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Population (year 2000): 515. Estimated
population in July 2005: 497 (-3.5% change)
Males: 240 (46.6%), Females: 275 (53.4%)
Median resident age: 41.9 years
Median household income: $34,583 (year 2000)
Median house value: $64,400 (year 2000)
Races in Mechanicsville:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.5%)
- Two or more races (1.4%)
- Hispanic (0.8%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
Ancestries: German (34.8%), Irish (21.4%),
Polish (13.0%), English (8.9%), Italian (8.9%), Lithuanian
(7.6%).
Land area: 0.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Mechanicsville
- High school or higher: 83.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.4%
- Unemployed: 11.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 16.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Mechanicsville borough
- Never married: 22.3%
- Now married: 59.1%
- Separated: 1.3%
- Widowed: 7.9%
- Divorced: 9.4%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -45 (-8.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Mechanicsville:
- GOOD SAMARITAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 3
miles; POTTSVILLE, PA)
- POTTSVILLE HOSPITAL-WARNE CLINIC (about 3 miles;
POTTSVILLE, PA)
- ASHLAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 13 miles;
ASHLAND, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Mechanicsville:
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 28
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
- LANCASTER (about 41 miles; LANCASTER, PA; ID: LNS)
- LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL (about 52 miles;
ALLENTOWN, PA; ID: ABE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mechanicsville:
- SCHUYLKILL COUNTY /JOE ZERBEY/ (about 13 miles;
POTTSVILLE, PA; ID: ZER)
- GRIMES (about 16 miles; BETHEL, PA; ID: 8N1)
- HAZLETON MUNI (about 25 miles; HAZLETON, PA; ID: HZL)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Mechanicsville:
- BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 29
miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; Full-time enrollment: 6,880)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE BERKS
(about 29 miles; READING, PA; FT enrollment: 2,003)
- KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 31 miles;
KUTZTOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 7,101)
- LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 37 miles;
NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)
- LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 40 miles;
SCHNECKSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,145)
- WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 44 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,438)
- MUHLENBERG COLLEGE (about 47 miles; Allentown, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,334)
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