Rural Valley, Pennsylvania

Demographics

People

Total Population	892
Male Share of the Population	45.5%
Female Share of the Population	54.5%
Senior Citizens	21.7%
Employed Population 16+	363
Age of the Population	45

Families

% of people married	63.6%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	20.4%
Median Earnings25+	$28,819
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$5,833
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$27,813

Wealth

Median Family Income	$53,906
% Above Poverty Level	85.5%
% Below Poverty Level	14.5%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	27 minutes
% Working from Home	4.4%
% Walking and Biking to Work	1.4%
% Using Public Transportation	3%

Housing

People Living Alone	28%
Median Gross Rent	$528
Median House Value	$93,100

Ancestry

Italian	22.8%
Irish	17.2%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	10.1%
Polish	8.1%
English	7.5%
Swedish	4.7%
Scottish	4%
Dutch	3.5%
German	2.2%
Czech	2.2%
Ukrainian	1.7%
Slovak	1.3%
Hungarian	1.2%
Macedonian	1.1%
Croatian	1%
French Except Basque	0.9%
Finnish	0.6%
Austrian	0.3%
Welsh	0.1%
Belgian	0.1%
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Rural Valley Almanac

Category	Value
County	Armstrong County
Standard Zip Codes	16249
Phone Area Codes	724
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	40.79
Approximate Longitude	-79.31

Rural Valley 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	PUTNEYVILLE 2 SE DAM
Distance	9.4 miles
Jan Temp	15 to 33 F
Apr Temp	34 to 58 F
Jul Temp	57 to 82 F
Oct Temp	37 to 62 F
Annual Precip	44.5 inches

Station	FORD CITY 4 S DAM
Distance	11.3 miles
Jan Temp	17 to 37 F
Apr Temp	36 to 63 F
Jul Temp	59 to 85 F
Oct Temp	39 to 65 F
Annual Precip	40.7 inches

Station	INDIANA 3 SE
Distance	17.3 miles
Jan Temp	19 to 36 F
Apr Temp	37 to 61 F
Jul Temp	59 to 82 F
Oct Temp	41 to 63 F
Annual Precip	47 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Creekside	354	$41,000
Dayton	502	$47,000
Elderton	367	$50,625
Kittanning	3,920	$49,435
Manorville	470	$65,000
Plumville	311	$59,167

Rural Valley Public Schools

Shannock Valley El Sch
210 Cowanshannock Avenue
ZIP: 16249
(724) 783-6991
Primary
Total Enrollment 336

West Shamokin Jshs
178 Wolf Drive
ZIP: 16249
(724) 783-7040
High
Total Enrollment 671

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2015, 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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