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Population (year 2000): 2,720. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,625 (-3.5% change)
Males: 1,309 (48.1%), Females: 1,411 (51.9%)
Dauphin County
Zip code:
17034
Median resident age: 37.4 years
Median household income: $32,083 (year 2000)
Median house value: $78,600 (year 2000)
Races in Highspire:
- White Non-Hispanic (84.2%)
- Black (8.2%)
- Hispanic (5.1%)
- Other race (2.2%)
- Two or more races (2.0%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (32.2%), Irish (12.8%),
United States (9.9%), Italian (6.6%), English (4.9%), Polish
(3.4%).
Elevation: 320 feet
Land area: 0.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Highspire
- High school or higher: 79.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.2%
- Unemployed: 3.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Highspire borough
- Never married: 29.6%
- Now married: 42.7%
- Separated: 2.6%
- Widowed: 8.5%
- Divorced: 16.5%
4.5% Foreign born (2.8% Latin America, 0.9%
Asia, 0.6% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: -21 (-0.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Highspire:
- PINNACLE HEALTH SYSTEM (about 7 miles; HARRISBURG,
PA)
- HARRISBURG STATE HOSPITAL (about 8 miles;
HARRISBURG, PA)
- SCCI HOSPITAL HARRISBURG (about 10 miles;
HARRISBURG, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Highspire:
- HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL (about 3 miles; HARRISBURG,
PA; ID: MDT)
- LANCASTER (about 36 miles; LANCASTER, PA; ID: LNS)
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 59
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Highspire:
- CAPITAL CITY (about 5 miles; HARRISBURG, PA; ID: CXY)
- REIGLE FIELD (about 16 miles; PALMYRA, PA; ID: 58N)
- DONEGAL SPRINGS AIRPARK (about 18 miles; MOUNT
JOY/MARIETTA, PA; ID: N71)
Amtrak stations near Highspire:
- 8 miles: HARRISBURG (4TH & CHESTNUT STS.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack
bar, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term
parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand,
intercity bus service, public transit connection.
- 13 miles: ELIZABETHTOWN (WILSON AVE.). Services:
public payphones, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Highspire:
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN ST HARRISBURG
(about 4 miles; MIDDLETOWN, PA; Full-time enrollment:
2,064)
- HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE-HARRISBURG (about
10 miles; HARRISBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 4,653)
- MESSIAH COLLEGE (about 16 miles; GRANTHAM, PA; FT
enrollment: 2,761)
- YORK COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA (about 19 miles; YORK, PA;
FT enrollment: 4,541)
- DICKINSON COLLEGE (about 29 miles; CARLISLE, PA; FT
enrollment: 2,098)
- MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 33
miles; MILLERSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 6,384)
- GETTYSBURG COLLEGE (about 41 miles; GETTYSBURG, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,216)
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