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Population (year 2000): 431
Males: 202 (46.9%), Females: 229 (53.1%)
Zip code:
17901
Median resident age: 45.6 years
Median household income: $35,156 (year 2000)
Median house value: $58,200 (year 2000)
Races in Forrestville:
- White Non-Hispanic (100.0%)
Ancestries: Ukrainian (32.5%), Polish (20.6%),
Irish (16.7%), Italian (7.0%), Slovak (7.0%), German (5.6%).
Land area: 0.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Forrestville
- High school or higher: 67.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 3.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 0.6%
- Unemployed: 9.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 43.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Forrestville CDP
- Never married: 26.9%
- Now married: 47.3%
- Separated: 0.6%
- Widowed: 17.4%
- Divorced: 7.8%
1.2% Foreign born
Hospitals/medical centers near Forrestville:
- GOOD SAMARITAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 6
miles; POTTSVILLE, PA)
- POTTSVILLE HOSPITAL-WARNE CLINIC (about 6 miles;
POTTSVILLE, PA)
- ASHLAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 7 miles;
ASHLAND, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Forrestville:
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 33
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
- LANCASTER (about 40 miles; LANCASTER, PA; ID: LNS)
- HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL (about 47 miles;
HARRISBURG, PA; ID: MDT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Forrestville:
- SCHUYLKILL COUNTY /JOE ZERBEY/ (about 5 miles;
POTTSVILLE, PA; ID: ZER)
- GRIMES (about 15 miles; BETHEL, PA; ID: 8N1)
- FARMERS PRIDE (about 21 miles; FREDERICKSBURG, PA;
ID: 9N7)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Forrestville:
- 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 38 miles;
KUTZTOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 7,101)
- LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 41 miles;
NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN ST HARRISBURG
(about 46 miles; MIDDLETOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 2,064)
- BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY (about 47 miles; LEWISBURG, PA;
FT enrollment: 3,534)
- LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 47 miles;
SCHNECKSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,145)
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