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Population (year 2000): 3,283. Estimated
population in July 2005: 3,159 (-3.8% change)
Males: 1,590 (48.4%), Females: 1,693 (51.6%)
Zip code:
17921
Median resident age: 40.8 years
Median household income: $27,234 (year 2000)
Median house value: $37,200 (year 2000)
Races in Ashland:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.4%)
Ancestries: German (38.0%), Irish (24.0%), Dutch
(9.1%), Polish (8.5%), Italian (7.1%), English (6.6%).
Land area: 1.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Ashland
- High school or higher: 74.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.9%
- Unemployed: 7.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Ashland borough
- Never married: 25.6%
- Now married: 50.9%
- Separated: 2.4%
- Widowed: 13.2%
- Divorced: 7.9%
0.2% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -482 (-12.8%).
Hospital/medical center in Ashland:
- ASHLAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (101 BROAD
STREET ROUTE 61)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Ashland:
- GOOD SAMARITAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 12
miles; POTTSVILLE, PA)
- POTTSVILLE HOSPITAL-WARNE CLINIC (about 12 miles;
POTTSVILLE, PA)
- SHAMOKIN AREA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 16 miles;
COAL TOWNSHIP, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Ashland:
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 40
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
- LANCASTER (about 46 miles; LANCASTER, PA; ID: LNS)
- HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL (about 50 miles;
HARRISBURG, PA; ID: MDT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ashland:
- SCHUYLKILL COUNTY /JOE ZERBEY/ (about 6 miles;
POTTSVILLE, PA; ID: ZER)
- NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (about 15 miles; SHAMOKIN, PA;
ID: N79)
- BLOOMSBURG MUNI (about 16 miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; ID:
N13)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Ashland:
- BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 18
miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; Full-time enrollment: 6,880)
- LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 38 miles;
NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE BERKS
(about 41 miles; READING, PA; FT enrollment: 2,003)
- BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY (about 42 miles; LEWISBURG, PA;
FT enrollment: 3,534)
- KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 43 miles;
KUTZTOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 7,101)
- WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 45 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,438)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN ST HARRISBURG
(about 49 miles; MIDDLETOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 2,064)
Public high school in Ashland:
- NORTH SCHUYLKILL JSHS (Students: 983; Grades:
07 - 12)
Private high school in Ashland:
- CARDINAL BRENNAN JR SR HIGH SC (Students:
245; Location: 130 ACADEMY LANE; Grades: 7 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Ashland:
- ASHLAND AREA EL SCH (Students: 447; Grades:
KG - 06)
Library in Ashland:
- ASHLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$83,939; Location: 1229 CENTRE ST; 36,377 books; 95
audio materials; 211 video materials; 55 serial
subscriptions)
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