Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: |  6.6% | | Whole state: |  11.0% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 2.1% | | Whole state: | 5.1% |
Avoca compared to Pennsylvania state average:
- Unemployed percentage below 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 significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- House age significantly above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Avoca (2007 data):
- PNC Bank, National Association: Avoca Branch at 650 Main Street, branch established on 1907-04-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $90,142.4 mil, Deposits: $65,279.9 mil, headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 836 total offices, Holding Company: Pnc Financial Services Group, Inc., The
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2004 Presidential Election results in Luzerne County Pennsylvania:
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Police Protection - Officers |
2 | $4,534 | $27,204 | 10 | $3,938 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 13 | $2,891 |
| Financial Administration |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $250 |
| Other and Unallocable |
2 | $4,404 | $26,424 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
4 | $8,938 | $26,814 | 24 | $7,079 |
Avoca government finances in 2002:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $92,000
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $75,000
Sewerage: $67,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $344,000
- Current Operations - General - Other: $214,000
Regular Highways: $181,000
Police Protection: $132,000
Solid Waste Management: $73,000
Sewerage: $67,000
General Public Buildings: $40,000
Fire Protection: $39,000
Central Staff Services: $37,000
Financial Administration: $21,000
Parks & Recreation: $13,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $7,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $185,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $6,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $103,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $139,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $92,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $47,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $21,000
Interest Earnings: $8,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $153,000
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $62,000
Highways: $47,000
General Support: $2,000
- Tax - Individual Income: $238,000
Property: $83,000
NEC: $48,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $420,000
3.58% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,014 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 3.58% | | Pennsylvania average: | 4.99% |
0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($340 average AGI)| Luzerne County: | 0.04% | | Pennsylvania average: | 0.12% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
3.63% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($39,456 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 3.63% | | Pennsylvania average: | 5.08% |
0.02% of residents moved to foreign countries ($223 average AGI)| Luzerne County: | 0.02% | | Pennsylvania average: | 0.05% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Avoca:
- WITK (1550 AM; 10 kW; PITTSTON, PA; Owner: ROBERT C. CORDARO, INC.)
- WEJL (630 AM; 2 kW; SCRANTON, PA)
- WGBI (910 AM; 1 kW; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
- WARM (590 AM; 5 kW; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WILK (980 AM; 5 kW; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
- WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WICK (1400 AM; 1 kW; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: LANCOM, INC.)
- WYCK (1340 AM; 1 kW; PLAINS, PA; Owner: LB RADIO CORPORATION)
- WEMR (1460 AM; 5 kW; TUNKHANNOCK, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WKJN (1440 AM; 5 kW; CARBONDALE, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WZZD (990 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
- WMCA (570 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: SALEM MEDIA OF NEW YORK, LLC)
Strongest FM radio stations in Avoca:
- 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)
- W263AL (100.5 FM; AVOCA, PA; Owner: THE SCRANTON TIMES, L.P.)
- WKRZ (98.5 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
- WMGS (92.9 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- W212AT (90.3 FM; CLARKS SUMMIT, PA; Owner: NORTHEASTERN PA. EDUCTNL TV ASSOC.)
- WVIA-FM (89.9 FM; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATIONAL TV ASSN.)
- WQFM (92.1 FM; NANTICOKE, PA; Owner: THE SCRANTON TIMES, L.P.)
- WBHT (97.1 FM; MOUNTAIN TOP, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WCLH (90.7 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: WILKES COLLEGE)
- W219CG (91.7 FM; WILKER-BARRE, PA; Owner: PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, INC.)
- WBSX (97.9 FM; HAZLETON, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WDMT (102.3 FM; PITTSTON, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
- W288BE (105.5 FM; WILKES-BARRE, PA; Owner: LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- WCWQ (93.7 FM; DALLAS, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WCWY (107.7 FM; TUNKHANNOCK, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WPGP (88.3 FM; TAFTON, PA; Owner: SOUND OF LIFE, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Avoca:
- WQPX (Channel 64; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: PAXSON SCRANTON LICENSE, INC.)
- 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.)
- W07BV (Channel 7; WILKES-BARRE, ETC., PA; Owner: CATHOLIC BROADCASTING OF SCRANTON, INC.)
- W26CD (Channel 26; SCRANTON, PA; Owner: NATIONAL MINORITY T.V., INC.)
- W54BO (Channel 54; KINGSTON, PA; Owner: KATHY POTERA)
- W51BP (Channel 51; CLARKS SUMMIT, ETC., PA; Owner: NEXSTAR BROADCASTING OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, L.L.C.)
- W19AR (Channel 19; CLARKS SUMMIT, PA; Owner: MISSION BROADCASTING, INC.)
- W48AQ (Channel 48; CLARKS SUMMIT, ETC., PA; Owner: NORTHEASTERN PA EDUC'L. TV ASSN.)
- W14CO (Channel 14; CLARKS SUMMIT, ETC., PA; Owner: NEW YORK TIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES)
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