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Mount Aetna, Pennsylvania

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Population in 2010: 354.
Males: 164  (46.4%)
Females: 190  (53.6%)
Median resident age:

46.0 years
Pennsylvania median age:

40.9 years

Zip codes: 19544.

Estimated median household income in 2022: $72,070
Mount Aetna:

$72,070
PA:

$71,798

Estimated per capita income in 2022: $37,723

Mount Aetna CDP income, earnings, and wages data

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $248,200
Mount Aetna:

$248,200
PA:

$245,500

Mean prices in 2022: all housing units: $267,749; detached houses: $307,611; townhouses or other attached units: $154,022; in 2-unit structures: $198,850; in 3-to-4-unit structures: $161,080; in 5-or-more-unit structures: $193,823; mobile homes: $88,668; occupied boats, rvs, vans, etc.: $783,287

Median gross rent in 2022: $1,146.

March 2022 cost of living index in Mount Aetna: 97.0 (near average, U.S. average is 100)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2022: 0.6%

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  • Races in Mount Aetna, PA (2022)
    • 37178.9%White alone
    • 6914.7%Hispanic
    • 255.3%Two or more races

Races in Mount Aetna detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth

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Ancestries: German (63.8%), American (5.0%), Italian (5.0%), Dutch (4.1%), Ukrainian (3.2%), English (1.8%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 614 feet

29 residents are foreign born (6.0% Latin America).

This place:

6.2%
Pennsylvania:

7.3%

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Reading, PA (20.2 miles , pop. 81,207).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Philadelphia, PA (67.4 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities:

Frystown, PA (1.7 miles ),
Myerstown borough, PA (1.8 miles ),
Rehrersburg, PA (1.9 miles ),
Stouchsburg, PA (2.1 miles ),
Richland borough, PA (2.2 miles ),
Newmanstown, PA (2.5 miles ),
Schubert, PA (2.6 miles ),
Womelsdorf borough, PA (2.6 miles )

Latitude: 40.42 N, Longitude: 76.30 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 717

Distribution of median household income in Mount Aetna, PA in 2022
Distribution of house value in Mount Aetna, PA in 2022
Unemployment in December 2023:
Here:

3.0%
Pennsylvania:

2.9%
Air pollution and air quality trends
(lower is better)
AQI CO NO2 SO2 Ozone PM10 PM2.5 Pb
Air Quality Index

Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2023 was 107. This is significantly worse than average.

City:

107
U.S.:

73
Carbon Monoxide Level

Carbon Monoxide (CO) [ppm] level in 2013 was 0.0450. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 17.4 miles away from the city center.

City:

0.0450
U.S.:

0.2513
Nitrogen Dioxide Level

Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) [ppb] level in 2015 was 7.80. This is significantly worse than average. Closest monitor was 17.4 miles away from the city center.

City:

7.80
U.S.:

5.11
Sulfur Dioxide Level

Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2023 was 0.247. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 17.4 miles away from the city center.

City:

0.247
U.S.:

1.515
Ozone Level

Ozone [ppb] level in 2022 was 30.9. This is about average. Closest monitor was 7.3 miles away from the city center.

City:

30.9
U.S.:

33.3
Particulate Matter Level

Particulate Matter (PM10) [µg/m3] level in 2023 was 17.9. This is about average. Closest monitor was 17.4 miles away from the city center.

City:

17.9
U.S.:

19.2
Particulate Matter Level

Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µg/m3] level in 2023 was 15.3. This is significantly worse than average. Closest monitor was 7.3 miles away from the city center.

City:

15.3
U.S.:

8.1
Lead Level

Lead (Pb) [µg/m3] level in 2016 was 0.00391. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 13.6 miles away from the city center.

