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City: Cressona, PA
Schuylkill County, PA
Zip code population (2000): 1,571
Estimated zip code population in 2008: 1,497



Age and Sex of Residents in zip code 17929


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Houses and condos: 687
Renter-occupied apartments: 178
% of renters here:  28%
State:  29%

Dec. 2009 cost of living index in zip code 17929: 85.9 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 1.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population density: 1372 people per square mile 
 
 (low).

Estimate of real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2008:
This zip code:  2.4% ($1,107)
Pennsylvania:  2.3% ($1,552)

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Males: 793  (50.5%)
Females: 778  (49.5%)

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Urban population: 1,570
Rural population: 1

Estimated median house/condo value in 2008: $115,533
17929:  $115,533
Pennsylvania:  $164,700

According to our research of public records there were no registered sex offenders living in this zip code in early 2007.

Median resident age:  37.5 years
Pennsylvania median age:  38.0 years

Average household size:
This zip code:  2.5 people
Pennsylvania:  2.5 people

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 17929, filed in 2005:
Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $34,393 (Individual Income Tax Returns)
Here:  $34,393
State:  $48,049

Salary/wage: $33,568 (reported on 84.1% of returns)
Here:  $33,568
State:  $42,646
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 96.6% for AGIs below $10k, 72.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 89.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 81.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 89.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 64.4% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $994 (reported on 43.2% of returns)
This zip code:  $994
Pennsylvania:  $1,657
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 8.1% for AGIs below $10k, 2.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.6% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $881 (reported on 24.3% of returns)
Here:  $881
State:  $3,566
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.1% for AGIs below $10k, 1.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$1,266 (reported on 13.6% of returns)
Here:  +$1,266
State:  +$9,716
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 8.4% for AGIs below $10k, 0.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, -0.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.8% for AGIs over 100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$5,099 (reported on 8.9% of returns)
Here:  +$5,099
State:  +$14,267
(% of AGI for various income ranges: -9.6% for AGIs below $10k, 4.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 2.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.6% for AGIs $50k-75k)

IRA payment deduction: $2,368 (reported on 2.4% of returns)
17929:  $2,368
Pennsylvania:  $2,903

Total itemized deductions: $13,648 (1% of AGI, reported on 17.8% of returns)
Here:  $13,648
State:  $18,804
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 6.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 11.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 11.1% for AGIs over 100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $2,118 (2.9% of AGI, reported on 14.9% of returns)
Here:  $2,118
Pennsylvania:  $3,337

Here:  2.9% of AGI
State:  3.3% of AGI
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.7% for AGIs over 100k)

Total tax: $4,230 (reported on 75.7% of returns)
17929:  $4,230
State:  $8,008
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.7% for AGIs below $10k, 4.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 7.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 20.1% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $1,525 (reported on 12.4% of returns)
Here:  $1,525
State:  $1,643
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.0% for AGIs below $10k, 3.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.1% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 58.3%
Here:  58%
State:  56%
(% for various income ranges: 60.2% for AGIs below $10k, 54.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 52.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 63.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 72.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 83.3% for AGIs over 100k)


Estimated median household income in 2008: $48,654
This zip code:  $48,654
Pennsylvania:  $50,713
Cressona, PA (17929) map

Nearest zip codes: 17972, 17933, 17901, 17951, 17979, 17922.


Percentage of family households:
This zip code:  70.8%
Whole state:  67.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This zip code:  6.7%
Whole state:  5.0%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Housing units in zip code 17929 with a mortgage: 229 (19 second mortgage, 28 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 193


Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,030

Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $441

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:
This zip code:  4.4%
Whole state:  12.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:
This zip code:  1.1%
Whole state:  5.3%

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


Zip code 17929 close-up map

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Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:

 

Year house built:
  • 1999 to March 2000: 2
  • 1995 to 1998: 6
  • 1990 to 1994: 9
  • 1980 to 1989: 27
  • 1970 to 1979: 59
  • 1960 to 1969: 44
  • 1950 to 1959: 65
  • 1940 to 1949: 60
  • 1939 or earlier: 416



