work: 21.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in St. Clair borough

  • Never married: 26.1%
  • Now married: 47.6%
  • Separated: 2.7%
  • Widowed: 16.2%
  • Divorced: 7.3%

49 residents are foreign born

This borough:  1.5%
Pennsylvania:  4.1%

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

St. Clair:  1.1% ($532)
Pennsylvania:  1.6% ($1,552)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Reading, PA (29.5 miles , pop. 81,207).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Philadelphia, PA (74.2 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Mechanicsville borough, PA (1.4 miles ), Port Carbon borough, PA (1.4 miles ), Palo Alto borough, PA (1.5 miles ), Pottsville, PA (1.5 miles ), Seltzer, PA (1.7 miles ), Mount Carbon, PA (1.8 miles) , New Philadelphia borough, PA (1.9 miles ), Marlin, PA (2.0 miles ).

Latitude: 40.72 N, Longitude: 76.19 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 570

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Population change in the 1990s: -256 (-7.3%).

Historical population

Historical housing units

Most common industries for males (%):



  • Metal and metal products (10%)
  • Educational services (9%)
  • Construction (7%)
  • Health care (7%)
  • Food and beverage stores (6%)
  • Truck transportation (5%)
  • Wood products (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Health care (26%)
  • Educational services (15%)
  • Public administration (9%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Food and beverage stores (6%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (4%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (3%)



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St. Clair-area historical tornado activity is above Pennsylvania state average. It is 43% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/18/1970, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 22.1 miles away from the St. Clair borough 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 22.4 miles away from the borough center injured 7 people and caused $1 million in damages.


St. Clair-area historical earthquake activity is above Pennsylvania state average. It is 77% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 1/16/1994 at 01:49:16, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MB, 4.6 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 28.0 miles away from St. Clair center
On 1/16/1994 at 00:42:43, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 28.7 miles away from the city center
On 8/26/2003 at 18:24:18, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, 3.5 ML, Depth: 1.9 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 57.4 miles away from the city center
On 11/14/1997 at 03:44:11, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 39.7 miles away from St. Clair center
On 10/23/1990 at 01:34:48, a magnitude 3.2 (2.9 LG, 3.2 MD, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 90.9 miles away from the city center
On 8/15/1991 at 07:16:07, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 77.0 miles away from St. Clair center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), local magnitude (ML)

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Hospitals/medical centers near St. Clair:
  • GOOD SAMARITAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 3 miles; POTTSVILLE, PA)
  • POTTSVILLE HOSPITAL-WARNE CLINIC (about 3 miles; POTTSVILLE, PA)
  • ASHLAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 7 miles; ASHLAND, PA)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to St. Clair:
  • BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 24 miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; Full-time enrollment: 6,880)
  • KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 28 miles; KUTZTOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 7,101)
  • PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE BERKS (about 29 miles; READING, PA; FT enrollment: 2,003)
  • LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 31 miles; SCHNECKSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,145)
  • LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 35 miles; NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)
  • MUHLENBERG COLLEGE (about 36 miles; Allentown, PA; FT enrollment: 2,334)
  • WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,438)

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Average household size:
This borough:  2.2 people
Pennsylvania:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This borough:  59.3%
Whole state:  67.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This borough:  4.8%
Whole state:  5.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This borough:  11.8%
Whole state:  11.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This borough:  4.5%
Whole state:  5.1%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in St. Clair, PA


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St. Clair compared to Pennsylvania state average:

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  • Median house value 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 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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Banks with branches in St. Clair (2009 data):
  • Susquehanna Bank: Saint Clair Branch at Second And Carroll Streets, branch established on 1935-02-18. Info updated 2008-11-07: Bank assets: $13,406.7 mil, Deposits: $9,071.9 mil, headquarters in Lititz, PA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 242 total offices, Holding Company: Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc.



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2004 Presidential Election results in Schuylkill County Pennsylvania:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (75%)
  • Coal or coke (18%)
  • Electricity (5%)
  • Other fuel (1%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)


Religion statistics for St. Clair

Adherents


NameCatholic ChurchEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaUnited Church of ChristUnited Methodist ChurchEpiscopal Church
Adherents56.8%17.7%11.0%7.4%0.8%
Congregations27.6%15.5%16.2%16.2%1.3%
NameSalvation ArmyPresbyterian Church (USA)Orthodox Church in America: Territorial DiocesesInternational Church of the Foursquare GospelOther religions
Adherents0.8%0.6%0.5%0.5%3.9%
Congregations0.7%1.7%1.7%1.3%17.8%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
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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
Financial Administration 0$0 1$930
Other Government Administration 1$3,100$37,2002$1,373
Police Protection - Officers 7$20,139$34,5243$2,392
Police - Other 0$0 9$1,138
Streets and Highways 5$8,172$19,6130$0
Electric Power 5$12,166$29,1980$0
Other and Unallocable 0$0 1$762
Solid Waste Management 3$4,199$16,7960$0
Totals for Government 21$47,776$27,30116$6,595



