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Population (year 2000): 867. Estimated
population in July 2005: 838 (-3.3% change)
Males: 434 (50.1%), Females: 433 (49.9%)
Schuylkill County
Zip code:
17934
Median resident age: 39.7 years
Median household income: $24,792 (year 2000)
Median house value: $25,100 (year 2000)
Races in Gilberton:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.6%)
- Filipino (0.7%)
Ancestries: Irish (25.8%), Polish (16.5%),
German (16.3%), Ukrainian (15.9%), Lithuanian (12.9%), Dutch
(9.7%).
Elevation: 1140 feet
Land area: 1.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Gilberton
- High school or higher: 75.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 5.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.6%
- Unemployed: 8.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 25.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Gilberton borough
- Never married: 30.2%
- Now married: 44.2%
- Separated: 2.0%
- Widowed: 14.2%
- Divorced: 9.4%
1.6% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -395 (-31.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Gilberton:
- GOOD SAMARITAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 8
miles; POTTSVILLE, PA)
- POTTSVILLE HOSPITAL-WARNE CLINIC (about 8 miles;
POTTSVILLE, PA)
- ASHLAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 9 miles;
ASHLAND, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Gilberton:
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 36
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
- LANCASTER (about 47 miles; LANCASTER, PA; ID: LNS)
- WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (about 51 miles;
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON, PA; ID: AVP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Gilberton:
- SCHUYLKILL COUNTY /JOE ZERBEY/ (about 12 miles;
POTTSVILLE, PA; ID: ZER)
- BLOOMSBURG MUNI (about 20 miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; ID:
N13)
- HAZLETON MUNI (about 22 miles; HAZLETON, PA; ID:
HZL)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Gilberton:
- BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 21
miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; Full-time enrollment: 6,880)
- LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 32 miles;
NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)
- KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 36 miles;
KUTZTOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 7,101)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE BERKS
(about 37 miles; READING, PA; FT enrollment: 2,003)
- WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 39 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,438)
- LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 43 miles;
SCHNECKSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,145)
- BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY (about 49 miles; LEWISBURG, PA;
FT enrollment: 3,534)
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