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Population (year 2000): 2,715. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,665 (-1.8% change)
Males: 1,276 (47.0%), Females: 1,439 (53.0%)
Zip code:
19070
Median resident age: 37.5 years
Median household income: $46,731 (year 2000)
Median house value: $121,200 (year 2000)
Races in Morton:
- White Non-Hispanic (69.4%)
- Black (24.5%)
- Two or more races (1.4%)
- Asian Indian (1.3%)
- Hispanic (1.1%)
- Filipino (0.9%)
- Chinese (0.6%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: Irish (22.0%), Italian (18.7%),
German (15.8%), English (8.8%), Welsh (4.5%), Polish (3.1%).
Land area: 0.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Morton
- High school or higher: 87.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 27.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 8.0%
- Unemployed: 0.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Morton borough
- Never married: 32.4%
- Now married: 45.5%
- Separated: 2.6%
- Widowed: 8.4%
- Divorced: 11.1%
4.2% Foreign born (2.6% Asia, 0.8% Europe, 0.6%
Africa).
Population change in the 1990s: -15 (-0.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Morton:
- DELAWARE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 4 miles;
DREXEL HILL, PA)
- KINDRED HOSPITAL - DELAWARE COUNTY (about 5 miles;
DARBY, PA)
- MERCY FITZGERALD HOSPITAL (about 5 miles; DARBY, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Morton:
- PHILADELPHIA INTL (about 8 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA;
ID: PHL)
- NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 26 miles; WILMINGTON, DE;
ID: ILG)
- TRENTON MERCER (about 44 miles; TRENTON, NJ; ID:
TTN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Morton:
- PHILADELPHIA (about 6 miles; ESSINGTON, PA; ID: 9N2)
- SPITFIRE AERODROME (about 13 miles; PEDRICKTOWN, NJ;
ID: 7N7)
- PENN'S LANDING (about 14 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA;
ID: P72)
Amtrak stations near Morton:
- 8 miles: ARDMORE (STATION RD. & LANCASTER AVE.).
Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, paid short-term parking, call for car
rental service, call for taxi service, public transit
connection.
- 11 miles: PHILADELPHIA (30TH & MARKET 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, car rental agency, taxi stand, public
transit connection.
- 14 miles: NORTH PHILADELPHIA (PHILADELPHIA, 2900 N.
BROAD ST.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair
accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, paid short-term parking, paid
long-term parking, call for taxi service, public transit
connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Morton:
- DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 6 miles;
MEDIA, PA; Full-time enrollment: 5,248)
- WIDENER UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 6 miles;
CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 3,646)
- SAINT JOSEPHS UNIVERSITY (about 9 miles;
PHILADELPHIA, PA; FT enrollment: 5,115)
- VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY (about 9 miles; VILLANOVA, PA;
FT enrollment: 8,547)
- UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 10 miles;
PHILADELPHIA, PA; FT enrollment: 19,324)
- DREXEL UNIVERSITY (about 10 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA;
FT enrollment: 10,823)
- ART INSTITUTE OF PHILADELPHIA (about 11 miles;
PHILADELPHIA, PA; FT enrollment: 2,138)
Public primary/middle school in Morton:
- AMOSLAND EL SCH (Students: 494; Grades: KG -
05)
Private primary/middle schools in Morton:
- OUR LADY-PERPETUAL HELP SCHOOL (Students:
442; Location: 2130 FRANKLIN AV OLPH CT #5; Grades: KG -
8)
- CHURCH OF ATONEMENT DAY SCHOOL (Students:
170; Location: 968 AMOSLAND RD.; Grades: PK - KG)
- STEP BY STEP LEARNING CENTER (Students: 12;
Location: 39 S MORTON AV; Grades: KG - KG)
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