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Population (year 2000): 700. Estimated
population in July 2005: 686 (-2.0% change)
Males: 331 (47.3%), Females: 369 (52.7%)
Susquehanna County
Zip code:
18821
Median resident age: 41.1 years
Median household income: $27,708 (year 2000)
Median house value: $62,900 (year 2000)
Races in Great Bend:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.7%)
Ancestries: German (20.9%), Irish (18.9%),
English (16.7%), United States (11.0%), Polish (10.1%), Italian
(9.1%).
Elevation: 920 feet
Land area: 0.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Great Bend
- High school or higher: 86.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.7%
- Unemployed: 6.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 25.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Great Bend borough
- Never married: 24.2%
- Now married: 51.7%
- Separated: 2.5%
- Widowed: 10.2%
- Divorced: 11.6%
1.1% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -5 (-0.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Great Bend:
- BARNES KASSON COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 13 miles;
SUSQUEHANNA, PA)
- BINGHAMTON PSYCH CENTER (about 16 miles; BINGHAMTON,
NY)
- MONTROSE GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; MONTROSE,
PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Great Bend:
- GREATER BINGHAMTON/EDWIN A LINK FIELD (about 22
miles; BINGHAMTON, NY; ID: BGM)
- WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (about 45 miles;
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON, PA; ID: AVP)
- ITHACA TOMPKINS REGIONAL (about 61 miles; ITHACA,
NY; ID: ITH)
Other public-use airports nearest to Great Bend:
- KIRKWOOD AIRPARK (about 2 miles; KIRKWOOD, NY; ID:
5N5)
- GREENE (about 23 miles; GREENE, NY; ID: 4N7)
- TRI-CITIES (about 25 miles; ENDICOTT, NY; ID: CZG)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Great Bend:
- SUNY AT BINGHAMTON (about 14 miles; BINGHAMTON, NY;
Full-time enrollment: 11,498)
- BROOME COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 14 miles;
BINGHAMTON, NY; FT enrollment: 4,081)
- MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY (about 39 miles; SCRANTON, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,203)
- UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON (about 40 miles; SCRANTON,
PA; FT enrollment: 4,093)
- WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 52 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,438)
- SUNY COLLEGE AT CORTLAND (about 53 miles; CORTLAND,
NY; FT enrollment: 6,187)
- LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 57 miles;
NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)
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