Snyder County, Pennsylvania (PA)

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County population in July 2007: 38,113 (29% urban, 71% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 10,451
Renter-occupied apartments: 3,203

% of renters here:	23%
State:	29%

Land area: 331 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 113 people per square mile

(average).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	9.9%
Whole state:	11.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	4.1%
Whole state:	5.1%

2008 cost of living index in Snyder County: 88.4 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (27.0%), Educational,health and social services (21.4%), Retail trade (12.6%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 77%
Government: 13%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 9%
Unpaid family work: 1%

Snyder County, Pennsylvania business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Snyder County, Pennsylvania:

White Non-Hispanic (97.4%)
Hispanic (1.0%)
Black (0.8%)

Median resident age:	36.7 years
Pennsylvania median age:	38.0 years

Males: 18,352	(48.9%)
Females: 19,194	(51.1%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $26,650
County population in 2003: 37,965
Jobs in 2003: 17,907

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Total labor force in 2004: 19,863
Unemployment rate in 2004: 4.8%

Average household size:

Snyder County:	2.6 people
Pennsylvania:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $39,956 ($35,981 in 2000)

This county	$39,956
Pennsylvania:	$44,537

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $122,300

Snyder County	$122,300
Pennsylvania:	$131,900

Median monthly rent in 2000: $439
Institutionalized population: 897
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Snyder County in 2000: $823

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

Murders: 0
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 0
Burglaries: 0
Thefts: 0
Auto thefts: 0

Snyder County races chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Snyder County Pennsylvania:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 70.5%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 29.0%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $1,021 (1.2%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Snyder County is $449 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $528 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $661 a month.

Cities in this county include: Selinsgrove, Shamokin Dam, Middleburg, McClure, Beavertown, Kreamer, Penns Creek, Hummels Wharf, Beaver Springs, Freeburg.

Neighboring counties: Juniata County , Mifflin County , Northumberland County , Union County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Snyder County: Clifford Station (A), Clement Station (B), Susquehanna Valley Country Club (C), Middleswarth (D), Shikellamy Overlook (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Shopping Center: Susquehanna Valley Mall (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Snyder County include: Boyer Church (A), Paradise Church (B), Saint Lukes Church (C), Manbeck Church (D), Saint Johns Ridge Church (E), Saint Johns Church (F), Arbogast Church (G), Hummel Church (H), Bakers Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Adamsburg Cemetery (1), Fairview Cemetery (2), Saint Pauls Cemetery (3), Guier Cemetery (4), Pine Cemetery (5), Globe Mills Cemetery (6), Boyer Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Mill Run Lake (A), Pa-638 Reservoir (B), Middle Creek Lake (C), Walker Lake (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Middle Creek (A), Selinsgrove Creek (B), Monongahela Creek (C), Stony Run (D), Luphers Run (E), Susquehecka Creek (F), Swift Run (G), Chapman Creek (H), Kreb Gap Run (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Snyder County include: Snyder-Middleswarth State Park (1), State Game Lands Number 194 (2), State Game Lands Number 188 (3), Summit Park (4), Rolling Green Amusement Park (5), State Game Lands Number 212 (6). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	4.1%
Pennsylvania:	4.1%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 2,379
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 73.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 12.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 341 (55% naturalized citizens)

Snyder County:	0.9%
Whole state:	4.1%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 60 1990 to 1994: 31 1985 to 1989: 37 1980 to 1984: 49 1975 to 1979: 16 1970 to 1974: 30 1970 to 1974: 20 1965 to 1969: 98

Mean travel time to work: 22.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 68.7%

Snyder County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 11,023
One, attached: 685
Two: 577
3 or 4: 425
5 to 9: 289
10 to 19: 86
20 or more: 252
Mobile homes: 1,487
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 66

Housing units in Snyder County with a mortgage: 4,311 (355 second mortgage, 716 home equity loan, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,294

Agriculture in Snyder County
Average size of farms: 128 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $102807
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $131.08
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.50%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 90.42%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $87812
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 58.86%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $118461
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 90.82%
Average age of principal farm operators: 50 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 25.71
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 33.47%
Corn for grain: 13310 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 2836 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 7915 harvested acres
Vegetables: 888 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 625 acres

Snyder County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is near Pennsylvania state average. It is 1.2 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 7 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 7/17/1992, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado injured 4 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Furniture and related products (12%)
Construction (12%)
Wood products (9%)
Educational services (7%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
Public administration (4%)
Health care (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (16%)
Health care (15%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
Furniture and related products (5%)
Public administration (5%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
Carpenters (4%)
Farmers and farm managers (4%)
Woodworkers (4%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)

Most common occupations for females

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
Cashiers (3%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Germany (23%)
Korea (11%)
Italy (10%)
Canada (10%)
United Kingdom (7%)
Cuba (4%)
Russia (4%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Snyder County:

German (48%)
United States or American (17%)
English (6%)
Irish (5%)
Italian (4%)
Dutch (3%)
Polish (3%)

Snyder County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 13,345 (76%)
Carpooled: 1,848 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 90 (1%)
Railroad: 7 (0%)
Motorcycle: 19 (0%)
Bicycle: 134 (1%)
Walked: 1,160 (7%)
Other means: 158 (1%)
Worked at home: 812 (5%)

People in group quarters in Snyder County, Pennsylvania

1373 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
524 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
220 people in nursing homes
121 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
32 people in federal prisons and detention centers
11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $44,905.

10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated from other counties between 2005 and 2006.1,000 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated from other counties in Pennsylvania.
10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated from other states.

