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Population (year 2000): 2,149. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,099 (-2.3% change)
Males: 997 (46.4%), Females: 1,152 (53.6%)
Schuyler County
Zip code:
14891
Median resident age: 39.6 years
Median household income: $30,094 (year 2000)
Median house value: $67,200 (year 2000)
Races in Watkins Glen:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.8%)
- Hispanic (1.3%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
- Two or more races (0.7%)
- Chinese (0.6%)
Ancestries: Italian (23.5%), Irish (21.4%),
German (19.4%), English (16.9%), United States (8.2%), Dutch
(6.3%).
Land area: 1.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Watkins Glen
- High school or higher: 87.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 9.7%
- Unemployed: 10.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Watkins Glen village
- Never married: 24.6%
- Now married: 46.9%
- Separated: 4.1%
- Widowed: 9.9%
- Divorced: 14.5%
2.0% Foreign born (2.0% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: -118 (-5.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Watkins Glen:
- SCHUYLER HOSPITAL (about 3 miles; MONTOUR FALLS, NY)
- ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; ELMIRA, NY)
- CORNING HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; CORNING, NY)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Watkins Glen:
- ELMIRA/CORNING REGIONAL (about 16 miles;
ELMIRA/CORNING, NY; ID: ELM)
- ITHACA TOMPKINS REGIONAL (about 30 miles; ITHACA,
NY; ID: ITH)
- GREATER BINGHAMTON/EDWIN A LINK FIELD (about 64
miles; BINGHAMTON, NY; ID: BGM)
Other public-use airports nearest to Watkins Glen:
- DUNDEE FLYING CLUB (about 11 miles; DUNDEE, NY; ID:
D48)
- OVID (about 20 miles; OVID, NY; ID: D82)
- GRUND FIELD (about 21 miles; ITHACA, NY; ID: 5N3)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Watkins Glen:
- CORNING COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 21 miles; CORNING,
NY; Full-time enrollment: 2,797)
- ITHACA COLLEGE (about 27 miles; ITHACA, NY; FT
enrollment: 6,052)
- CORNELL UNIVERSITY-ENDOWED COLLEGES (about 28 miles;
ITHACA, NY; FT enrollment: 12,036)
- CORNELL UNIVERSITY-NY STATE STATUTORY COLLEGES
(about 28 miles; ITHACA, NY; FT enrollment: 7,413)
- MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 42
miles; MANSFIELD, PA; FT enrollment: 2,831)
- FINGER LAKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 44 miles;
CANANDAIGUA, NY; FT enrollment: 3,021)
- SUNY COLLEGE AT CORTLAND (about 50 miles; CORTLAND,
NY; FT enrollment: 6,187)
Public high school in Watkins Glen:
- WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HS (Students: 432;
Location: 301 12TH ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Watkins Glen:
- WATKINS GLEN ES (Students: 530; Location: 612
S DECATUR ST; Grades: PK - 04)
- WATKINS GLEN MS (Students: 426; Location: 200
10TH ST; Grades: 05 - 08)
Library in Watkins Glen:
- WATKINS GLEN CEN SCH DIS FREE PUB LIB
(Operating income: $153,294; Location: 610 SOUTH DECATUR
STREET; 25,881 books; 635 audio materials; 878 video
materials; 48 serial subscriptions)
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