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Population (year 2000): 1,611
Males: 798 (49.5%), Females: 813 (50.5%)
Lancaster County
Zip code:
17527
Median resident age: 35.9 years
Median household income: $46,036 (year 2000)
Median house value: $139,700 (year 2000)
Races in Gap:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.3%)
- Hispanic (0.8%)
Ancestries: German (38.7%), Irish (17.1%),
Italian (8.5%), English (5.8%), United States (5.3%), Swiss
(4.8%).
Elevation: 559 feet
Land area: 2.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Gap
- High school or higher: 88.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.1%
- Unemployed: 3.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Gap CDP
- Never married: 21.0%
- Now married: 67.3%
- Separated: 1.1%
- Widowed: 4.6%
- Divorced: 6.0%
3.3% Foreign born (1.9% Asia, 0.8% Latin
America, 0.6% Europe).
Hospitals/medical centers near Gap:
- BRANDYWINE HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; COATESVILLE,
PA)
- SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY MED CENTER (about 17 miles;
WEST GROVE, PA)
- EPHRATA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; EPHRATA,
PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Gap:
- LANCASTER (about 21 miles; LANCASTER, PA; ID: LNS)
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 27
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
- NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 37 miles; WILMINGTON, DE;
ID: ILG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Gap:
- CHESTER COUNTY G O CARLSON (about 12 miles;
COATESVILLE, PA; ID: 40N)
- SMOKETOWN (about 13 miles; SMOKETOWN, PA; ID: Q08)
- MORGANTOWN (about 16 miles; MORGANTOWN, PA; ID: O03)
Amtrak stations near Gap:
- 8 miles: PARKESBURG (WEST 1ST & S. CULVERT STS.).
Services: public payphones, free short-term parking.
- 14 miles: COATESVILLE (3RD AVE. & FLEETWOOD ST.).
Services: public payphones, free short-term parking,
call for car rental service, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Gap:
- MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 24
miles; MILLERSVILLE, PA; Full-time enrollment: 6,384)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE BERKS
(about 25 miles; READING, PA; FT enrollment: 2,003)
- WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 29
miles; WEST CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 10,419)
- IMMACULATA COLLEGE (about 32 miles; IMMACULATA, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,042)
- DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMM COLL-STANTON-WILMINGTON
(about 33 miles; NEWARK, DE; FT enrollment: 3,817)
- WILMINGTON COLLEGE (about 37 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE;
FT enrollment: 3,087)
- HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 38 miles; BEL AIR,
MD; FT enrollment: 2,646)
Public primary/middle school in Gap:
- SALISBURY EL SCH (Students: 436; Grades: KG -
05)
Biggest private primary/middle schools in Gap:
- FAIRHAVEN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 76;
Location: 1031 SIMMONTOWN ROAD; Grades: 1 - 11)
- COMPASS AMISH SCHOOL (Students: 32; Location:
COMPASS ROAD; Grades: 1 - 8)
- LIMEVILLE AMISH SCHOOL (Students: 31;
Location: MT VERNON ROAD; Grades: 1 - 8)
- SIMMONTOWN AMISH SCHOOL (Students: 30;
Location: STRASBURG ROAD; Grades: 1 - 8)
- SPRING HEAD AMISH SCHOOL (Students: 29;
Location: 5660 OLD PHILADELPHIA PIKE; Grades: 1 - 8)
- MEADOW SPRINGS AMISH SCHOOL (Students: 28;
Location: AMISH ROAD; Grades: 1 - 8)
- KEYSTONE AMISH SCHOOL (Students: 28;
Location: SCHOOL LANE ROAD; Grades: 1 - 8)
- SALISBURY SCHOOL (Students: 27; Location:
SCHOOL LANE ROAD; Grades: 1 - 8)
- MEETING HOUSE ROAD AMISH SCHOO (Students: 26;
Location: MEETING HOUSE ROAD; Grades: 1 - 8)
- BUENA VISTA AMISH SCHOOL (Students: 26;
Location: MT VERNON ROAD BUENA VISTA RD; Grades: 1 - 8)
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