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Population (year 2000): 436
Males: 206 (47.2%), Females: 230 (52.8%)
Zip code:
17923
Median resident age: 38.0 years
Median household income: $27,321 (year 2000)
Median house value: $36,200 (year 2000)
Races in Branchdale:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.5%)
Ancestries: Irish (33.9%), German (19.5%),
Polish (16.5%), Slovak (12.4%), Dutch (7.3%), Italian (5.5%).
Land area: 0.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Branchdale
- High school or higher: 76.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 3.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.0%
- Unemployed: 8.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Branchdale CDP
- Never married: 31.2%
- Now married: 48.4%
- Separated: 1.4%
- Widowed: 13.5%
- Divorced: 5.4%
0.5% Foreign born
Hospitals/medical centers near Branchdale:
- ASHLAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 7 miles;
ASHLAND, PA)
- GOOD SAMARITAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 8
miles; POTTSVILLE, PA)
- POTTSVILLE HOSPITAL-WARNE CLINIC (about 8 miles;
POTTSVILLE, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Branchdale:
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 34
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
- LANCASTER (about 39 miles; LANCASTER, PA; ID: LNS)
- HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL (about 45 miles;
HARRISBURG, PA; ID: MDT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Branchdale:
- SCHUYLKILL COUNTY /JOE ZERBEY/ (about 4 miles;
POTTSVILLE, PA; ID: ZER)
- GRIMES (about 14 miles; BETHEL, PA; ID: 8N1)
- BENDIGO (about 18 miles; TOWER CITY, PA; ID: 74N)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Branchdale:
- BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 25
miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; Full-time enrollment: 6,880)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE BERKS
(about 34 miles; READING, PA; FT enrollment: 2,003)
- KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 39 miles;
KUTZTOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 7,101)
- LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 43 miles;
NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN ST HARRISBURG
(about 44 miles; MIDDLETOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 2,064)
- BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY (about 46 miles; LEWISBURG, PA;
FT enrollment: 3,534)
- MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 47
miles; MILLERSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 6,384)
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