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Population in July 2007: 1,837. Population change since 2000: -3.0%

Males: 898	(48.9%)
Females: 939	(51.1%)

Median resident age:	35.7 years
Pennsylvania median age:	38.0 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $41,183 (it was $34,250 in 2000)

Trainer:	$41,183
Pennsylvania:	$48,576

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $144,363 (it was $79,300 in 2000)

Trainer:	$144,363
Pennsylvania:	$155,000

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $150,061; Detached houses: $170,529; Townhouses or other attached units: $136,087; In 3 to 4-unit structures: $428,584; Mobile homes: $5,000

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Races in Trainer:

White Non-Hispanic (87.1%)
Black (9.2%)
Hispanic (2.5%)
Other race (1.0%)
Two or more races (1.0%)

2008 cost of living index in Trainer: 100.7 (near average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: Irish (24.7%), Italian (11.3%), United States (7.6%), German (6.3%), Polish (6.3%), English (5.9%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated on 03/02/1919

Elevation: 60 feet

Land area: 1.06 square miles.

Population density: 1741 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Trainer

High school or higher: 68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.4%
Graduate or professional degree: 1.5%
Unemployed: 5.9%
Mean travel time to work: 21.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Trainer borough

Never married: 25.3%
Now married: 53.2%
Separated: 3.0%
Widowed: 8.9%
Divorced: 9.6%

67 residents are foreign born (1.4% Africa, 0.9% Asia, 0.6% Europe, 0.4% North America).

This city:	3.5%
Pennsylvania:	4.1%

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

Trainer:	1.7% ($1,332)
Pennsylvania:	1.6% ($1,552)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Brandywine, DE (7.2 miles , pop. 78,620).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Philadelphia, PA (21.3 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Marcus Hook borough, PA (1.1 miles ), Linwood, PA (1.3 miles ), Chester Township, PA (1.3 miles ), Chester, PA (2.5 miles ), Upland borough, PA (2.6 miles ), Village Green-Green Ridge, PA (2.8 miles ), Boothwyn, PA (2.8 miles ), Brookhaven borough, PA (3.0 miles ).

Latitude: 39.83 N, Longitude: 75.40 W

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Population change in the 1990s: -330 (-14.8%).

Most common industries for males:

Construction (17%)
Public administration (10%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
Chemicals (4%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
Petroleum and coal products (4%)
Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (19%)
Educational services (13%)
Accommodation and food services (11%)
Food and beverage stores (6%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Personal and laundry services (6%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
Computer specialists (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Other protective service workers including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
Other healthcare support occupations (6%)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
Cashiers (5%)
Personal appearance workers (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)

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Crime in Trainer by Year
Type	2001	2003	2004	2005	2006
Murders	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	0	0	2	3	1
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	106.0	160.4	53.7
Robberies	3	3	1	3	2
per 100,000	157.7	158.5	53.0	160.4	107.4
Assaults	12	17	19	19	16
per 100,000	630.9	898.0	1006.9	1016.0	858.8
Burglaries	5	10	17	20	13
per 100,000	262.9	528.3	900.9	1069.5	697.8
Thefts	77	40	63	61	68
per 100,000	4048.4	2113.0	3338.6	3262.0	3650.0
Auto thefts	12	12	12	13	13
per 100,000	630.9	633.9	635.9	695.2	697.8
Arson	0	0	0	0	1
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	53.7
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9)	404.3	399.4	549.5	640.6	497.6

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 6 (6 officers).

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	3.27
US city average:	3.00

Average climate in Trainer, Pennsylvania

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Trainer-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Pennsylvania state average. It is 25% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/28/1961, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 15.8 miles away from the Trainer city center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

On 3/22/1955, a category 3 tornado 16.0 miles away from the city center killed one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Trainer:

CROZER CHESTER MEDICAL CENTER (about 3 miles; CHESTER, PA)
RIDDLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; MEDIA, PA)
DELAWARE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; DREXEL HILL, PA)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Trainer:

PHILADELPHIA INTL (about 13 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; ID: PHL)
NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 18 miles; WILMINGTON, DE; ID: ILG)
DOVER AFB (about 50 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: DOV)

