Williamsport, PA

Williamsport Metro Area industry wages have increased by 13.0% percent since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in the Williamsport Metro Area by a total of 13.0%. This is less than the growth in wages for the State of Pennsylvania and less than the growth in average industry wages for the United States.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Williamsport Metro Area Industry Wages Lag Behind Pennsylvania, and Wages Lag Behind the United States Industry Wages

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The average total wages in all industries in Williamsport, PA can be described as relatively low when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 Metro Area wages throughout the nation. The average pay is 24.3 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $39,178. The overall industry wage was less than the overall average in the United States of $40,259.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Williamsport Five-Year Industry Employment Change

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The Williamsport Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Investigation and security services industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 325.6 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Williamsport has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in Pennsylvania, where the industry felt a gain of 12 percent. The Investigation and security services industry in Williamsport outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 7.7 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Investigation and security services (325.6 percent gain)
2. Management of companies and enterprises (212.9 percent gain)
3. Used merchandise stores (200.0 percent gain)
4. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (128.1 percent gain)
5. Greenhouse and nursery production (118.8 percent gain)

The Williamsport Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 87.5 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Pennsylvania, where the industry felt a loss of 18.4 percent. The losses in the Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing industry in Williamsport outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 7.7 in percent of jobs in the Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing (87.5 percent decline)
2. Direct selling establishments (77.4 percent decline)
3. Private households (68.3 percent decline)
4. Florists (61.3 percent decline)
5. Furniture stores (54.9 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 7.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than growth in Pennsylvania, which experienced a gain of 0.5 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the Williamsport Metro Area

Given the industries in the area, the Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 513 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing industry make up 13.7 percent of the employment lost during the period in Williamsport, PA.

Top 5 Industries
1. Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing (513 jobs lost)
2. Insurance carriers (462 jobs lost)
3. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (405 jobs lost)
4. Office furniture and fixtures manufacturing (232 jobs lost)
5. Direct selling establishments (211 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the Williamsport Metro Area

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Individual and family services industry has added the most employment with 353 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Individual and family services industry makes up 10.5 percent of the total number of new jobs in Williamsport.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (353 new jobs)
2. Management of companies and enterprises (197 new jobs)
3. Offices of physicians (181 new jobs)
4. Residential mental health facilities (133 new jobs)
5. Home health care services (125 new jobs)

In the Williamsport, PA metro area, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 3,782 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

From the 114 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 46 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 68 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Williamsport One-Year Industry Employment Change

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The Williamsport Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Waste collection industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 117.5 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Williamsport has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Pennsylvania, where it saw a gain of 63.5 percent. The Waste collection industry in Williamsport outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 7.2 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Waste collection (117.5 percent gain)
2. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (109.2 percent gain)
3. Direct selling establishments (60.9 percent gain)
4. Computer systems design and related services (43.5 percent gain)
5. Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing (42.7 percent gain)

Total employment has decreased by 0.6 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Pennsylvania, which saw a gain of 1.1 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2 percent.

The Williamsport Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 88 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Pennsylvania, where the industry reported a loss of 6.6 percent. The losses in the Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing industry in Williamsport outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 0.2 percent in terms of employment in the Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing (88 percent decline)
2. Private households (62.9 percent decline)
3. Performing arts companies (42.7 percent decline)
4. Wireless telecommunications carriers (23.7 percent decline)
5. Florists (19.8 percent decline)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Williamsport Metro Area

The Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 154 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry makes up 13.4 percent of the growth in Williamsport.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (154 new jobs)
2. Individual and family services (89 new jobs)
3. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (54 new jobs)
4. Traveler accommodation (52 new jobs)
5. Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing (51 new jobs)

In the Williamsport, PA metro area, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 253 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Given the 123 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 54 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 67 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Williamsport Metro Area

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 538 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing industry make up 36.5 percent of the total job loss in Williamsport, PA.

Top 5 Industries
1. Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing (538 jobs lost)
2. Automobile dealers (108 jobs lost)
3. Private households (69 jobs lost)
4. Limited-service eating places (67 jobs lost)
5. Other wood product manufacturing (62 jobs lost)

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Income and Poverty in Williamsport, PA

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The poverty rate in the Williamsport, PA Metro has increased by 0.7 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 11.5 percent to 12.2 percent.

The areas median household income has declined from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has decreased to $38,562, representing a 3.1 percent decline. The Williamsport, PA MSA, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 9 of 11 metro area in percent of decline for household income in Pennsylvania. Williamsport ranks 208 of 233 metro area in terms of the decline in median income level for the United States.

While the median household income saw a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in the Williamsport, PA metro area, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest decline in household income was the Asian Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced a decline of 76.7 percent since the year 2000. The Asian population group was least impacted by the household income decline in Williamsport, seeing a 76.7 percent decline in median income, since the values reporting the 2000 Decennial Census.

Compared to other MSAs throughout the nation, the Williamsport metro area reported a relatively low median household income of $39,799 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 17.9 percent lower than the median in Pennsylvania of $46,924 and the median is 23.5 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

When compared to other Metro Areas across the United States, the Williamsport metro area may be understood as having a medium-low poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 11.5 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 33.6 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age Under 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Williamsport, having 19.3 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 36.6 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $25,238. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Williamsport had a median household income level of $39,579, this median was 0.6 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. In Williamsport, PA White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $40,537 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 1.9 percent greater than the median income in 2000. Hispanic in Williamsport, PA , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $27,300, which is 31.4 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $48,154. This household income level is 21 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Higher Education in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area

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Williamsport, PA Metro Area can be considered to have a less-educated population, with 17 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2005 American Community Survey. The Williamsport MSA was reported to have a lower percent of population with high education level than the State of Pennsylvania's proportion of 25.6 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 27.2 percent.

