Vandling, Pennsylvania

Back to Vandling, PA housing info, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, PA smaller cities, PA small cities, All Cities.

We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures!

General Map
Google Map
MSN Map

Population in July 2008: 700. Population change since 2000: -5.1%

Males: 331	(47.4%)
Females: 369	(52.6%)

Median resident age:	40.4 years
Pennsylvania median age:	38.0 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $44,949 (it was $37,212 in 2000)

Vandling:	$44,949
Pennsylvania:	$48,576

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $22,891

Vandling:	$22,891
Pennsylvania:	$26,228

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $125,401 (it was $85,000 in 2000)

Vandling:	$125,401
Pennsylvania:	$155,000

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $149,350; Detached houses: $149,722; Townhouses or other attached units: $81,825; In 2-unit structures: $80,850; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $135,380; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $327,118; Mobile homes: $85,000

Vandling, PA residents, houses, and apartments details

Add your B&M business listing here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition

Races in Vandling:

White Non-Hispanic (98.8%)

2008 cost of living index in Vandling: 84.9 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Recent posts about Vandling, Pennsylvania on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users. Vandling is mentioned 18 times on our forum:

	Vandling (0 replies)
	Facebook (116 replies)
	What Does Scranton Need to Undergo a Renaissance? (91 replies)
	Carbondale???? (80 replies)
	Analyzing Lackawanna County's Census Statistics (1990, 2000, 2008) (2 replies)
	Looking for a Weekend Getaway (6 replies)

Latest news from Vandling, PA collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations

Ancestries: Irish (19.2%), Italian (19.1%), Polish (18.4%), German (12.9%), English (8.7%), Slovak (5.4%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 1600 feet

Land area: 1.30 square miles.

Population density: 537 people per square mile

(low).

Home Value Estimate
Address:		Unit (optional):
City	State	Zip

Recent Home Sales
Address:
City	State	Zip
Min Price (optional)	Max Price (optional)
Prioritization: Sale Date Distance

For population 25 years and over in Vandling

High school or higher: 85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.1%
Graduate or professional degree: 7.4%
Unemployed: 4.6%
Mean travel time to work: 25.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Vandling borough

Never married: 20.8%
Now married: 64.3%
Separated: 1.0%
Widowed: 7.6%
Divorced: 6.4%

14 residents are foreign born

This borough:	1.9%
Pennsylvania:	4.1%

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

Vandling:	1.3% ($1,085)
Pennsylvania:	1.6% ($1,552)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Scranton, PA (18.5 miles , pop. 76,415).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Newark, NJ (91.3 miles , pop. 273,546).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Manhattan, NY (98.1 miles , pop. 1,537,195).

Nearest cities: Forest City borough, PA (1.1 miles ), Carbondale, PA (2.1 miles ), Waymart borough, PA (2.2 miles ), Union Dale borough, PA (2.4 miles ), Mayfield borough, PA (2.7 miles ), Prompton borough, PA (2.8 miles ), Jermyn borough, PA (2.9 miles ), Bethany borough, PA (3.1 miles ).

Latitude: 41.63 N, Longitude: 75.47 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 570

This borough's Wikipedia profile

Population change in the 1990s: +108 (+17.1%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (10%)
Computer and electronic products (9%)
Public administration (9%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
Health care (6%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Repair and maintenance (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (26%)
Educational services (18%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
Pharmacies and drug stores (6%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Food and beverage stores (3%)
Personal and laundry services (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Accountants and auditors (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
Registered nurses (7%)
Health technologists and technicians (7%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)

Vandling races chart

Crime in Vandling by Year
Type	2005	2006	2007
Murders	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0
Robberies	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0
Assaults	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0
Burglaries	1	0	0
per 100,000	140.4	0.0	0.0
Thefts	3	4	0
per 100,000	421.3	565.0	0.0
Auto thefts	1	0	0
per 100,000	140.4	0.0	0.0
Arson	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9)	37.9	22.6	0.0

(click on a table row to update graph)

Average climate in Vandling, Pennsylvania

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

Vandling, Pennsylvania average temperatures

Vandling, Pennsylvania average precipitation

Back to the top

Vandling-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Pennsylvania state average. It is 23% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/2/1998, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 17.7 miles away from the Vandling borough center killed 2 people and injured 15 people and caused $2 million in damages.

On 5/31/1998, a category 3 tornado 30.0 miles away from the borough center injured 2 people and caused $1 million in damages.

