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Population (year 2000): 5,067. Estimated
population in July 2005: 4,926 (-2.8% change)
Males: 2,420 (47.8%), Females: 2,647 (52.2%)
Zip code:
19530
Median resident age: 24.5 years
Median household income: $35,677 (year 2000)
Median house value: $98,600 (year 2000)
Races in Kutztown:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.6%)
- Black (1.0%)
- Hispanic (1.0%)
- Other race (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (41.6%), Irish (11.8%),
Italian (8.1%), English (6.0%), Polish (5.7%), United States
(4.6%).
Land area: 1.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Kutztown
- High school or higher: 75.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 25.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 8.5%
- Unemployed: 2.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Kutztown borough
- Never married: 52.2%
- Now married: 32.9%
- Separated: 0.9%
- Widowed: 9.7%
- Divorced: 4.3%
3.0% Foreign born (1.5% Europe, 0.8% Latin
America, 0.4% North America, 0.3% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +271 (+5.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Kutztown:
- NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR KIDS IN CRISES (about 14
miles; OREFIELD, PA)
- READING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 16 miles;
READING, PA)
- ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER (about 17 miles; READING,
PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Kutztown:
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 17
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
- LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL (about 26 miles;
ALLENTOWN, PA; ID: ABE)
- LANCASTER (about 45 miles; LANCASTER, PA; ID: LNS)
Other public-use airports nearest to Kutztown:
- KUTZTOWN (about 2 miles; KUTZTOWN, PA; ID: N31)
- FLYING M AERODROME (about 16 miles; GERMANSVILLE,
PA; ID: P91)
- BUTTER VALLEY GOLF PORT (about 19 miles; BALLY, PA;
ID: 7N8)
College/University in Kutztown:
- KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
(Full-time enrollment: 7,101; Location: 15200 KUTZTOWN
RD; Public; Website: www.kutztown.edu; Offers Master's
degree)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Kutztown:
- LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 16 miles;
SCHNECKSVILLE, PA; Full-time enrollment: 2,145)
- MUHLENBERG COLLEGE (about 19 miles; Allentown, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,334)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE BERKS
(about 19 miles; READING, PA; FT enrollment: 2,003)
- LEHIGH UNIVERSITY (about 29 miles; BETHLEHEM, PA; FT
enrollment: 5,725)
- NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 33
miles; BETHLEHEM, PA; FT enrollment: 3,128)
- IMMACULATA COLLEGE (about 37 miles; IMMACULATA, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,042)
- LAFAYETTE COLLEGE (about 40 miles; EASTON, PA; FT
enrollment: 2,218)
Public high school in Kutztown:
- KUTZTOWN AREA SHS (Students: 630; Grades: 09
- 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Kutztown:
- KUTZTOWN AREA MS (Students: 458; Grades: 06 -
08)
- WEISENBERG EL SCH (Students: 395; Grades: KG
- 04)
- KUTZTOWN EL SCH (Students: 310; Grades: KG -
05)
- MAXATAWNY EL SCH (Students: 97; Grades: 01 -
05)
Private primary/middle schools in Kutztown:
- LITTLE PEOPLE COUNTRY CLUB (Students: 41;
Location: 15530 KUTZTOWN RD; Grades: PK - KG)
- SUNNY MEADOW PAROCHIAL SCHOOL (Students: 30;
Location: KOHLER RD; Grades: 1 - 8)
- HIDDEN VALLEY MENNONITE SCHOOL (Students: 30;
Location: HIGH ST RT 2 BOX 433; Grades: 1 - 8)
- PLEASANT HILL MENNONITE SCHOOL (Students: 21;
Location: RR 2 DEYSHER RD; Grades: 2 - 8)
Library in Kutztown:
- LOUISA GONSER COMM LIB INC (Operating income:
$125,824; Location: 70 BIEBER ALLEY; 16,241 books; 793
audio materials; 1,227 video materials; 55 serial
subscriptions)
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