Zip code 17929 satellite photo by USGS


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Cressona, PA (17929):
  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedrooms: 8
  • 2 bedrooms: 75
  • 3 bedrooms: 290
  • 4 bedrooms: 79
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 10


Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units:
  • no bedroom: 3
  • 1 bedrooms: 34
  • 2 bedrooms: 82
  • 3 bedrooms: 46
  • 4 bedrooms: 12
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 1



Vehicles available in 17929 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 21
  • 1 vehicle: 136
  • 2 vehicles: 224
  • 3 vehicles: 56
  • 4 vehicles: 19
  • 5 or more vehicles: 6


Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments:
  • no vehicle: 32
  • 1 vehicle: 81
  • 2 vehicles: 46
  • 3 vehicles: 18
  • 4 vehicles: 1
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0



Estimated household income distribution in 2008:

Zip code 17929 household income distribution in 2008

Zip code 17929 house/condo values in 2008


Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2008 in zip code 17929:

  • Less than $10,000: 1
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 1
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 1
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 1
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 2
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 2
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 2
  • $40,000 to $49,999: 8
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 19
  • $60,000 to $69,999: 14
  • $70,000 to $79,999: 18
  • $80,000 to $89,999: 30
  • $90,000 to $99,999: 57
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 95
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 73
  • $150,000 to $174,999: 48
  • $175,000 to $199,999: 21
  • $200,000 to $249,999: 22
  • $250,000 to $299,999: 14
  • $300,000 to $399,999: 2
  • $400,000 to $499,999: 1
  • $500,000 to $749,999: 3
  • $750,000 to $999,999: 2
  • $1,000,000 or more: 3
 



17929 rent paid by renters


Rent paid by renters in 2008 in zip code 17929:

  • Less than $100: 2
  • $100 to $149: 1
  • $150 to $199: 1
  • $250 to $299: 1
  • $300 to $349: 3
  • $350 to $399: 4
  • $400 to $449: 20
  • $450 to $499: 16
  • $500 to $549: 24
  • $550 to $599: 42
  • $600 to $649: 12
  • $650 to $699: 11
  • $700 to $749: 9
  • $750 to $799: 7
  • $800 to $899: 8
  • No cash rent: 9
 


Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2008: $82,523.


Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2008 for:

  • White Non-Hispanic householders: $115,359
  • American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $147,674
  • Asian householders: $781,803

Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $116,671 (it was $66,500 in 2000)
17929:  $116,671
Pennsylvania:  $164,700
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $77,055 - $166,861

Mean price in 2008:
Detached houses: $144,785
Here:  $144,785
State:  $226,884

Townhouses or other attached units: $104,666
Here:  $104,666
State:  $161,921

In 2-unit structures: $103,669
Here:  $103,669
State:  $152,955

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $91,092
Here:  $91,092
State:  $178,834

Mobile homes: $25,000
Here:  $25,000
State:  $35,442


Owners and renters by unit type in %



Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders


Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 452
  • One, attached: 96
  • Two: 57
  • 3 or 4: 28
  • 5 to 9: 37
  • 10 to 19: 11
  • 20 to 49: 3
  • Mobile homes: 4
17929 zip code mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 630 (82%)
  • Carpooled: 58 (8%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
  • Walked: 54 (7%)
  • Other means: 7 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 20 (3%)
 

17929 zip code travel time to work

Travel time to work

  • Less than 5 minutes: 47
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 148
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 121
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 139
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 73
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 28
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 48
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 15
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 24
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 57
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 23
  • 90 or more minutes: 28
 

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 75.7%


Household type by relationship
Households: 1,575

  • In family households: 1,377 (356 male householders, 115 female householders)
    377 spouses, 467 children (432 natural, 9 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 11 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 198 (69 male householders (50 living alone)), 96 female householders (88 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 251 2-persons, 94 3-persons, 69 4-persons, 43 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 138 1-person, 27 2-persons.

263 married couples with children.
68 single-parent households (26 men, 42 women).

95.8% of residents of 17929 zip code speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% very well, 57% well).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% very well, 19% well, 17% not well).

