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Population (year 2000): 905. Estimated
population in July 2005: 937 (+3.5% change)
Males: 434 (48.0%), Females: 471 (52.0%)
Adams County
Zip code:
17301
Median resident age: 31.9 years
Median household income: $49,063 (year 2000)
Median house value: $101,400 (year 2000)
Races in Abbottstown:
- White Non-Hispanic (93.6%)
- Hispanic (5.5%)
- Other race (3.9%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (38.6%), United States
(19.8%), Irish (11.9%), Dutch (3.0%), English (2.8%), Italian
(2.7%).
Elevation: 549 feet
Land area: 0.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Abbottstown
- High school or higher: 81.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.8%
- Unemployed: 2.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 25.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Abbottstown borough
- Never married: 21.2%
- Now married: 62.7%
- Separated: 2.3%
- Widowed: 4.8%
- Divorced: 9.0%
2.2% Foreign born (1.1% Asia, 0.8% Latin
America, 0.3% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +328 (+56.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Abbottstown:
- HANOVER GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; HANOVER,
PA)
- HEALTHSOUTH REHABILITATION HOSP YORK (about 17
miles; YORK, PA)
- GETTYSBURG HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; GETTYSBURG, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Abbottstown:
- HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL (about 27 miles;
HARRISBURG, PA; ID: MDT)
- LANCASTER (about 52 miles; LANCASTER, PA; ID: LNS)
- HAGERSTOWN REGIONAL-RICHARD A HENSON FLD (about 53
miles; HAGERSTOWN, MD; ID: HGR)
Other public-use airports nearest to Abbottstown:
- HANOVER (about 8 miles; HANOVER, PA; ID: 6W6)
- YORK (about 9 miles; YORK, PA; ID: THV)
- BERMUDIAN VALLEY AIRPARK (about 10 miles; KRALLTOWN,
PA; ID: 07N)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Abbottstown:
- GETTYSBURG COLLEGE (about 18 miles; GETTYSBURG, PA;
Full-time enrollment: 2,216)
- MESSIAH COLLEGE (about 19 miles; GRANTHAM, PA; FT
enrollment: 2,761)
- WESTERN MARYLAND COLLEGE (about 23 miles;
WESTMINSTER, MD; FT enrollment: 2,245)
- DICKINSON COLLEGE (about 27 miles; CARLISLE, PA; FT
enrollment: 2,098)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN ST HARRISBURG
(about 28 miles; MIDDLETOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 2,064)
- YORK COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA (about 29 miles; YORK, PA;
FT enrollment: 4,541)
- HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE-HARRISBURG (about
30 miles; HARRISBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 4,653)
Private primary/middle school in Abbottstown:
- PARADISE SCHOOL (Students: 74; Location: RD 1
BOX 341; Grades: UG - UG)
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