Penn Wynne, Pennsylvania
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Penn Wynne is a census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania and the mailing address is Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. The population was 5,382 at the 2000 census. It is mainly a residential area. The main arteries are Haverford Road and Manoa Road.
Penn Wynne has a large Jewish population consisting of many Orthodox Jews. It has been a popular destination of many Jews from the neighboring Philadelphia city neighborhood of Overbrook Park who decide to leave the city due to urban flight. Overbrook Park's Orthodox synagogue, Congregation Beth Hamedrosh, bought a property in Penn Wynne. Groundbreaking for a new synagogue building was started in May, 2006 and the synagogue will move to the new site upon the completion of the building in March, 2007. A ceremonial ground breaking was held on June 11, 2006. Rabbis spoke as did Lower Merion Township Commissioner Lance Rogers who represents Penn Wynne, US Congressman Jim Gerlach, and PA Assemblyman Daylin Leach. The Jewish community of both sides of the City Line Avenue border between Philadelphia and Montgomery County are considered to be one unit and are connected by an eruv, a wire attached to the telephone and electric poles which allows religious Jews to carry things on Shabbat. Penn Wynne also has the Kaiserman branch of the Jewish Community Center and a Chabad house.
[edit] Geography
Penn Wynne is located at (39.984012, -75.274510)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.71 km² (1.0 mi²), all land.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 5,382 people, 2,072 households, and 1,504 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,998.1/km² (5,158.1/mi²). There were 2,113 housing units at an average density of 784.5/km² (2,025.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 91.43% White, 3.66% African American, 3.57% Asian, 0.45% from other races and 0.89% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.24% of the population.
There were 2,072 households out of which 33.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.2% were married couples living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.4% were non-families. 25.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.98.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 24.1% under the age of 18, 3.0% from 18 to 24, 22.0% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 25.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 84.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.4 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $78,398, and the median income for a family was $91,653. Males had a median income of $70,417 versus $42,228 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $41,199. About 1.2% of families and 3.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.9% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over.
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