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Population (year 2000): 4,874. Estimated
population in July 2005: 4,849 (-0.5% change)
Males: 2,218 (45.5%), Females: 2,656 (54.5%)
Wayne County
Zip code:
18431
Median resident age: 39.6 years
Median household income: $28,209 (year 2000)
Median house value: $88,000 (year 2000)
Races in Honesdale:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.0%)
- Hispanic (1.9%)
- Black (0.7%)
- Two or more races (0.6%)
- Chinese (0.6%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (29.7%), Irish (21.0%),
English (16.6%), Italian (8.2%), Polish (8.1%), United States
(6.4%).
Elevation: 970 feet
Land area: 4.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Honesdale
- High school or higher: 80.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.8%
- Unemployed: 7.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 20.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Honesdale borough
- Never married: 24.7%
- Now married: 47.5%
- Separated: 2.8%
- Widowed: 14.0%
- Divorced: 11.0%
1.9% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -170 (-3.4%).
Hospital/medical center in Honesdale:
- WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (601 PARK STREET)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Honesdale:
- MARIAN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 18 miles;
CARBONDALE, PA)
- CATSKILL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 21 miles;
CALLICOON, NY)
- MID-VALLEY HOSPITAL (about 24 miles; PECKVILLE, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Honesdale:
- SULLIVAN COUNTY INTL (about 34 miles; MONTICELLO,
NY; ID: MSV)
- WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (about 36 miles;
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON, PA; ID: AVP)
- LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL (about 65 miles;
ALLENTOWN, PA; ID: ABE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Honesdale:
- CHERRY RIDGE (about 6 miles; HONESDALE, PA; ID: N30)
- SPRING HILL (about 20 miles; STERLING, PA; ID: 70N)
- FLYING DOLLAR (about 25 miles; CANADENSIS, PA; ID:
8N4)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Honesdale:
- MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY (about 29 miles; SCRANTON, PA;
Full-time enrollment: 2,203)
- UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON (about 30 miles; SCRANTON,
PA; FT enrollment: 4,093)
- EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about
37 miles; EAST STROUDSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 4,985)
- WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 50 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,438)
- SUNY AT BINGHAMTON (about 57 miles; BINGHAMTON, NY;
FT enrollment: 11,498)
- BROOME COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 57 miles;
BINGHAMTON, NY; FT enrollment: 4,081)
- ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 58 miles;
MIDDLETOWN, NY; FT enrollment: 3,486)
Public high school in Honesdale:
- HONESDALE HS (Students: 1,017; Grades: 09 -
12)
Public primary/middle schools in Honesdale:
- WAYNE HIGHLANDS MS (Students: 781; Grades: 05
- 08)
- LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 544;
Grades: 02 - 04)
- STOURBRIDGE EL SCH (Students: 279; Grades: KG
- 01)
Private primary/middle schools in Honesdale:
- ST VINCENT SCHOOL (Students: 210; Location:
329 CLIFF STREET; Grades: KG - 8)
- HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE CHILD SCH (Students: 13;
Location: RR1 BOX 400; Grades: PK - KG)
Library in Honesdale:
- WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $551,388; Location: 1406 MAIN ST; 19,731 books;
1,676 audio materials; 766 video materials; 109 serial
subscriptions)
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