Vandling-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Pennsylvania state average. It is 97% 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 94.9 miles away from Vandling 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 94.6 miles away from the city center
On 6/17/1991 at 08:53:16, a magnitude 4.1 (4.0 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 80.0 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 73.6 miles away from Vandling center
On 7/24/2007 at 01:56:48, a magnitude 3.1 (3.1 MD, 2.7 LG, Depth: 9.3 mi) earthquake occurred 96.5 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), local magnitude (ML)

Vandling topographic map

Hospitals/medical centers near Vandling:

MARIAN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 4 miles; CARBONDALE, PA)
WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 12 miles; HONESDALE, PA)
MID-VALLEY HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; PECKVILLE, PA)

Political contributions by individuals in Vandling, PA

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Vandling:

MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY (about 17 miles; SCRANTON, PA; Full-time enrollment: 2,203)
UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON (about 19 miles; SCRANTON, PA; FT enrollment: 4,093)
WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 35 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,438)
SUNY AT BINGHAMTON (about 40 miles; BINGHAMTON, NY; FT enrollment: 11,498)
BROOME COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 40 miles; BINGHAMTON, NY; FT enrollment: 4,081)
LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 41 miles; NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)
EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 44 miles; EAST STROUDSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 4,985)

Click to draw/clear borough borders

Average household size:

This borough:	2.4 people
Pennsylvania:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This borough:	68.3%
Whole state:	67.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This borough:	4.3%
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: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This borough:	5.6%
Whole state:	11.0%

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

This borough:	2.2%
Whole state:	5.1%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Vandling, PA

Vandling compared to Pennsylvania state average:

Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Median age above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
Renting percentage below state average.
Length of stay since moving in above state average.
House age above state average.
Number of college students below state average.

Back to the top

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Vandling mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Lackawanna County Pennsylvania:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (56%) Utility gas (17%) Electricity (16%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%) Coal or coke (4%) Wood (1%)

Religion statistics for Vandling

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	United Methodist Church	Presbyterian Church (USA)	American Baptist Churches in the USA	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Adherents	74.9%	8.6%	2.7%	1.8%	1.3%
Congregations	37.3%	16.6%	6.0%	5.5%	2.3%

Name	Episcopal Church	Assemblies of God	United Church of Christ	General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Other religions
Adherents	1.2%	1.2%	1.0%	1.0%	6.3%
Congregations	2.8%	3.2%	3.7%	2.3%	20.3%

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		10	$1,920
Totals for Government	0	$0		10	$1,920

Vandling government finances in 2002:

Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $2,000
Charges - Solid Waste Management: $31,000
All Other: $3,000
Construction - General Public Buildings: $55,000
Regular Highways: $21,000
Current Operations - Solid Waste Management: $32,000
General - Other: $19,000

Regular Highways: $17,000

Police Protection: $9,000

Central Staff Services: $6,000

Financial Administration: $6,000

General Public Buildings: $5,000

Fire Protection: $4,000

Sewerage: $2,000

Parks & Recreation: $2,000
General - Interest on Debt: $2,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $31,000
Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $61,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $25,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $67,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $15,000
Interest Earnings: $3,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $58,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $10,000
Housing & Community Development: $10,000

All Other: $1,000
Tax - Individual Income: $46,000
Property: $41,000

NEC: $2,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $20,000

3.80% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,835 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	3.80%
Pennsylvania average:	4.99%

0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($350 average AGI)
Lackawanna County: 0.05%
Pennsylvania average: 0.12%

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

from Luzerne County, PA	0.54% ($39,731 average AGI)
from Wayne County, PA	0.34% ($34,316)
from Wyoming County, PA	0.21% ($29,462)

3.82% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,520 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	3.82%
Pennsylvania average:	5.08%

0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($280 average AGI)
Lackawanna County: 0.04%
Pennsylvania average: 0.05%

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

to Luzerne County, PA	0.61% ($33,529 average AGI)
to Wayne County, PA	0.23% ($30,665)
to Susquehanna County, PA	0.22% ($32,880)

Strongest AM radio stations in Vandling:

WKJN (1440 AM; 5 kW; CARBONDALE, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WQOR (750 AM; daytime; 2 kW; OLYPHANT, PA; Owner: HOLY FAMILY COMMUNICATIONS)
WARM (590 AM; 5 kW; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WITK (1550 AM; 10 kW; PITTSTON, PA; Owner: ROBERT C. CORDARO, INC.)
WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
WMCA (570 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: SALEM MEDIA OF NEW YORK, LLC)
WEJL (630 AM; 2 kW; SCRANTON, PA)
WOR (710 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: BUCKLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WABC (770 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WABC-AM RADIO, INC.)
WFAN (660 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WINS (1010 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WEPN (1050 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: NEW YORK AM RADIO, LLC)
WCBS (880 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Vandling:

