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Population (year 2000): 1,834. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,724 (-6.0% change)
Males: 861 (46.9%), Females: 973 (53.1%)
Median resident age: 39.8 years
Median household income: $32,617 (year 2000)
Median house value: $60,000 (year 2000)
Races in Ferndale:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.3%)
- Black (1.1%)
Ancestries: German (32.4%), Irish (12.2%),
Italian (10.3%), English (9.8%), Polish (8.7%), United States
(6.6%).
Land area: 0.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Ferndale
- High school or higher: 91.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.3%
- Unemployed: 3.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 16.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Ferndale borough
- Never married: 23.9%
- Now married: 59.0%
- Separated: 2.0%
- Widowed: 8.6%
- Divorced: 6.5%
1.5% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -169 (-8.4%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Ferndale:
- CONEMAUGH VALLEY MEM HOSP (about 2 miles; JOHNSTOWN,
PA)
- SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OF JOHNSTOWN (about 2
miles; JOHNSTOWN, PA)
- LEE HOSPITAL (about 3 miles; JOHNSTOWN, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Ferndale:
- JOHN MURTHA JOHNSTOWN-CAMBRIA CO (about 6 miles;
JOHNSTOWN, PA; ID: JST)
- ARNOLD PALMER REGIONAL (about 34 miles; LATROBE, PA;
ID: LBE)
- ALTOONA-BLAIR COUNTY (about 42 miles; ALTOONA, PA;
ID: AOO)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ferndale:
- EBENSBURG (about 16 miles; EBENSBURG, PA; ID: 9G8)
- INDIAN LAKE (about 18 miles; CENTRAL CITY, PA; ID:
5G2)
- SOMERSET COUNTY (about 19 miles; SOMERSET, PA; ID:
2G9)
Amtrak station near Ferndale:
- 3 miles: JOHNSTOWN (47 WALNUT ST.). Services: ticket
office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting
area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending
machines, free short-term parking, free long-term
parking, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Ferndale:
- UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-JOHNSTOWN (about 4 miles;
JOHNSTOWN, PA; Full-time enrollment: 2,851)
- INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA-MAIN CAMPUS
(about 29 miles; INDIANA, PA; FT enrollment: 12,307)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE ALTOONA
(about 40 miles; ALTOONA, PA; FT enrollment: 3,516)
- FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY (about 45 miles;
FROSTBURG, MD; FT enrollment: 4,672)
- WESTMORELAND COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 47
miles; YOUNGWOOD, PA; FT enrollment: 3,223)
- CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 70
miles; CALIFORNIA, PA; FT enrollment: 5,183)
- CLARION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 71 miles;
CLARION, PA; FT enrollment: 5,690)
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