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Demographics

People

Total Population	1,021
Male Share of the Population	47.3%
Female Share of the Population	52.7%
Senior Citizens	16.9%
Employed Population 16+	480
Age of the Population	42

Families

% of people married	40.6%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	13.2%
Median Earnings25+	$34,643
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$30,625
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$27,708

Wealth

Median Family Income	$65,000
% Above Poverty Level	90.2%
% Below Poverty Level	9.8%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	27 minutes
% Working from Home	1.3%
% Walking and Biking to Work	10.2%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	33.9%
Median Gross Rent	$618
Median House Value	$50,800

Ancestry

Irish	25.6%
Lithuanian	24.7%
Polish	13.5%
Italian	5.1%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	4.4%
English	2.7%
Ukrainian	2.4%
German	2.4%
Welsh	2.4%
Dutch	1.8%
Slovak	1.8%
Czech	1.5%
Greek	1.4%
Scottish	1.4%
Russian	1.3%
French Except Basque	1%
Hungarian	0.7%
Austrian	0.6%
Turkish	0.4%
Swedish	0.2%
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New Philadelphia Almanac

Category	Value
County	Schuylkill County
Standard Zip Codes	17959
Phone Area Codes	570
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	40.73
Approximate Longitude	-76.15

New Philadelphia 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	HAMBURG
Distance	13.6 miles
Jan Temp	18 to 36 F
Apr Temp	39 to 61 F
Jul Temp	63 to 84 F
Oct Temp	41 to 63 F
Annual Precip	46.6 inches

Station	RODALE RESEARCH CENTER
Distance	24 miles
Jan Temp	17 to 36 F
Apr Temp	37 to 60 F
Jul Temp	59 to 83 F
Oct Temp	39 to 63 F
Annual Precip	46 inches

Station	FRANCIS E WALTER DAM
Distance	34 miles
Jan Temp	10 to 31 F
Apr Temp	30 to 56 F
Jul Temp	54 to 79 F
Oct Temp	33 to 59 F
Annual Precip	46.2 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Middleport	426	$66,500
Orwigsburg	2,990	$83,182
Palo Alto	887	$65,096
Port Carbon	1,855	$57,059
Pottsville	13,728	$53,918
St. Clair	2,891	$48,990

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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