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Population (year 2000): 781. Estimated
population in July 2005: 753 (-3.6% change)
Males: 383 (49.0%), Females: 398 (51.0%)
Schuylkill County
Zip code:
17936
Median resident age: 37.9 years
Median household income: $30,855 (year 2000)
Median house value: $60,300 (year 2000)
Races in Gordon:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.5%)
- Hispanic (0.5%)
- American Indian (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (39.9%), Irish (17.0%),
English (10.0%), Dutch (8.6%), Polish (8.1%), Welsh (6.7%).
Elevation: 900 feet
Land area: 0.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Gordon
- High school or higher: 81.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.3%
- Unemployed: 2.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Gordon borough
- Never married: 22.8%
- Now married: 51.9%
- Separated: 2.5%
- Widowed: 12.6%
- Divorced: 10.1%
1.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +13 (+1.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Gordon:
- ASHLAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 2 miles;
ASHLAND, PA)
- GOOD SAMARITAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 10
miles; POTTSVILLE, PA)
- POTTSVILLE HOSPITAL-WARNE CLINIC (about 10 miles;
POTTSVILLE, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Gordon:
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 38
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
- LANCASTER (about 44 miles; LANCASTER, PA; ID: LNS)
- HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL (about 49 miles;
HARRISBURG, PA; ID: MDT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Gordon:
- SCHUYLKILL COUNTY /JOE ZERBEY/ (about 4 miles;
POTTSVILLE, PA; ID: ZER)
- NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (about 16 miles; SHAMOKIN, PA;
ID: N79)
- BLOOMSBURG MUNI (about 18 miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; ID:
N13)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Gordon:
- BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 20
miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; Full-time enrollment: 6,880)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE BERKS
(about 39 miles; READING, PA; FT enrollment: 2,003)
- LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 39 miles;
NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)
- KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 42 miles;
KUTZTOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 7,101)
- BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY (about 43 miles; LEWISBURG, PA;
FT enrollment: 3,534)
- WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 47 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,438)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN ST HARRISBURG
(about 47 miles; MIDDLETOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 2,064)
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