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Population (year 2000): 1,062. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,102 (+3.8% change)
Males: 531 (50.0%), Females: 531 (50.0%)
Berks County
Zip code:
19503
Median resident age: 39.2 years
Median household income: $49,063 (year 2000)
Median house value: $112,400 (year 2000)
Races in Bally:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.5%)
Ancestries: German (48.1%), Irish (12.1%),
English (8.6%), Italian (5.7%), Dutch (4.7%), United States
(4.6%).
Elevation: 468 feet
Land area: 0.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Bally
- High school or higher: 75.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.6%
- Unemployed: 0.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Bally borough
- Never married: 21.0%
- Now married: 59.9%
- Separated: 0.8%
- Widowed: 8.1%
- Divorced: 10.2%
1.2% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +74 (+7.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Bally:
- POTTSTOWN MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 11 miles;
POTTSTOWN, PA)
- NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR KIDS IN CRISES (about 16
miles; OREFIELD, PA)
- GOOD SHEPHERD REHABILITATION HOSPITAL (about 17
miles; ALLENTOWN, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Bally:
- LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL (about 21 miles;
ALLENTOWN, PA; ID: ABE)
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 26
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
- PHILADELPHIA INTL (about 45 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA;
ID: PHL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Bally:
- BUTTER VALLEY GOLF PORT (about 3 miles; BALLY, PA;
ID: 7N8)
- POTTSTOWN MUNI (about 12 miles; POTTSTOWN, PA; ID:
N47)
- POTTSTOWN LIMERICK (about 12 miles; POTTSTOWN, PA;
ID: PTW)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Bally:
- MUHLENBERG COLLEGE (about 15 miles; Allentown, PA;
Full-time enrollment: 2,334)
- KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 16 miles;
KUTZTOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 7,101)
- LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 19 miles;
SCHNECKSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,145)
- LEHIGH UNIVERSITY (about 21 miles; BETHLEHEM, PA; FT
enrollment: 5,725)
- NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 26
miles; BETHLEHEM, PA; FT enrollment: 3,128)
- IMMACULATA COLLEGE (about 26 miles; IMMACULATA, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,042)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE BERKS
(about 27 miles; READING, PA; FT enrollment: 2,003)
Private primary/middle school in Bally:
- ST FRANCIS ACADEMY (Students: 296; Location:
668 PINE STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
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