Avon, Pennsylvania

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Population (year 2000): 2,856

Males: 1,422	(49.8%)
Females: 1,434	(50.2%)

Lebanon County

Median resident age:	40.2 years
Pennsylvania median age:	38.0 years

Zip codes: 17042.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $46,600 (it was $39,872 in 2000)

Avon	$46,600
Pennsylvania:	$44,537

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $115,500 (it was $87,600 in 2000)

Avon	$115,500
Pennsylvania:	$131,900

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Races in Avon:

White Non-Hispanic (91.6%)
Hispanic (5.4%)
Black (1.9%)
Other race (1.6%)
Two or more races (0.7%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

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Ancestries: German (41.9%), Irish (11.3%), United States (10.0%), English (7.7%), Italian (6.7%), Slovak (1.7%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 480 feet

Land area: 1.61 square miles.

Population density: 1770 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Avon

High school or higher: 72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.7%
Graduate or professional degree: 2.0%
Unemployed: 2.9%
Mean travel time to work: 20.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Avon CDP

Never married: 21.2%
Now married: 56.2%
Separated: 1.0%
Widowed: 10.5%
Divorced: 11.1%

71 residents are foreign born (1.5% Asia, 0.7% Europe).

This place:	2.5%
Pennsylvania:	4.1%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

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

Avon:	1.4% ($1,246)
Pennsylvania:	1.6% ($1,552)

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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Lancaster, PA (21.9 miles , pop. 56,348).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Baltimore, MD (73.5 miles , pop. 651,154).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (88.7 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Lebanon South, PA (2.0 miles ), Lebanon, PA (2.4 miles ), Sand Hill, PA (2.8 miles ), Pleasant Hill, PA (4.0 miles ), Cornwall borough, PA (5.3 miles ), Quentin, PA (5.7 miles ), Myerstown borough, PA (6.0 miles ), Cleona borough, PA (6.1 miles ).

Latitude: 40.35 N, Longitude: 76.39 W

People in group quarters in Avon

340 people in nursing homes
299 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
25 people in other nonhousehold living situations

Area code commonly used in this area: 717

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Most common industries for males:

Construction (7%)
Public administration (7%)
Food (6%)
Metal and metal products (5%)
Finance and insurance (4%)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (28%)
Accommodation and food services (10%)
Educational services (10%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
Food (4%)
Public administration (4%)
Metal and metal products (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Cashiers (8%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
Registered nurses (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)

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Average climate in Avon, Pennsylvania

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Avon, Pennsylvania average precipitation

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Avon-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Pennsylvania state average. It is 32% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/18/1970, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 7.0 miles away from the Avon place center killed one person and injured 5 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 7/14/2004, a category 3 tornado 14.0 miles away from the place center caused $18 million in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Avon:

GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL (about 4 miles; LEBANON, PA)
PHILHAVEN HOSP (about 9 miles; MT GRETNA, PA)
LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL SUSQUEHANNA (about 16 miles; COLUMBIA, PA)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Avon:

LANCASTER (about 18 miles; LANCASTER, PA; ID: LNS)
HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL (about 28 miles; HARRISBURG, PA; ID: MDT)
READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 31 miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)

Other public-use airports nearest to Avon:

DECK (about 5 miles; MYERSTOWN, PA; ID: 9D4)
KELLER BROTHERS (about 7 miles; LEBANON, PA; ID: 08N)
FARMERS PRIDE (about 7 miles; FREDERICKSBURG, PA; ID: 9N7)

Amtrak station near Avon:

19 miles: MOUNT JOY (DELTA & HENRY STS.). Services: public payphones, free short-term parking, call for taxi service, public transit connection.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Avon:

MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 25 miles; MILLERSVILLE, PA; Full-time enrollment: 6,384)
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN ST HARRISBURG (about 26 miles; MIDDLETOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 2,064)
YORK COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA (about 28 miles; YORK, PA; FT enrollment: 4,541)
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE BERKS (about 29 miles; READING, PA; FT enrollment: 2,003)
HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE-HARRISBURG (about 34 miles; HARRISBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 4,653)
KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 44 miles; KUTZTOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 7,101)
MESSIAH COLLEGE (about 45 miles; GRANTHAM, PA; FT enrollment: 2,761)