Other public-use airports nearest to Trainer:

SPITFIRE AERODROME (about 7 miles; PEDRICKTOWN, NJ; ID: 7N7)
PHILADELPHIA (about 9 miles; ESSINGTON, PA; ID: 9N2)
BRANDYWINE (about 16 miles; WEST CHESTER, PA; ID: N99)

Amtrak stations near Trainer:

13 miles: WILMINGTON (M. L. KING BLVD, & FRENCH ST.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack bar, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, car rental agency, taxi stand, intercity bus service, public transit connection.
15 miles: ARDMORE (STATION RD. & LANCASTER AVE.). Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, paid short-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service, public transit connection.
16 miles: PAOLI (LANCASTER PIKE & S. VALLEY RD.). Services: ticket office, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service, public transit connection.

Operable nuclear power plants near Trainer:

19 miles: Salem 2 in Salem, NJ.
19 miles: Hope Creek in Salem, NJ.
19 miles: Salem 1 in Salem, NJ.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Trainer:

WIDENER UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 3 miles; CHESTER, PA; Full-time enrollment: 3,646)
DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 7 miles; MEDIA, PA; FT enrollment: 5,248)
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY (about 14 miles; VILLANOVA, PA; FT enrollment: 8,547)
GLOUCESTER COUNTY COLLEGE (about 15 miles; SEWELL, NJ; FT enrollment: 3,135)
EASTERN COLLEGE (about 16 miles; ST DAVIDS, PA; FT enrollment: 2,456)
WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 16 miles; WEST CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 10,419)
SAINT JOSEPHS UNIVERSITY (about 17 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; FT enrollment: 5,115)

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Average household size:

This city:	2.7 people
Pennsylvania:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	68.8%
Whole state:	67.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	8.1%
Whole state:	5.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
Gay men: 0.7% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This city:	16.5%
Whole state:	11.0%

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

This city:	4.7%
Whole state:	5.1%

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Trainer compared to Pennsylvania state average:

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Black race population percentage below state average.
Length of stay since moving in 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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Trainer mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Delaware County Pennsylvania:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (57%) Utility gas (34%) Electricity (6%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%) Other fuel (1%)

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
Health	0	$0		1	$60
Police Protection - Officers	8	$35,291	$52,937	8	$1,481
Other Government Administration	0	$0		10	$363
Financial Administration	1	$2,325	$27,900	0	$0
Streets and Highways	2	$2,790	$16,740	0	$0
Totals for Government	11	$40,406	$44,079	19	$1,904

Trainer government finances in 2002:

Charges - Sewerage: $179,000
All Other: $1,000

Parks & Recreation: $1,000
Construction - Regular Highways: $9,000
Current Operations - Police Protection: $736,000
General - Other: $330,000

Sewerage: $234,000

Regular Highways: $112,000

Fire Protection: $81,000

Central Staff Services: $76,000

Financial Administration: $45,000

Solid Waste Management: $39,000

General Public Buildings: $20,000

Parks & Recreation: $16,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $12,000

Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $9,000

Housing & Community Development: $9,000

Health Services - Other: $2,000
Employee Retirement - Total Other Securities: $1,242,000
From Other Government: $46,000

Local Employee Contribution: $27,000

From Local Government: $14,000

Benefit Payments: $11,000

Interest Revenue: $-38,000
Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $134,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $24,000
General Revenue, NEC: $17,000
Other Capital Outlay - Sewerage: $209,000
Police Protection: $88,000

General Public Building: $3,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $446,000
State Intergovernmental - All Other: $84,000
Highways: $32,000

General Support: $2,000
Tax - Individual Income: $640,000
Property: $435,000

NEC: $106,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $792,000

5.33% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($57,574 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.33%
Pennsylvania average:	4.99%

0.10% of residents moved from foreign countries ($506 average AGI)
Delaware County: 0.10%
Pennsylvania average: 0.12%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Philadelphia County, PA	1.83% ($38,045 average AGI)
from Montgomery County, PA	0.56% ($82,255)
from Chester County, PA	0.53% ($71,219)

