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Population (year 2000): 459. Estimated
population in July 2005: 438 (-4.6% change)
Males: 218 (47.5%), Females: 241 (52.5%)
Wyoming County
Zip code:
18630
Median resident age: 28.6 years
Median household income: $26,324 (year 2000)
Median house value: $70,600 (year 2000)
Races in Meshoppen:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.3%)
Ancestries: German (22.9%), Irish (21.8%),
United States (10.7%), English (10.5%), Italian (10.2%), Polish
(10.2%).
Elevation: 640 feet
Land area: 0.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Meshoppen
- High school or higher: 74.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 5.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.9%
- Unemployed: 4.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 16.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Meshoppen borough
- Never married: 30.4%
- Now married: 41.4%
- Separated: 2.9%
- Widowed: 8.4%
- Divorced: 16.8%
0.7% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +19 (+4.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Meshoppen:
- TYLER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; TUNKHANNOCK,
PA)
- MONTROSE GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; MONTROSE,
PA)
- CLARKS SUMMIT STATE HOSP (about 25 miles; CLARKS
SUMMIT, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Meshoppen:
- WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (about 30 miles;
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON, PA; ID: AVP)
- GREATER BINGHAMTON/EDWIN A LINK FIELD (about 41
miles; BINGHAMTON, NY; ID: BGM)
- WILLIAMSPORT RGNL (about 66 miles; WILLIAMSPORT, PA;
ID: IPT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Meshoppen:
- SKYHAVEN (about 11 miles; TUNKHANNOCK, PA; ID: 76N)
- SEAMANS FIELD (about 21 miles; FACTORYVILLE, PA; ID:
9N3)
- WILKES-BARRE WYOMING VALLEY (about 27 miles;
WILKES-BARRE, PA; ID: WBW)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Meshoppen:
- WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 28 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA;
Full-time enrollment: 2,438)
- LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 29 miles;
NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)
- MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY (about 31 miles; SCRANTON, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,203)
- UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON (about 32 miles; SCRANTON,
PA; FT enrollment: 4,093)
- SUNY AT BINGHAMTON (about 36 miles; BINGHAMTON, NY;
FT enrollment: 11,498)
- BROOME COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 36 miles;
BINGHAMTON, NY; FT enrollment: 4,081)
- BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 50
miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 6,880)
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