WPGP (88.3 FM; TAFTON, PA; Owner: SOUND OF LIFE, INC.)
WQFN (100.1 FM; FOREST CITY, PA; Owner: THE SCRANTON TIMES, L.P.)
WCWI (94.3 FM; CARBONDALE, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WEZX (106.9 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: THE SCRANTON TIMES, L.P.)
WGGY (101.3 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
WWDL-FM (104.9 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: LANE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WUSR (99.5 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON)
WBHD (95.7 FM; OLYPHANT, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
W212AT (90.3 FM; CLARKS SUMMIT, PA; Owner: NORTHEASTERN PA. EDUCTNL TV ASSOC.)
WYCY (105.3 FM; HAWLEY, PA; Owner: DE WIT BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WDNH-FM (95.3 FM; HONESDALE, PA; Owner: DE WIT BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WCWY (107.7 FM; TUNKHANNOCK, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WMGS (92.9 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WKRZ (98.5 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
WHWK (98.1 FM; BINGHAMTON, NY; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WVIA-FM (89.9 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATIONAL TV ASSN.)
WBHT (97.1 FM; MOUNTAIN TOP, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WQFM (92.1 FM; NANTICOKE, PA; Owner: THE SCRANTON TIMES, L.P.)
WBYH (89.1 FM; HAWLEY, PA; Owner: 4 RIVERS COMMUNICATIONS B/G COMPANY)
WAAL (99.1 FM; BINGHAMTON, NY; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)

TV broadcast stations around Vandling:

W18BN (Channel 18; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: COMMONWEALTH TELECASTERS)
WQPX (Channel 64; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: PAXSON SCRANTON LICENSE, INC.)
WSKG-TV (Channel 46; BINGHAMTON, NY; Owner: WSKG PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL)
WICZ-TV (Channel 40; BINGHAMTON, NY; Owner: STAINLESS BROADCASTING, L.P.)
WSWB (Channel 38; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: KB PRIME MEDIA LLC)
WNEP-TV (Channel 16; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: NEW YORK TIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES)
WOLF-TV (Channel 56; HAZLETON, PA; Owner: WOLF LICENSE CORP.)
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.)
WBNG-TV (Channel 12; BINGHAMTON, NY; Owner: TELEVISION STATION GROUP LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
W26CD (Channel 26; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: NATIONAL MINORITY T.V., INC.)

Vandling fatal accident list:
Jan 17, 1981 01:00 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 2

Call Sign: KB3DRE, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00176365
Grant Date: 07/26/1999, Expiration Date: 04/20/2009, Cancelation Date: 11/23/1999
Registrant: Patricia A Cotillis, 535 Main St, Vandling, PA 18421
Call Sign: KF3DP, Previous Call Sign: KB3DRE, Licensee ID: L00176365
Grant Date: 07/26/1999, Expiration Date: 04/20/2009, Certifier: Patricia A Cotillis
Registrant: Patricia A Cotillis, 535 Main St, Vandling, PA 18421

	B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans		C) Refinancings		D) Home Improvement Loans		F) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D)
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007 (Based on 1 partial tract)
	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value
LOANS ORIGINATED	2	$127,600	3	$94,883	2	$26,465	1	$50,390
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED	0	$0	1	$66,310	0	$0	0	$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED	1	$77,610	3	$109,027	1	$64,160	0	$0
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN	1	$36,060	1	$117,890	0	$0	0	$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS	0	$0	0	$0	0	$0	0	$0

Choose year: 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999

Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 1101.00

	A) Conventional Home Purchase Loans
Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007 (Based on 1 partial tract)
	Number	Average Value
LOANS ORIGINATED	1	$125,450
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED	0	$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED	0	$0
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN	0	$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS	0	$0

Choose year: 2007 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 1999

Detailed PMIC statistics for the following Tracts: 1101.00

Conventional Home Purchase Loans

Conventional Home Purchase Loans - Value

Back to Vandling, PA housing info, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, PA smaller cities, PA small cities, All Cities.

Back to the top

Recent home sales, price trends, and home value evaluator powered by Onboard Informatics
© 2009 Onboard Informatics. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

City-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site. Use at your own risk.
Some parts © 2003-2009 Advameg, Inc.