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

5.19% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,220 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.19%
Pennsylvania average:	5.08%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.82% relocated to other counties in Pennsylvania ($22,594 average AGI)
1.36% relocated to other states ($9,626 average AGI)
Snyder County: 1.36%
Pennsylvania average: 2.30%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

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

to Northumberland County, PA	1.28% ($28,565 average AGI)
to Union County, PA	0.74% ($28,696)
to Juniata County, PA	0.21% ($27,379)
to Mifflin County, PA	0.19% ($27,556)
to Dauphin County, PA	0.19% ($28,077)
to Perry County, PA	0.15% ($34,714)
to Lycoming County, PA	0.11% ($21,533)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.2

Births per 1000 population in Snyder County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 8.8

Deaths per 1000 population in Snyder County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 8.1

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Snyder County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 6,148 (5,230 aged, 918 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1149
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 832.310
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 7.85

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 39.24
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 81.14

Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 20.94

Household type by relationship

Households: 35,251

In family households: 30,783 (8,557 male householders, 1,436 female householders)
8,461 spouses, 10,941 children (10,162 natural, 313 adopted, 466 stepchildren), 304 grandchildren, 164 brothers or sisters, 196 parents, 232 other relatives, 492 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 4,468 (1,511 male householders (1,120 living alone)), 2,139 female householders (1,922 living alone)), 818 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 2,295 (874 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 4,572 2-persons, 2,253 3-persons, 1,946 4-persons, 734 5-persons, 287 6-persons, 201 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,042 1-person, 486 2-persons, 86 3-persons, 23 4-persons, 13 5-persons.

92.0% of residents of Snyder County speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
6.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 43% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $169,394,000 ($4445 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $3,200,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $85,503,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $39,960,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,541,000
Federal grants: $34,352,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,372,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $5,666,000 ($63,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,125,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $8,066,000
Federal Government insurance: $32,964,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 2,411

Here:	63 per 1000 residents
State:	61 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 1,735

Here:	45 per 1000 residents
State:	54 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +18

Here:	+0 per 1000 residents
State:	+8 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: +6

Here:	+0 per 1000 residents
State:	-2 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Snyder County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.11 millions of gallons per day (61% from ground, 39% from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.2
State:	6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.8
State:	4.2

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 170
1995 to 1998: 744
1990 to 1994: 913
1980 to 1989: 2,272
1970 to 1979: 2,659
1960 to 1969: 1,585
1950 to 1959: 1,263
1940 to 1949: 837
1939 or earlier: 4,447

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Snyder County, Pennsylvania:
	1 room: 4 2 rooms: 18 3 rooms: 112 4 rooms: 804 5 rooms: 2,321 6 rooms: 2,713 7 rooms: 1,968 8 rooms: 1,256 9+ rooms: 1,255

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Snyder County, Pennsylvania:
	1 room: 35 2 rooms: 126 3 rooms: 471 4 rooms: 793 5 rooms: 696 6 rooms: 511 7 rooms: 297 8 rooms: 181 9+ rooms: 93

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Snyder County:
	no bedroom: 8 1 bedroom: 131 2 bedrooms: 2,016 3 bedrooms: 5,881 4 bedrooms: 1,980 5+ bedrooms: 435

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Snyder County:
	no bedroom: 68 1 bedroom: 623 2 bedrooms: 1,174 3 bedrooms: 1,024 4 bedrooms: 270 5+ bedrooms: 44

Cars and other vehicles available in Snyder County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 583 1 vehicle: 2,491 2 vehicles: 4,696 3 vehicles: 1,924 4 vehicles: 587 5+ vehicles: 170

Cars and other vehicles available in Snyder County in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 437 1 vehicle: 1,475 2 vehicles: 997 3 vehicles: 237 4 vehicles: 37 5+ vehicles: 20

68% of Snyder County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Pennsylvania.

Snyder County:	68.1%
State average:	64.4%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 33008
Northeast: 1792
Midwest: 758
South: 1192
West: 296

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $76,800

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 4%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (48%) Electricity (23%) Utility gas (9%) Wood (8%) Coal or coke (7%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (42%) Electricity (30%) Utility gas (18%) Wood (4%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%) Coal or coke (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 658

Here:	14.8%
Pennsylvania:	16.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 137

Here:	7.4%
Pennsylvania:	13.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,779

Here:	78.8%
Pennsylvania:	37.3%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Snyder County government finances in 2002:

Charges - All Other: $4,717,000
Current Operations - General - Other: $3,978,000
Corrections - Other: $2,934,000

Welfare - Other: $1,772,000

Central Staff Services: $871,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $840,000

Financial Administration: $501,000

Police Protection: $215,000

Health Services - Other: $79,000

Libraries: $64,000

Natural Resources - Other: $20,000

Parks & Recreation: $5,000

Air Transportation: $4,000

Housing & Community Development: $2,000
Federal Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $1,121,000
All Other: $43,000

Housing & Community Development: $24,000
General - Interest on Debt: $473,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $7,891,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $7,502,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $389,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $516,000
Interest Earnings: $108,000

Rents: $12,000
Other Capital Outlay - Judicial: $160,000
Corrections - Other: $91,000

General - Other: $49,000

Financial Administration: $1,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $491,000
State Intergovernmental - All Other: $430,000
Public Welfare: $274,000

Highways: $49,000

General Support: $37,000

Housing & Community Development: $36,000
Tax - Property: $4,103,000
NEC: $4,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $4,569,000

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Total Number Of Recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of aged recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of blind and disabled recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients under 18

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients between 18 and 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients older than 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients also receiving OASDI

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Amount of payments (thousands of dollars)

Snyder County Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2006:

Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)

Vehicles involved in fatal accidents (per 100,000 population)