Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: |  14.9% | | Whole state: |  11.0% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 7.2% | | Whole state: | 5.1% |
Tamaqua compared to Pennsylvania state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population 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 significantly 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 Tamaqua (2007 data):
- Wachovia Bank, National Association: Tamaqua Branch at 17 W Broad Street, branch established on 1966-11-07; South Tamaqua Branch at 1331 Clamtown Road, branch established on 1977-12-21. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $518,123.0 mil, Deposits: $353,234.0 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 3191 total offices, Holding Company: Wachovia Corporation
- Sovereign Bank: Tamaqua Branch at 118 West Broad Street, branch established on 1960-10-03. Info updated 2006-12-07: Bank assets: $89,506.4 mil, Deposits: $51,244.7 mil, headquarters in Wyomissing, PA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 860 total offices, Holding Company: Banco Santander Central Hispano, S.A.
- Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company: Tamaqua Branch at 100 East Broad Street, branch established on 1966-10-03. Info updated 2006-07-18: Bank assets: $56,382.4 mil, Deposits: $39,939.0 mil, headquarters in Buffalo, NY, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 699 total offices, Holding Company: Allied Irish Banks, P.L.c.
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Tamaqua government finances in 2002:
- Charges - All Other: $1,157,000
Solid Waste Management: $375,000
Parking Facilities: $41,000
Parks & Recreation: $41,000
- Construction - Sewerage: $314,000
Parking Facilities: $123,000
Regular Highways: $47,000
Water Utilities: $46,000
- Current Operations - General - Other: $1,491,000
Police Protection: $653,000
Sewerage: $539,000
Regular Highways: $498,000
Central Staff Services: $362,000
Housing & Community Development: $351,000
Solid Waste Management: $343,000
Sea and Inland Port Facilities: $335,000
Water Utilities: $331,000
General Public Buildings: $153,000
Parks & Recreation: $139,000
Parking Facilities: $132,000
Fire Protection: $92,000
Financial Administration: $63,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $14,000
Health Services - Other: $4,000
Libraries: $3,000
- Employee Retirement - Total Cash & Deposits: $4,662,000
Interest Revenue: $210,000
Benefit Payments: $95,000
From Other Government: $36,000
Local Employee Contribution: $18,000
From Local Government: $2,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $131,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $113,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $12,910,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $2,190,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $12,060,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $2,010,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $850,000
Other, NEC: $180,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $154,000
Interest Earnings: $132,000
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $28,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $3,133,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $1,677,000
- State Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $276,000
All Other: $132,000
Highways: $125,000
General Support: $7,000
- Tax - Property: $684,000
Individual Income: $415,000
NEC: $138,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $1,609,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $775,000
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:
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:
Strongest AM radio stations in Tamaqua:
- WLSH (1410 AM; 5 kW; LANSFORD, PA; Owner: J-SYSTEMS FRANCHISING CORP.)
- WOGY (1300 AM; 5 kW; WEST HAZLETON, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
- WEEU (830 AM; 20 kW; READING, PA; Owner: WEEU BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WPPA (1360 AM; 5 kW; POTTSVILLE, PA; Owner: POTTSVILLE BROADCASTING CO.)
- WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WZZD (990 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
- KYW (1060 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WYNS (1160 AM; 4 kW; LEHIGHTON, PA; Owner: NASSAU BROADCASTING HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WPEN (950 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
- WAZL (1490 AM; 1 kW; HAZLETON, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WNWR (1540 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)
- WILK (980 AM; 5 kW; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
Strongest FM radio stations in Tamaqua:
- WMGH-FM (105.5 FM; TAMAQUA, PA; Owner: J-SYSTEMS FRANCHISING CORP.)
- WBSX (97.9 FM; HAZLETON, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- W220BE (91.9 FM; ST. CLAIR, PA; Owner: SALT & LIGHT MEDIA MINISTRIES, INC.)
- W290AC (105.9 FM; PALMERTON, PA; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
- WAMT (103.1 FM; FREELAND, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
- W218AX (91.5 FM; HAZLETON, PA; Owner: GOSPEL MEDIA INSTITUTE, INC.)
- WMGS (92.9 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WVIA-FM (89.9 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATIONAL TV ASSN.)
- W202BD (88.3 FM; HAZLETON, PA; Owner: PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, INC.)
- WBHT (97.1 FM; MOUNTAIN TOP, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WKRZ (98.5 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
- WAVT-FM (101.9 FM; POTTSVILLE, PA; Owner: POTTSVILLE BROADCASTING CO.)
- 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.)
- WFYY (106.5 FM; BLOOMSBURG, PA; Owner: RADIO FRIENDZ, INC.)
- W299AF (107.7 FM; CATAWISSA, PA; Owner: SALT & LIGHT MEDIA MINISTRIES, INC.)
- WLEV (100.7 FM; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WEZX (106.9 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: THE SCRANTON TIMES, L.P.)
- WRFY-FM (102.5 FM; READING, PA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Tamaqua:
- 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.)
- WTVE (Channel 51; READING, PA; Owner: READING BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WYLN-LP (Channel 35; HAZLETON, PA; Owner: TRIPLE J COMMUNITY BROADCASTING., L.L.C.)
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