Sylvania, Pennsylvania

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Population in July 2007: 188. Population change since 2000: -5.5%

Males: 97	(52.0%)
Females: 91	(48.0%)

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

Zip code: 16945

Estimated median household income in 2007: $43,539 (it was $35,000 in 2000)

Sylvania:	$43,539
Pennsylvania:	$48,576

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $111,430 (it was $71,500 in 2000)

Sylvania:	$111,430
Pennsylvania:	$155,000

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $125,965; Detached houses: $124,367

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Races in Sylvania:

White Non-Hispanic (100.0%)

2008 cost of living index in Sylvania: 83.8 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: Irish (20.0%), English (17.0%), German (13.5%), Polish (8.5%), French (5.5%), United States (5.0%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated on 05/05/7853

Elevation: 1280 feet

Land area: 0.62 square miles.

Population density: 303 people per square mile

(very low).

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For population 25 years and over in Sylvania

High school or higher: 87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.9%
Graduate or professional degree: 3.1%
Unemployed: 9.1%
Mean travel time to work: 21.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Sylvania borough

Never married: 28.7%
Now married: 52.9%
Separated: 2.5%
Widowed: 7.0%
Divorced: 8.9%

0 residents are foreign born

This borough:	0.0%
Pennsylvania:	4.1%

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

Sylvania:	1.2% ($875)
Pennsylvania:	1.6% ($1,552)

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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Union, NY (47.9 miles , pop. 56,298).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Rochester, NY (101.7 miles , pop. 219,773).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (153.7 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Troy borough, PA (1.9 miles ), Roseville borough, PA (2.6 miles ), Alba, PA (2.7 miles) , Canton borough, PA (3.2 miles ), Mansfield borough, PA (3.4 miles ), Burlington, PA (3.6 miles) , Blossburg borough, PA (3.7 miles ), Wellsburg, NY (4.0 miles ).

Latitude: 41.81 N, Longitude: 76.86 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 570

Population change in the 1990s: -3 (-1.5%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
Machinery (10%)
Accommodation and food services (10%)
Paper (8%)
Truck transportation (8%)
Public administration (8%)
Food (6%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (25%)
Paper (12%)
Social assistance (10%)
Educational services (8%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Food and beverage stores (6%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Farmers and farm managers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (12%)
Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (8%)
Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (8%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
Business operations specialists (6%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)

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Average climate in Sylvania, Pennsylvania

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Sylvania-area historical tornado activity is below Pennsylvania state average. It is 37% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/2/1983, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 18.0 miles away from the Sylvania borough center injured 6 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 5/2/1983, a category 3 tornado 21.5 miles away from the borough center injured one person and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Sylvania:

TROY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 5 miles; TROY, PA)
ARNOT OGDEN MEDICAL CENTER (about 21 miles; ELMIRA, NY)
ELMIRA PSYCH CENTER (about 21 miles; ELMIRA, NY)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Sylvania:

MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 12 miles; MANSFIELD, PA; Full-time enrollment: 2,831)
CORNING COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 26 miles; CORNING, NY; FT enrollment: 2,797)
PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 38 miles; WILLIAMSPORT, PA; FT enrollment: 4,666)
ITHACA COLLEGE (about 46 miles; ITHACA, NY; FT enrollment: 6,052)
CORNELL UNIVERSITY-ENDOWED COLLEGES (about 49 miles; ITHACA, NY; FT enrollment: 12,036)
CORNELL UNIVERSITY-NY STATE STATUTORY COLLEGES (about 49 miles; ITHACA, NY; FT enrollment: 7,413)
SUNY AT BINGHAMTON (about 54 miles; BINGHAMTON, NY; FT enrollment: 11,498)

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Creek: Morgan Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map

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

BLUE SPRUCE MOBILE HOME PARK (Population served: 80, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Single Sample - Between JUL-2005 and JUN-2006, Contaminant: Arsenic. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (AUG-21-2006)

