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Demographics

People

Total Population	2,620
Male Share of the Population	47%
Female Share of the Population	53%
Senior Citizens	21.1%
Employed Population 16+	1,210
Age of the Population	44

Families

% of people married	45.2%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	26.8%
Median Earnings25+	$40,057
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$22,708
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$26,974

Wealth

Median Family Income	$67,446
% Above Poverty Level	93.3%
% Below Poverty Level	6.7%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	20 minutes
% Working from Home	3.8%
% Walking and Biking to Work	0.9%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	24.6%
Median Gross Rent	$753
Median House Value	$108,600

Ancestry

Polish	30%
Irish	27%
Italian	18.2%
German	13.4%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	6%
Welsh	5.3%
English	5.2%
Russian	4%
Slovak	3.4%
Dutch	1.6%
Greek	1.5%
Danishn	1.5%
Lithuanian	1.3%
Ukrainian	0.5%
Scottish	0.5%
Hungarian	0.4%
Austrian	0.3%
Swiss	0.2%
Brazilian	0.2%
Swedish	0.2%
Canadian	0.2%
Norwegian	0.2%
French Except Basque	0.2%
Portuguese	0.2%
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Avoca Almanac

Category	Value
County	Luzerne County
Standard Zip Codes	18641
Phone Area Codes	570
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	41.34
Approximate Longitude	-75.72

Avoca Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	WILKES BRE SCTN AP AVOCA
Distance	0.5 miles
Jan Temp	19 to 34 F
Apr Temp	38 to 59 F
Jul Temp	62 to 83 F
Oct Temp	42 to 61 F
Annual Precip	37.5 inches

Station	PLEASANT MOUNT 1 W
Distance	31 miles
Jan Temp	10 to 28 F
Apr Temp	31 to 52 F
Jul Temp	54 to 76 F
Oct Temp	34 to 56 F
Annual Precip	48.8 inches

Station	HAWLEY 1 E
Distance	31.2 miles
Jan Temp	13 to 34 F
Apr Temp	33 to 57 F
Jul Temp	57 to 80 F
Oct Temp	36 to 61 F
Annual Precip	41.6 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Dupont	2,693	$64,750
Duryea	4,875	$74,583
Hughestown	1,480	$76,607
Moosic	5,744	$81,886
Old Forge	8,038	$61,871
Pittston	7,697	$49,038

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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