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Population (year 2000): 10,774. Estimated
population in July 2005: 10,352 (-3.9% change)
Males: 5,037 (46.8%), Females: 5,737 (53.2%)
Columbia County
Zip code:
18603
Median resident age: 39.5 years
Median household income: $27,442 (year 2000)
Median house value: $71,100 (year 2000)
Races in Berwick:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.3%)
- Hispanic (1.6%)
- Black (0.9%)
- Two or more races (0.6%)
- Other race (0.6%)
- American Indian (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (25.2%), Italian (13.4%),
Irish (10.6%), Dutch (9.6%), United States (8.7%), Polish
(5.7%).
Elevation: 569 feet
Land area: 3.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Berwick
- High school or higher: 71.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.9%
- Unemployed: 11.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Berwick borough
- Never married: 22.5%
- Now married: 50.0%
- Separated: 3.0%
- Widowed: 11.1%
- Divorced: 13.3%
1.4% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -247 (-2.2%).
Hospital/medical center in Berwick:
- BERWICK HOSPITAL CENTER (701 EAST 16TH ST)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Berwick:
- BLOOMSBURG HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA)
- HAZLETON GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; HAZLETON,
PA)
- HAZLETON-ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER (about 20 miles;
HAZLETON, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Berwick:
- WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (about 42 miles;
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON, PA; ID: AVP)
- WILLIAMSPORT RGNL (about 48 miles; WILLIAMSPORT, PA;
ID: IPT)
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 52
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Berwick:
- BLOOMSBURG MUNI (about 14 miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; ID:
N13)
- HAZLETON MUNI (about 19 miles; HAZLETON, PA; ID:
HZL)
- SCHUYLKILL COUNTY /JOE ZERBEY/ (about 26 miles;
POTTSVILLE, PA; ID: ZER)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Berwick:
- BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 14
miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; Full-time enrollment: 6,880)
- LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 20 miles;
NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)
- WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 28 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,438)
- BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY (about 47 miles; LEWISBURG, PA;
FT enrollment: 3,534)
- UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON (about 49 miles; SCRANTON,
PA; FT enrollment: 4,093)
- KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 49 miles;
KUTZTOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 7,101)
- MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY (about 49 miles; SCRANTON, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,203)
Public high school in Berwick:
- BERWICK AREA HS (Students: 948; Grades: 09 -
12)
Public primary/middle schools in Berwick:
- BERWICK AREA MS (Students: 935; Grades: 06 -
08)
- SALEM EL SCH (Students: 476; Grades: KG - 05)
- ORANGE STREET EL SCH (Students: 429; Grades:
KG - 05)
- FOURTEENTH STREET EL SCH (Students: 236;
Grades: KG - 05)
- MULBERRY STREET EL SCH (Students: 89; Grades:
KG - 05)
Private primary/middle schools in Berwick:
- HOLY FAMILY CONSOLIDATED SCH (Students: 134;
Location: 728 WASHINGTON STREET; Grades: PK - 5)
- HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 27;
Location: PO BOX 386; Grades: KG - 1)
Library in Berwick:
- BERWICK PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$230,265; Location: 205 CHESTNUT ST; 35,462 books; 595
audio materials; 555 video materials; 82 serial
subscriptions)
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