City:

0.00391
U.S.:

0.00931

Tornado activity:

Mount Aetna-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Pennsylvania state average. It is 12% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/18/1970, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 1.3 miles away from the Mount Aetna place center killed one person and injured 5 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 11/4/1950, a category F3 tornado 17.8 miles away from the place center injured one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Earthquake activity:

Mount Aetna-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Pennsylvania state average. It is 64% 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 194.6 miles away from Mount Aetna 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 15.0 miles away from Mount Aetna 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 16.5 miles away from Mount Aetna 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 226.6 miles away from Mount Aetna center
On 10/7/1983 at 10:18:46, a magnitude 5.3 (5.1 MB, 5.3 LG, 5.1 ML) earthquake occurred 264.1 miles away from the city center
On 4/20/2002 at 10:50:47, a magnitude 5.3 (5.3 ML, Depth: 3.0 mi) earthquake occurred 312.6 miles away from Mount Aetna 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 Mount Aetna:

  • STONERIDGE POPULAR RUN (Nursing Home, about 3 miles away; MYERSTOWN, PA)
  • STONERIDGE TOWNE CENTRE (Nursing Home, about 4 miles away; MYERSTOWN, PA)
  • RENOVA CENTER (Hospital, about 8 miles away; LEBANON, PA)
  • GSH DIALYSIS, INC. (Dialysis Facility, about 9 miles away; LEBANON, PA)
  • LEBANON VA MEDICAL CENTER (Hospital, Acute Care - Veterans Administration, about 10 miles away; LEBANON, PA)
  • OAKVIEW (Nursing Home, about 10 miles away; LEBANON, PA)
  • SPANG CREST MANOR (Nursing Home, about 10 miles away; LEBANON, PA)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Mount Aetna:

  • Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks (about 18 miles; Reading, PA; Full-time enrollment: 2,605)
  • McCann School of Business & Technology (about 19 miles; Pottsville, PA; FT enrollment: 3,412)
  • Reading Area Community College (about 20 miles; Reading, PA; FT enrollment: 2,941)
  • Alvernia University (about 21 miles; Reading, PA; FT enrollment: 2,461)
  • Albright College (about 21 miles; Reading, PA; FT enrollment: 2,319)
  • Franklin and Marshall College (about 26 miles; Lancaster, PA; FT enrollment: 2,585)
  • Kutztown University of Pennsylvania (about 28 miles; Kutztown, PA; FT enrollment: 9,099)

Points of interest:

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Notable location: Rescue Fire Company Mount Aetna (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Church in Mount Aetna: Saint Johns United Church of Christ (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Cemetery: Saint Johns United Church of Christ Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

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:

2.5 people
Pennsylvania:

2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:

74.1%
Whole state:

65.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:

7.9%
Whole state:

6.6%


No gay or lesbian households reported

Banks with branches in Mount Aetna (2011 data):

  • The First National Bank of Fredericksburg: Mount Aetna Branch at Route 501, branch established on 1980/10/20. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $198.3 mil, Deposits: $181.3 mil, headquarters in Fredericksburg, PA, positive income, 7 total offices

For population 15 years and over in Mount Aetna:

Marital status in Mount Aetna, PA
  • Never married: 17.3%
  • Now married: 70.2%
  • Separated: 0.0%
  • Widowed: 0.8%
  • Divorced: 11.8%

For population 25 years and over in Mount Aetna:

  • High school or higher: 70.7%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.5%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
Educational Attainment in 2022
School Enrollment by Level of School in 2022
Education Gini index (Inequality in education)
Here:

11.4
Pennsylvania average:

11.4

Presidential Elections Results

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Religion statistics for Mount Aetna, PA (based on Berks County data)

Religions Adherents in 2010
Religions Adherents - Change between 2000 and 2010
ReligionAdherentsCongregations
Mainline Protestant80,575177
Catholic75,67222
Evangelical Protestant33,376168
Other3,99623
Orthodox2,2755
Black Protestant1,0627
None214,486-
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: 75
This county:

1.87 / 10,000 pop.
Pennsylvania:

2.04 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 4
Here:

0.10 / 10,000 pop.
Pennsylvania:

0.09 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 15
This county:

0.37 / 10,000 pop.
Pennsylvania:

0.88 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 115
Berks County:

2.86 / 10,000 pop.
Pennsylvania:

2.52 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 252
This county:

6.28 / 10,000 pop.
Pennsylvania:

7.12 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Here:

7.4%
State:

9.1%
Adult obesity rate:
Berks County:

28.0%
State:

27.2%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
This 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:
from Montgomery County, PA  0.71% ($61,792 average AGI)
from Lehigh County, PA  0.34% ($56,219)
from Lancaster County, PA  0.31% ($55,810)