5.67% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($57,420 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.67%
Pennsylvania average:	5.08%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($458 average AGI)
Delaware County: 0.05%
Pennsylvania average: 0.05%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Philadelphia County, PA	1.15% ($37,465 average AGI)
to Chester County, PA	0.88% ($74,618)
to Montgomery County, PA	0.56% ($68,656)

Strongest AM radio stations in Trainer:

WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WPEN (950 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, 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.)
WNWR (1540 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)
WPWA (1590 AM; 3 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: MOUNT OCEAN MEDIA, L.L.C.)
WDEL (1150 AM; 5 kW; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
WPHT (1210 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WTMC (1380 AM; 5 kW; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: STATE OF DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF TRAN)
WWDB (860 AM; daytime; 10 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)
WFIL (560 AM; 5 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
WIP (610 AM; 5 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF PHILADELPHIA)

Strongest FM radio stations in Trainer:

W278AK (103.5 FM; VILLAGE GREEN, PA; Owner: PRIORITY RADIO, INC.)
WPLY (100.3 FM; MEDIA, PA; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
WJBR-FM (99.5 FM; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
WSTW (93.7 FM; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WMGK (102.9 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
WMWX (95.7 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
WOGL (98.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WBEB (101.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WEAZ-FM RADIO, INC.)
WRTI (90.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: TEMPLE UNIV. OF THE COMMONWEALTH, ET)
WSNI-FM (104.5 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
WPHI-FM (103.9 FM; JENKINTOWN, PA; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
WXPN (88.5 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNA.)
WHYY-FM (90.9 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WHYY, INC.)
WXTU (92.5 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WXTU LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WDAS-FM (105.3 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
WMMR (93.3 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
WPTP (96.5 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WDAS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WYSP (94.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WUSL (98.9 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
WIOQ (102.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)

TV broadcast stations around Trainer:

KYW-TV (Channel 3; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: CBS BROADCASTING INC.)
WPHL-TV (Channel 17; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION COMPANY)
WPPX (Channel 61; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: PAXSON PHILADELPHIA LICENSE, INC.)
WPVI-TV (Channel 6; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: ABC, INC.)
WPSG (Channel 57; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: VIACOM STATIONS GROUP OF PHILADELPHIA INC.)
WCAU (Channel 10; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: NBC SUBSIDIARY (WCAU-TV), L.P.)
WGTW (Channel 48; BURLINGTON, NJ; Owner: BRUNSON COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WWJT-LP (Channel 7; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PHILADELPHIA TELEVISION NETWORK, INC)
WYBE (Channel 35; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INDEPENDENCE PUBLIC MEDIA OF PHILADELPHIA, INC.)
W40AZ (Channel 40; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: NATIONAL MINORITY T.V., INC.)
W55BT (Channel 55; TALLEYVILLE, DE; Owner: MEDIACASTING LLC)
WHYY-TV (Channel 12; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: WHYY, INC.)
WTXF-TV (Channel 29; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: FOX TV STATIONS OF PHILADELPHIA)
WELL-LP (Channel 8; WILLOW GROVE, ETC., PA; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
WTSD-CA (Channel 14; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: PRIORITY COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRIES, INC.)
WFPA-CA (Channel 28; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WXTV LICENSE PARTNERSHIP, G.P.)
WMCN-TV (Channel 53; ATLANTIC CITY, NJ; Owner: LENFEST BROADCASTING, LLC)
WPHA-LP (Channel 63; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: COMMERCIAL BROADCASTING CORP.)
WUVP (Channel 65; VINELAND, NJ; Owner: UNIVISION PHILADELPHIA LLC)
WNJS (Channel 23; CAMDEN, NJ; Owner: NEW JERSEY PUBLIC BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)

Trainer fatal accident list:
Nov 13, 2002 11:26 AM, Third St, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 5, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Dec 19, 1983 12:99 AM, 01249, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1
Jun 30, 1980 06:00 AM, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 2
Oct 12, 1980 10:00 AM, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
Jun 28, 1977 06:20 AM, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1

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