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Population (year 2000): 2,888. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,868 (-0.7% change)
Males: 1,428 (49.4%), Females: 1,460 (50.6%)
Luzerne County
Zip code:
18618
Median resident age: 38.7 years
Median household income: $37,656 (year 2000)
Median house value: $96,100 (year 2000)
Races in Harveys Lake:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.8%)
- Hispanic (0.8%)
- Two or more races (0.7%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
Ancestries: German (22.1%), Irish (21.1%),
Polish (16.1%), Italian (9.9%), English (9.6%), Welsh (8.8%).
Elevation: 1330 feet
Land area: 5.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Harveys Lake
- High school or higher: 85.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 23.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.3%
- Unemployed: 4.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Harveys Lake borough
- Never married: 26.8%
- Now married: 56.8%
- Separated: 1.7%
- Widowed: 5.7%
- Divorced: 9.0%
1.8% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +153 (+5.6%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Harveys Lake:
- MERCY SPECIAL CARE HOSPITAL (about 12 miles;
NANTICOKE, PA)
- MERCY HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA)
- PENN STATE GEISINGERY WYOMING VALLEY (about 13
miles; WILKES BARRE, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Harveys Lake:
- WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (about 23 miles;
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON, PA; ID: AVP)
- GREATER BINGHAMTON/EDWIN A LINK FIELD (about 58
miles; BINGHAMTON, NY; ID: BGM)
- WILLIAMSPORT RGNL (about 62 miles; WILLIAMSPORT, PA;
ID: IPT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Harveys Lake:
- SKYHAVEN (about 14 miles; TUNKHANNOCK, PA; ID: 76N)
- WILKES-BARRE WYOMING VALLEY (about 15 miles;
WILKES-BARRE, PA; ID: WBW)
- SEAMANS FIELD (about 26 miles; FACTORYVILLE, PA; ID:
9N3)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Harveys Lake:
- LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 12 miles;
NANTICOKE, PA; Full-time enrollment: 3,582)
- WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 14 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,438)
- UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON (about 28 miles; SCRANTON,
PA; FT enrollment: 4,093)
- MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY (about 28 miles; SCRANTON, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,203)
- BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 37
miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 6,880)
- SUNY AT BINGHAMTON (about 53 miles; BINGHAMTON, NY;
FT enrollment: 11,498)
- BROOME COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 53 miles;
BINGHAMTON, NY; FT enrollment: 4,081)
Public primary/middle school in Harveys Lake:
- LAKE-NOXEN EL SCH (Students: 381; Grades: KG
- 06)
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