Foreign born population: 19 (1.2%)
(89.5% of them are naturalized citizens)

This zip code:  1.2%
Whole state:  4.1%

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



  • Pakistan (63%)
  • Germany (16%)
  • Korea (16%)



Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 1995 to March 2000: 2
  • 1990 to 1994: 9
  • 1985 to 1989: 0
  • 1980 to 1984: 0
  • 1975 to 1979: 3
  • 1970 to 1974: 1
  • 1970 to 1974: 1
  • 1965 to 1969: 3

White population: 1,548
Black population: 1
American Indian population: 0
Asian population: 15
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 2
Some other race population: 0
Two or more races population: 5

First ancestries reported:

 German: 546
 Pennsylvania German: 102
 United States or American: 94
 Irish: 91
 Italian: 87
 Polish: 85
 Dutch: 66
 English: 52
 Ukrainian: 46
 Other groups: 34
 Lithuanian: 23
 Russian: 16
 Welsh: 15
 French (except Basque): 9
 Slovak: 8
 French Canadian: 7
 Czechoslovakian: 6
 Greek: 4
 Czech: 4
 Swedish: 4
 Arab:: 2
 British: 2
 Lebanese: 2
 Scottish: 2
 Austrian: 1
 Hungarian: 1
 Scotch-Irish: 1



Zip code 17929 topographic map


facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

  • ALCOA EXTRUSIONS (53 POTTSVILLE STREET in CRESSONA, PA)
    AIR MAJOR (AIRS/AFS)
    (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-03-1993-0197, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION, ICIS-03-1988-0898, ICIS-03-1991-0225, ICIS-03-1991-0226, ICIS-03-1991-0227,
    COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
    CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
    STATE MASTER (Pennsylvania database) - AFS-23-2083824-1, AIR PROGRAM, RCRIS-PAD096262522, HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM
    National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
    HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
    Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
    TSD (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
    TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities)
    Business SIC classification: PRIMARY PRODUCTION OF ALUMINUM; SECONDARY SMELTING AND REFINING OF NONFERROUS METALS; ALUMINUM EXTRUDED PRODUCTS
    Business NAICS classification: SECONDARY SMELTING AND ALLOYING OF ALUMINUM.; ALUMINUM EXTRUDED PRODUCT MANUFACTURING.; ALUMINUM EXTRUDED PRODUCT MANUFACTURING.
    Organizations: ALCOA EXTRUSIONS INC (CONTACT/OPERATOR) , ALOCOA EXTRUSIONS INC (CONTACT/OPERATOR) , CRESSONA ALUM CO (CONTACT/OWNER) , ALCOA EXTRUSIONS, INC. (CONTACT/OWNER)
    Alternative names: ALCOA EXTRUSIONS INC. - CRESSONA OPERATION, ALUMAX EXTRUSIONS INC, ALUMAX EXTRUSIONS MFG, ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA EXTRUSIONS INCORPORATED CRESSONA OPERATION, ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA EXTRUSIONS I, CRESSONA ALUMINUM COMPANY
  • BLUE MOUNTAIN EL CRESSONA SCH ( in CRESSONA, PA)
    (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-7419
    Organizations: BLUE MOUNTAIN SD (SCHOOL DISTRICT)


Median worth of mobile homes: $29,201

Zip code 17929 marital status for males
Zip code 17929 marital status for females


Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (73%)
  • Electricity (17%)
  • Coal or coke (7%)
  • Utility gas (1%)


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

  • This state: 1450
  • Northeast: 33
  • Midwest: 11
  • South: 36
  • West: 20

70% of the 17929 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 86% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Pennsylvania.

Population in 1990: 2,240. Population change in the 1990s: -669 (-29.9%).

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:




Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
Here:  3.9%
Pennsylvania:  16.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here:  2.7%
Pennsylvania:  13.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
Here:  28.1%
Pennsylvania:  37.3%


Educational Attainment


School Enrollment by Level of School



Class of Workers



Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

  • Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Security Guards and Patrol Services (20-49 employees: 1 establishment)
  • Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (5-9: 2, 1-4: 2)
  • Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Engineering Services (10-19: 1)
  • Other Services (except Public Administration): Automotive Body, Paint, and Interior Repair and Maintenance (10-19: 1)

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)

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