St. Clair government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - All Other: $925,000
    Solid Waste Management: $179,000
    Parks & Recreation: $17,000
  • Current Operations - General - Other: $999,000
    Electric Utilities: $859,000
    Regular Highways: $385,000
    Police Protection: $323,000
    Solid Waste Management: $149,000
    Central Staff Services: $130,000
    Fire Protection: $84,000
    Parks & Recreation: $39,000
    General Public Buildings: $36,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $17,000
    Financial Administration: $9,000
    Housing & Community Development: $5,000
    Health Services - Other: $4,000
  • Employee Retirement - Total Cash & Deposits: $1,119,000
    Benefit Payments: $41,000
    Interest Revenue: $22,000
    Local Employee Contribution: $5,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $69,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $5,000
  • Intergovernmental to Local NEC - General: $30,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $82,000
  • Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $206,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $272,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $16,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $47,000
    Interest Earnings: $16,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $501,000
  • Revenue - Electric Utilities: $859,000
  • Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $272,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $68,000
    Highways: $52,000
    All Other: $2,000
    General Support: $2,000
  • Tax - Individual Income: $166,000
    NEC: $95,000
    Property: $64,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $749,000

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 St. Clair:
  • 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.)
  • WOGY (1300 AM; 5 kW; WEST HAZLETON, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
  • KYW (1060 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WPEN (950 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
  • WLSH (1410 AM; 5 kW; LANSFORD, PA; Owner: J-SYSTEMS FRANCHISING CORP.)
  • WKOK (1070 AM; 10 kW; SUNBURY, PA; Owner: SUNBURY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WNWR (1540 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)
  • WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in St. Clair:
  • 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)
  • WAVT-FM (101.9 FM; POTTSVILLE, PA; Owner: POTTSVILLE BROADCASTING CO.)
  • WMGH-FM (105.5 FM; TAMAQUA, PA; Owner: J-SYSTEMS FRANCHISING CORP.)
  • 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)
  • WBSX (97.9 FM; HAZLETON, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • W290AC (105.9 FM; PALMERTON, PA; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
  • WMGS (92.9 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WQKX (94.1 FM; SUNBURY, PA; Owner: SUNBURY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WRTL (90.7 FM; EPHRATA, PA; Owner: TEMPLE UNIV OF COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM)
  • WVIA-FM (89.9 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATIONAL TV ASSN.)
  • WEGH (107.3 FM; NORTHUMBERLAND, PA; Owner: SUNBURY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WBLJ-FM (95.3 FM; SHAMOKIN, PA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WPGM-FM (96.7 FM; DANVILLE, PA; Owner: MONTROSE BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WBHT (97.1 FM; MOUNTAIN TOP, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WAMT (103.1 FM; FREELAND, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
  • WKRZ (98.5 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
  • WITF-FM (89.5 FM; HARRISBURG, PA; Owner: WITF, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around St. Clair:
  • 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.)
  • 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.)

Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008 (per 100,000 population)

St. Clair, Pennsylvania:
  • Fatal accident count: 8
  • Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 11
  • Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 3
  • Fatalities: 8
  • Persons involved in fatal accidents: 25
  • Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 3
Pennsylvania average:
  • Fatal accident count: 85
  • Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 123
  • Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 26
  • Fatalities: 91
  • Persons involved in fatal accidents: 215
  • Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 16
See more detailed statistics of St. Clair fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2008 here


National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 10
Total length: 14 meters (46ft)
Total costs: $1,838,000
Total average daily traffic: 4,996
Total average daily truck traffic: 139
Total future (year 2010) average daily traffic: 11,113

New bridges - Historical Statistics

  • 1910-1919: 2
  • 1920-1929: 2
  • 1930-1939: 0
  • 1940-1949: 0
  • 1950-1959: 0
  • 1960-1969: 2
  • 1970-1979: 2
  • 1980-1989: 0
  • 1990-1999: 1
  • 2000-2009: 1
See Full National Bridge Inventory Statistics for St. Clair, PA

FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1
  • Lat: 40.330028 Lon: -80.077083, Call Sign: WQGN717
    Assigned Frequencies : 462.237 MHz, 456.887 MHz, 462.287 MHz, 462.362 MHz
    Grant Date: 03/12/2007, Expiration Date: 03/12/2017, Certifier: Ron Pusateri
    Registrant: Cara Enterprises Inc, Salt Lake City, UT 84117-0503, Phone: (801) 278-9728, Fax: (801) 278-7239, Email:

FCC Registered Paging Towers: 2
  • Broad Mountain, Call Sign: KGA589
    Assigned Frequencies : 454.050 MHz, 454.150 MHz, 152.180 MHz, 454.175 MHz, 454.275 MHz
    Grant Date: 02/18/2009, Expiration Date: 04/01/2019
    Registrant: Fiorio Communications Consulting, 210 West Market Street, Pottsville, PA 17901, Phone: (570) 628-5559, Fax: (570) 622-6666, Email:
  • Broad Mountain, Call Sign: KGA802
    Assigned Frequencies : 75.9800 MHz
    Grant Date: 02/18/2009, Expiration Date: 04/01/2019
    Registrant: Fiorio Communications Consulting, 210 West Market Street, Pottsville, PA 17901, Phone: (570) 628-5559, Fax: (570) 622-6666, Email:


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