Since the year 2000, the Williamsport metro area has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 2.0 percent to a total of 17 percent in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The proportion of the 2005 population having received at least a BA is less than the 2005 State of Pennsylvania percent of 25.6 and less than the average US percent of 27.2.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 0.4 percent. By the year 2005, 16.4 percent of area's male population (+25) achieved a BA or Higher. During the same period, the percent of women (+25) that have earned a BA or higher has increased by a total of 3.2 percent. By 2005, a total of 17.4 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.

According to the 2005 American Community Survey in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 41.4 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in the Williamsport metro area have on average achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 16.4 percent (Men) versus 17.4 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 41.6 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

In the Williamsport, PA Metro Area as reported in the American Community Survey of the year 2005, 17.2 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and . percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Williamsport, PA

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The Census Bureau estimates in 2005 the median age in the Williamsport metro area to be 40.5 years of age. The median in Williamsport is greater than the median in Pennsylvania of 39.7. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median, when the median age was 38.4 years of age. With a total of 79.8 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Williamsport can be understood as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-high presence of the population, with 63.3 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 13.6 percent of the total population base. Compared to other metro areas throughout the nation, this represents a medium-low percent of the population base.

The Williamsport metro area had a population of 118,395 in the year 2005. The population has decreased, since the population in 2000 of 119,951. The decline denotes a decrease of -1.3 percent. Williamsport ranks 10 of 14 MSAs by growth in total population in Pennsylvania and the metro area ranks 327 of 361 metro areas by growth in MSA population in the United States.

In terms of total land area, the Williamsport metro area spans a total area of 1235 total square miles. The area has a medium-low density of 96 persons per square mile. Other metro areas with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Roanoke (97 per sq. mile ), Tucson (101 per sq. mile ), Coeur dAlene (103 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Eau Claire (93 per sq. mile ), Bakersfield (93 per sq. mile ), Danville (92 per sq. mile ).

The Williamsport metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is made up of 93.5 percent White, 4.2 percent African American, 0.5 percent Asian, and 0.8 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 5.5 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Pennsylvania percent of 16.4. Since 2000, Williamsport has stayed the same the percent of minority makeup when 5.5 percent of the people were minorities.

Estimated since the year 2000, a low number of individuals migrated into the Williamsport metro area, with 129 people migrating in internationally. The migration from outside the US into Williamsport makes up 0.1 percent of the total migration into the State of Pennsylvania. This percent of international migration is low when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Williamsport

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When comparing areas across the State of Pennsylvania, Williamsport stands 10 of the 14 metro areas in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The MSA stands 334 of 361, when comparing the change in housing structures in other metropolitan areas throughout the nation.

There is a large amount of affordable housing in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. In 2005, 64.5 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

Williamsport recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2005 of $101,500, reported by the American Community Survey. This value is less than the overall Pennsylvania 2005 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $131,900 and less than median home value of $167,500 across the United States during the same year.

In Williamsport, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 53,594 homes in 2005. The metro area has experienced a medium level of growth in the number housing units, adding in all 851 residential units since 2001, or 1.6 percent.

Williamsport can be understood as having a small, but present percentage of homes that are high in price. For 2005, the American Community Survey reports that 0.6 percent of the houses were valued over a half a million dollars.

The residential home values in Williamsport, Pennsylvania have experienced moderate increases from the real estate values reported in 2000. The valuations have increased by $15,300, or 17.7 percent, from 2000 when they had reported median values of $86,200.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Williamsport, Pennsylvania -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

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In Williamsport, Manufacturing, Health care and social assistance and Retail Trade industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Manufacturing industry has a US LQ in the region of 2.05. The level of employment in the Manufacturing sector is 2.05 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Williamsport produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Manufacturing.

Manufacturing has the largest employers in Williamsport Metropolitan Area (MSA), averaging 61 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's national average of 39 and greater than the State of Pennsylvania average establishment size of 41 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Williamsport, Manufacturing, Health care and social assistance, and the Retail Trade industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing is the largest employment industry and makes up 26.3 percent of total employment in the Metro Area, making up 11,588 individuals. The Health care and social assistance and Retail Trade sectors provide 17.9 and 15.1 percent of all employment.

Retail Trade saw the largest loss of employment between the years 2001-2005 in the Williamsport MSA. The sector faced a loss of 1,955 jobs, or 22.7 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 36.1 percent of the total jobs loss in the Metro Area.

A high-wage industry in Williamsport is the utilities industry with wages that annually pay $54,859. Locally, since the year 2001, the industry annual average wages have grown by 6.4 percent or $3,299. The State of Pennsylvania reflects the same pattern in the utilities sector, standing at the top of sectors by 2004 industry pay.

Management of companies and enterprises has had the highest level of job growth from 2001-2005 in Williamsport, increasing in size by 202.2 percent. This is greater than the change of total jobs in the industry for the United States of 1.6 percent. The State of Pennsylvania saw a change in employment in the sector of 51.7 percent, during the period of 2001 to 2005.

The Williamsport Metropolitain Area is ranked number 278 of 363 throughout the US in terms of total 2005 employment. The regions employment ranking has slipped behind since the year 2001, when it was ranked 256 of 363 Counties.

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).