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:
to Montgomery County, PA  0.46% ($54,111 average AGI)
to Lancaster County, PA  0.42% ($53,653)
to Chester County, PA  0.26% ($74,188)

Strongest AM radio stations in Mount Aetna:

  • WEEU (830 AM; 20 kW; READING, PA; Owner: WEEU BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WADV (940 AM; 1 kW; LEBANON, PA; Owner: WADV RADIO, INC)
  • WLBR (1270 AM; 5 kW; LEBANON, PA; Owner: LEBANON BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WWSM (1510 AM; daytime; 5 kW; ANNVILLE-CLEONA, PA; Owner: PATRICK H. SICKAFUS)
  • WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • 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.)
  • WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)
  • WPPA (1360 AM; 5 kW; POTTSVILLE, PA; Owner: POTTSVILLE BROADCASTING CO.)
  • WNWR (1540 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)
  • WBAL (1090 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: HEARST RADIO, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Mount Aetna:

  • 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.)
  • WIOV-FM1 (105.1 FM; READING, PA; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF LANCASTER, INC.)
  • WITF-FM (89.5 FM; HARRISBURG, PA; Owner: WITF, INC.)
  • WCAT-FM (106.7 FM; HERSHEY, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WQIC (100.1 FM; LEBANON, PA; Owner: LEBANON BROADCASTING CO.)
  • WARM-FM (103.3 FM; YORK, PA; Owner: WSBA LICO, INC.)
  • WROZ (101.3 FM; LANCASTER, PA; Owner: HALL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WRFY-FM (102.5 FM; READING, PA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WRVV (97.3 FM; HARRISBURG, PA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WFYY (106.5 FM; BLOOMSBURG, PA; Owner: RADIO FRIENDZ, INC.)
  • WQKX (94.1 FM; SUNBURY, PA; Owner: SUNBURY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • W220BE (91.9 FM; ST. CLAIR, PA; Owner: SALT & LIGHT MEDIA MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • WEGH (107.3 FM; NORTHUMBERLAND, PA; Owner: SUNBURY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WHBO (92.7 FM; STARVIEW, PA; Owner: HALL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • W299AF (107.7 FM; CATAWISSA, PA; Owner: SALT & LIGHT MEDIA MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • W290AC (105.9 FM; PALMERTON, PA; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
  • WBSX (97.9 FM; HAZLETON, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WSPI (99.7 FM; MOUNT CARMEL, PA; Owner: H & P COMMUNICATIONS, LTD)
  • WSOX (96.1 FM; RED LION, PA; Owner: LANCASTER-YORK BROADCASTING, LLC)

TV broadcast stations around Mount Aetna:

  • WLYH-TV (Channel 15; LANCASTER, PA; Owner: TELEVISION STATION GROUP LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
  • WTVE (Channel 51; READING, PA; Owner: READING BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • 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.)
  • WHP-TV (Channel 21; HARRISBURG, PA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)

Mount Aetna fatal accident list:

Nov 27, 2017 06:45 AM, Sr-501 Lancaster Ave, Lat: 40.418881, Lon: -76.295872, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Dec 24, 2000 05:30 AM, Sr-501, Lat: 40.414305, Lon: -76.298820, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
  • National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
  • 3Number of bridges
  • 23ft / 6.7mTotal length
  • $176,000Total costs
  • 13,044Total average daily traffic
  • 2,316Total average daily truck traffic
  • 16,392Total future (year 2032) average daily traffic

FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers:

1
  • 200 Nw Rt 501 (Lat: 40.419528 Lon: -76.294111), Call Sign: KCI579, Licensee ID: L00073107,
    Assigned Frequencies: 33.9000 MHz, 33.9400 MHz, Grant Date: 02/07/2012, Expiration Date: 02/09/2022, Cancellation Date: 04/16/2022, Registrant: Rescue Fire Co No 1, Mount Aetna, PA 19544, Phone: (610) 693-6556


Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Mount Aetna, PA
  • 28.9%Wood
  • 25.0%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 17.8%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 17.8%Electricity
  • 10.5%Utility gas
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Mount Aetna, PA
  • 80.0%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 20.0%Electricity


Mount Aetna compared to Pennsylvania state average:

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