Pennwyn, Pennsylvania
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Males: 466 | (59.8%) |
Females: 314 | (40.2%) |
March 2022 cost of living index in Pennwyn: 94.0 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2022: 23.9%
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Ancestries: Pennsylvania German (46.3%), German (18.9%), Ukrainian (17.7%), Romanian (17.1%).
Current Local Time: EST time zone
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Reading, PA
(4.2 miles
, pop. 81,207).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Philadelphia, PA
(48.5 miles
, pop. 1,517,550).
Nearest cities:
Latitude: 40.29 N, Longitude: 75.98 W
Unemployment in December 2023:
Here: | 3.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 2.9% |
Tornado activity:
Pennwyn-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Pennsylvania state average. It is 17% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 11/4/1950, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 7.7 miles away from the Pennwyn place center injured one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
On 5/31/1998, a category F3 tornado 13.5 miles away from the place center injured 7 people and caused $1 million in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Pennwyn-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Pennsylvania state average. It is 65% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 8/23/2011 at 17:51:04, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.7 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 195.6 miles away from the city center
On 1/16/1994 at 01:49:16, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MB, 4.6 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 4.0 miles away from the city center
On 1/16/1994 at 00:42:43, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 2.8 miles away from Pennwyn center
On 9/25/1998 at 19:52:52, a magnitude 5.2 (4.8 MB, 4.3 MS, 5.2 LG, 4.5 MW, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 245.4 miles away from the city center
On 10/7/1983 at 10:18:46, a magnitude 5.3 (5.1 MB, 5.3 LG, 5.1 ML) earthquake occurred 266.6 miles away from the city center
On 11/30/2017 at 21:47:31, a magnitude 4.1 (4.1 MW, Depth: 6.1 mi) earthquake occurred 81.2 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Berks County (19) is greater than the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 15
Emergencies Declared: 4
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 5, Storms: 5, Tropical Storms: 4, Hurricanes: 3, Winter Storms: 3, Snowstorms: 2, Blizzard: 1, Heavy Rain: 1, Mudslide: 1, Snowfall: 1, Tornado: 1, Water Shortage: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals and medical centers near Pennwyn:
- MIFFLIN CENTER (Nursing Home, about 1 miles away; SHILLINGTON, PA)
- HIGHLANDS AT WYOMISSING (Nursing Home, about 2 miles away; WYOMISSING, PA)
- MANORCARE HEALTH SERVICES-SINKING SPRING (Nursing Home, about 3 miles away; SINKING SPRING, PA)
- LEADER NSG REHAB SINKING SPRINGS (Nursing Home, about 3 miles away; SINKING SPRINGS, PA)
- KINDRED TRANSITIONAL CARE AND REHABILITATION-WYOMI (Nursing Home, about 3 miles away; READING, PA)
- HEALTHSOUTH READING REHAB AT HOME (Home Health Center, about 3 miles away; READING, PA)
- READING NSG CTR WEST READING (Nursing Home, about 4 miles away; WEST READING, PA)
Operable nuclear power plants near Pennwyn:
- 19 miles: Limerick 1 and 2 in Pottstown, PA.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Pennwyn:
- Alvernia University (about 3 miles; Reading, PA; Full-time enrollment: 2,461)
- Reading Area Community College (about 4 miles; Reading, PA; FT enrollment: 2,941)
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks (about 5 miles; Reading, PA; FT enrollment: 2,605)
- Albright College (about 6 miles; Reading, PA; FT enrollment: 2,319)
- Kutztown University of Pennsylvania (about 19 miles; Kutztown, PA; FT enrollment: 9,099)
- Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania Inc (about 22 miles; Exton, PA; FT enrollment: 2,731)
- Franklin and Marshall College (about 25 miles; Lancaster, PA; FT enrollment: 2,585)
Berks County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Average household size:This place: | 2.4 people |
Pennsylvania: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:This place: | 67.7% |
Whole state: | 65.0% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:This place: | 7.9% |
Whole state: | 6.6% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
For population 15 years and over in Pennwyn:
- Never married: 22.3%
- Now married: 42.8%
- Separated: 0.0%
- Widowed: 11.6%
- Divorced: 23.3%
For population 25 years and over in Pennwyn:
- High school or higher: 78.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 11.6%
Education Gini index (Inequality in education)Here: | 11.1 |
Pennsylvania average: | 11.4 |
Religion statistics for Pennwyn, PA (based on Berks County data)
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|
Mainline Protestant | 80,575 | 177 |
Catholic | 75,672 | 22 |
Evangelical Protestant | 33,376 | 168 |
Other | 3,996 | 23 |
Orthodox | 2,275 | 5 |
Black Protestant | 1,062 | 7 |
None | 214,486 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Graphs represent county-level data
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 75Here: | 1.87 / 10,000 pop. |
Pennsylvania: | 2.04 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 4Berks County: | 0.10 / 10,000 pop. |
Pennsylvania: | 0.09 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 15Berks County: | 0.37 / 10,000 pop. |
Pennsylvania: | 0.88 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 115Berks County: | 2.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Pennsylvania: | 2.52 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 252Berks County: | 6.28 / 10,000 pop. |
Pennsylvania: | 7.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: Berks County: | 7.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 9.1% |
Adult obesity rate: Berks County: | 28.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 27.2% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: Berks County: | 13.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 11.5% |
4.47% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($58,739 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 4.47% |
Pennsylvania average: | 5.27% |
0.02% of residents moved from foreign countries ($86 average AGI)Berks County: | 0.02% |
Pennsylvania average: | 0.01% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
4.50% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($60,184 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 4.50% |
Pennsylvania average: | 5.44% |
0.02% of residents moved to foreign countries ($95 average AGI)Berks County: | 0.02% |
Pennsylvania average: | 0.01% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
Strongest AM radio stations in Pennwyn:
- WEEU (830 AM; 20 kW; READING, PA; Owner: WEEU BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WIOV (1240 AM; 1 kW; READING, PA; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF LANCASTER, INC.)
