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Population (year 2000): 284. Estimated
population in July 2005: 274 (-3.5% change)
Males: 140 (49.3%), Females: 144 (50.7%)
Luzerne County
Median resident age: 47.3 years
Median household income: $60,000 (year 2000)
Median house value: $232,600 (year 2000)
Races in Bear Creek Village:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.9%)
- Hispanic (0.7%)
Ancestries: Irish (20.1%), English (17.6%),
German (17.6%), Italian (14.8%), Polish (11.6%), Scottish
(5.3%).
Elevation: 1560 feet
Land area: 1.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Bear Creek Village
- High school or higher: 100.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 59.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 35.6%
- Unemployed: 1.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Bear Creek Village borough
- Never married: 14.8%
- Now married: 73.5%
- Separated: 2.2%
- Widowed: 6.1%
- Divorced: 3.5%
5.6% Foreign born (2.5% Europe, 2.5% Asia, 0.7%
Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +79 (+38.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Bear Creek Village:
- FIRST HOSPITAL WYOMING VALLEY (about 10 miles;
WILKES BARRE, PA)
- JOHN HEINZ INST OF REHAB MEDICINE (about 11 miles;
WILKES BARRE, PA)
- MERCY HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Bear
Creek Village:
- WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (about 11 miles;
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON, PA; ID: AVP)
- LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL (about 43 miles;
ALLENTOWN, PA; ID: ABE)
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 58
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Bear Creek Village:
- WILKES-BARRE WYOMING VALLEY (about 10 miles;
WILKES-BARRE, PA; ID: WBW)
- HAZLETON MUNI (about 21 miles; HAZLETON, PA; ID: HZL)
- BELTZVILLE (about 26 miles; LEHIGHTON, PA; ID: 14N)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Bear Creek Village:
- WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 11 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA;
Full-time enrollment: 2,438)
- UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON (about 18 miles; SCRANTON,
PA; FT enrollment: 4,093)
- LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 18 miles;
NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)
- MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY (about 19 miles; SCRANTON, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,203)
- LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 37 miles;
SCHNECKSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,145)
- EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about
43 miles; EAST STROUDSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 4,985)
- MUHLENBERG COLLEGE (about 43 miles; Allentown, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,334)
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