Past monitoring violations:

PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between AUG-10-2006 and AUG-21-2006, Contaminant: Public Notice. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (AUG-21-2006)

PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between APR-11-2006 and JUL-14-2006, Contaminant: Public Notice. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JUL-14-2006), St Consent Decree/Judgement (JUL-14-2006)

Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between APR-2006 and JUN-2006, Contaminant: Chlorine. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JUL-14-2006), St Consent Decree/Judgement (JUL-14-2006)

Monitoring, Check/Repeat/Confirmation - Between APR-2006 and JUN-2006, Contaminant: Arsenic. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (AUG-21-2006)

Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2006 and MAR-2006, Contaminant: Chlorine. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JUL-14-2006), St Consent Decree/Judgement (JUL-14-2006)

4 routine major monitoring violations

One minor monitoring violation

41 regular monitoring violations

11 other older monitoring violations

Average household size:

This borough:	2.6 people
Pennsylvania:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This borough:	72.4%
Whole state:	67.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This borough:	9.2%
Whole state:	5.0%

No gay or lesbian households reported

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:	4.1%
Whole state:	5.1%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Sylvania, PA

Sylvania compared to Pennsylvania 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 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 below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Sylvania mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Bradford County Pennsylvania:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (79%) Wood (13%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%) Coal or coke (3%)

Religon statistics for Sylvania

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	United Methodist Church	Presbyterian Church (USA)	American Baptist Churches in the USA	Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Adherents	28.8%	26.2%	7.7%	7.2%	6.9%
Congregations	6.7%	34.2%	10.0%	10.0%	5.0%

Name	The Wesleyan Church	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Episcopal Church	Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Other religions
Adherents	6.5%	3.5%	2.9%	2.3%	8.0%
Congregations	5.0%	2.5%	3.3%	4.2%	19.2%

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
Other Government Administration	0	$0		1	$125
Totals for Government	0	$0		1	$125

3.87% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($34,228 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	3.87%
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 Tioga County, NY	0.47% ($25,450 average AGI)
from Chemung County, NY	0.35% ($30,780)
from Tioga County, PA	0.24% ($25,491)

4.70% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,197 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.70%
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 Tioga County, NY	0.59% ($23,804 average AGI)
to Chemung County, NY	0.42% ($26,245)
to Tioga County, PA	0.22% ($25,385)

Strongest AM radio stations in Sylvania:

WTZN (1310 AM; 1 kW; TROY, PA; Owner: CANTROAIR COMMUNICATIONS INC)
WATS (960 AM; 5 kW; SAYRE, PA; Owner: WATS BROADCASTING, INC.)
WLNL (1000 AM; daytime; 5 kW; HORSEHEADS, NY; Owner: LIGHTHOUSE MEDIA, INC.)
WWLZ (820 AM; 4 kW; HORSEHEADS, NY; Owner: CHEMUNG COUNTY RADIO, INC.)
WELM (1410 AM; 5 kW; ELMIRA, NY; Owner: PEMBROOK PINES ELMIRA, LIMITED)
WEHH (1590 AM; 5 kW; ELMIRA HTS/HORSEHEAD, NY; Owner: PEMBROOK PINES ELMIRA, LTD.)
WRKK (1200 AM; 10 kW; HUGHESVILLE, PA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
WHAM (1180 AM; 50 kW; ROCHESTER, NY; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
WABH (1380 AM; 10 kW; BATH, NY)
WMCA (570 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: SALEM MEDIA OF NEW YORK, LLC)
WNBF (1290 AM; 9 kW; BINGHAMTON, NY; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WEBO (1330 AM; 5 kW; OWEGO, NY; Owner: TIOGA MEDIA, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Sylvania:

WHGL-FM (100.3 FM; CANTON, PA; Owner: CANTROAIR COMMUNICATIONS INC.)
WCIH (90.3 FM; ELMIRA, NY; Owner: FAMILY LIFE MINISTRIES, INC.)
WMTT (94.7 FM; TIOGA, PA; Owner: EUROPA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WREQ (96.9 FM; RIDGEBURY, PA; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)
WNBQ (92.3 FM; MANSFIELD, PA; Owner: FARM & HOME BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WDKC (101.5 FM; COVINGTON, PA; Owner: MID-ATLANTIC BROADCASTING, INC)
WENY-FM (92.7 FM; ELMIRA, NY; Owner: EOLIN BROADCASTING, INC.)
WLVY (94.3 FM; ELMIRA, NY; Owner: PEMBROOK PINES ELMIRA, LTD.)
WOKN (99.5 FM; SOUTHPORT, NY; Owner: PEMBROOK PINES ELMIRA, LTD.)
WSQE (91.1 FM; CORNING, NY; Owner: WSKG PUB. TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL)
W201CO (88.1 FM; ELMIRA, NY; Owner: FAMILY LIFE MINISTRIES, INC.)
WGMM (97.7 FM; BIG FLATS, NY; Owner: EOLIN BROADCASTING, INC.)
WCBA-FM (98.7 FM; CORNING, NY; Owner: EOLIN BROADCASTING, INC.)
WRVH (107.9 FM; WILLIAMSPORT, PA; Owner: SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT SABRECOM, INC.)
W205BR (88.9 FM; ELMIRA, NY; Owner: PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, INC.)
WZXR (99.3 FM; SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, PA; Owner: SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT SABRECOM, INC.)
WBZD-FM (93.3 FM; MUNCY, PA; Owner: SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT SABRECOM, INC.)
WILQ (105.1 FM; WILLIAMSPORT, PA; Owner: SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT SABRECOM, INC.)
W263AG (100.5 FM; SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, PA; Owner: DBA COVENANT BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WCWY (107.7 FM; TUNKHANNOCK, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)

TV broadcast stations around Sylvania:

W63AB (Channel 63; MANSFIELD, PA; Owner: NORTHEASTERN PA EDUC'L. TV ASSN.)
W54AV (Channel 54; MANSFIELD, PA; Owner: MISSION BROADCASTING, INC.)
WETM-TV (Channel 18; ELMIRA, NY; Owner: SMITH TELEVISION OF NEW YORK LICENSE HOLDINGS, INC.)
WENY-TV (Channel 36; ELMIRA, NY; Owner: LILLY BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
W59DG (Channel 59; ELMIRA, NY; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
W21BW (Channel 21; ELMIRA, NY; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK INC.)
W52CE (Channel 52; SAYRE, PA; Owner: WOLF LICENSE CORP.)
WYDC (Channel 48; CORNING, NY; Owner: WYDC, INC.)

National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 4
Total length: 5 meters (16ft)
Total costs: $820,000
Total average daily traffic: 7,403
Total average daily truck traffic: 511
Total future (year 2028) average daily traffic: 11,502

FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 1

Elissa E McOmber, Approx. 3m South Of Rt 6, Type: Tower, Structure height: 67.1 m, Overall height: 73.2 m
Registrant: Frontier Communications Corporation, 250 South Franklin, Cookeville, TN 38501, Phone: (931) 528-1584, Email:

FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1

ARMENIA, 206 Mi Sw, Overall height: 68.6 m, Call Sign: WCT956
Assigned Frequencies : 2166.00 MHz, 2174.00 MHz
Grant Date: 03/13/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Cancelation Date: 03/21/2007
Registrant: Citizens Communications Company, 180 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14646, Phone: (585) 777-1538, Fax: (585) 777-1177, Email:

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 1

Call Sign: N3ZEB, Previous Call Sign:
Grant Date: 04/22/1997, Expiration Date: 04/22/2007
Registrant: Matthew N Pennington, Cottage Ave, Sylvania, PA 16945

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