- WRAW (1340 AM; 1 kW; READING, PA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WZZD (990 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
- KYW (1060 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WPEN (950 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
- WNWR (1540 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)
- WPHT (1210 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)
- WWDB (860 AM; daytime; 10 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)
- WCOJ (1420 AM; 5 kW; COATESVILLE, PA; Owner: WCOJ RADIO COMPANY, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Pennwyn:
- WIOV-FM1 (105.1 FM; READING, PA; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF LANCASTER, INC.)
- WRFY-FM (102.5 FM; READING, PA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- W280CQ (103.9 FM; SHILLINGTON, PA; Owner: WDAC RADIO COMPANY)
- WIOV-FM (105.1 FM; EPHRATA, PA; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF LANCASTER, INC.)
- WRTL (90.7 FM; EPHRATA, PA; Owner: TEMPLE UNIV OF COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM)
- WBMP (88.1 FM; WARWICK, PA; Owner: FOUR RIVERS COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORP.)
- W253AC (98.5 FM; READING, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WBYN (107.5 FM; BOYERTOWN, PA; Owner: WDAC RADIO COMPANY)
- WARM-FM (103.3 FM; YORK, PA; Owner: WSBA LICO, INC.)
- WROZ (101.3 FM; LANCASTER, PA; Owner: HALL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WLEV (100.7 FM; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WPLY (100.3 FM; MEDIA, PA; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
- W290AC (105.9 FM; PALMERTON, PA; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
- WCAT-FM (106.7 FM; HERSHEY, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WDAC (94.5 FM; LANCASTER, PA; Owner: WDAC RADIO COMPANY)
- WITF-FM (89.5 FM; HARRISBURG, PA; Owner: WITF, INC.)
- WJTL (90.3 FM; LANCASTER, PA; Owner: CREATIVE MINISTRIES, INC.)
- WMWX (95.7 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
- WDIY (88.1 FM; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: LEHIGH VALLEY COMMUNITY BR/CST ASSOC)
- WMGK (102.9 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Pennwyn:
- WTVE (Channel 51; READING, PA; Owner: READING BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WLYH-TV (Channel 15; LANCASTER, PA; Owner: TELEVISION STATION GROUP LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
- KYW-TV (Channel 3; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: CBS BROADCASTING INC.)
- WPHL-TV (Channel 17; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION COMPANY)
- WPPX (Channel 61; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: PAXSON PHILADELPHIA LICENSE, INC.)
- WPVI-TV (Channel 6; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WPSG (Channel 57; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: VIACOM STATIONS GROUP OF PHILADELPHIA INC.)
- WCAU (Channel 10; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: NBC SUBSIDIARY (WCAU-TV), L.P.)
- WGTW (Channel 48; BURLINGTON, NJ; Owner: BRUNSON COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WPMT (Channel 43; YORK, PA; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION COMPANY)
- WYBE (Channel 35; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INDEPENDENCE PUBLIC MEDIA OF PHILADELPHIA, INC.)
- WHYY-TV (Channel 12; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: WHYY, INC.)
- WTXF-TV (Channel 29; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: FOX TV STATIONS OF PHILADELPHIA)
- WGAL (Channel 8; LANCASTER, PA; Owner: WGAL HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC.)
- WFMZ-TV (Channel 69; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: MARANATHA BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- W24CS (Channel 24; READING, PA; Owner: WITF, INC.)
- National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
- 1Number of bridges
- 3ft / 1.1mTotal length
- $157,000Total costs
- 7,235Total average daily traffic
- 217Total average daily truck traffic
- 12,456Total future (year 2032) average daily traffic
Pennwyn compared to Pennsylvania state average:
- Unemployed percentage significantly 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 significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
- House age below state average.
- Number of college students significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.