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Average household size:

This place:	2.6 people
Pennsylvania:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	72.1%
Whole state:	67.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	5.3%
Whole state:	5.0%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	6.2%
Whole state:	11.0%

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

This place:	3.1%
Whole state:	5.1%

Avon compared to Pennsylvania state average:

Unemployed percentage below state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage above 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.
Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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School Enrollment by Level of School

Avon mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Lebanon County Pennsylvania:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

5.04% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($40,172 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.04%
Pennsylvania average:	4.99%

0.07% of residents moved from foreign countries ($261 average AGI)
Lebanon County: 0.07%
Pennsylvania average: 0.12%

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

from Dauphin County, PA	1.00% ($43,425 average AGI)
from Lancaster County, PA	0.67% ($42,638)
from Berks County, PA	0.64% ($34,670)

4.27% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($39,254 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.27%
Pennsylvania average:	5.08%

0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($228 average AGI)
Lebanon County: 0.03%
Pennsylvania average: 0.05%

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

to Dauphin County, PA	0.89% ($36,188 average AGI)
to Lancaster County, PA	0.55% ($39,517)
to Berks County, PA	0.43% ($49,058)

Strongest AM radio stations in Avon:

WADV (940 AM; 1 kW; LEBANON, PA; Owner: WADV RADIO, INC)
WLBR (1270 AM; 5 kW; LEBANON, PA; Owner: LEBANON BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WWSM (1510 AM; daytime; 5 kW; ANNVILLE-CLEONA, PA; Owner: PATRICK H. SICKAFUS)
WEEU (830 AM; 20 kW; READING, PA; Owner: WEEU BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)
WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
WBAL (1090 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: HEARST RADIO, INC.)
WLAN (1390 AM; 5 kW; LANCASTER, PA)
WZZD (990 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
WPEN (950 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
KYW (1060 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WWLG (1370 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: M-10 BROADCASTING, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Avon:

WQIC (100.1 FM; LEBANON, PA; Owner: LEBANON BROADCASTING CO.)
WRTL (90.7 FM; EPHRATA, PA; Owner: TEMPLE UNIV OF COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM)
WIOV-FM (105.1 FM; EPHRATA, PA; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF LANCASTER, INC.)
WCAT-FM (106.7 FM; HERSHEY, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WARM-FM (103.3 FM; YORK, PA; Owner: WSBA LICO, INC.)
WROZ (101.3 FM; LANCASTER, PA; Owner: HALL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WITF-FM (89.5 FM; HARRISBURG, PA; Owner: WITF, INC.)
WJTL (90.3 FM; LANCASTER, PA; Owner: CREATIVE MINISTRIES, INC.)
WSOX (96.1 FM; RED LION, PA; Owner: LANCASTER-YORK BROADCASTING, LLC)
WLAN-FM (96.9 FM; LANCASTER, PA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WIOV-FM1 (105.1 FM; READING, PA; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF LANCASTER, INC.)
WHBO (92.7 FM; STARVIEW, PA; Owner: HALL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WRVV (97.3 FM; HARRISBURG, PA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WDAC (94.5 FM; LANCASTER, PA; Owner: WDAC RADIO COMPANY)
WWKL (92.1 FM; PALMYRA, PA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
W220BX (91.9 FM; MARIETTA, PA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
WFYY (106.5 FM; BLOOMSBURG, PA; Owner: RADIO FRIENDZ, INC.)
WRFY-FM (102.5 FM; READING, PA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WQKX (94.1 FM; SUNBURY, PA; Owner: SUNBURY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WQXA-FM (105.7 FM; YORK, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)

TV broadcast stations around Avon:

WLYH-TV (Channel 15; LANCASTER, PA; Owner: TELEVISION STATION GROUP LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
WPMT (Channel 43; YORK, PA; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION COMPANY)
WGAL (Channel 8; LANCASTER, PA; Owner: WGAL HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC.)
WITF-TV (Channel 33; HARRISBURG, PA; Owner: WITF, INC.)
WTVE (Channel 51; READING, PA; Owner: READING BROADCASTING, INC.)

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