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Population (year 2000): 6,765. Estimated
population in July 2005: 6,944 (+2.6% change)
Males: 3,289 (48.6%), Females: 3,476 (51.4%)
Zip code:
17552
Median resident age: 36.3 years
Median household income: $45,127 (year 2000)
Median house value: $107,400 (year 2000)
Races in Mount Joy:
- White Non-Hispanic (94.1%)
- Hispanic (3.1%)
- Black (1.5%)
- Other race (1.1%)
- Two or more races (1.0%)
Ancestries: German (45.2%), United States
(10.9%), Irish (10.1%), English (4.2%), Italian (3.2%), Polish
(2.8%).
Land area: 2.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Mount Joy
- High school or higher: 85.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.6%
- Unemployed: 2.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Mount Joy borough
- Never married: 25.2%
- Now married: 56.2%
- Separated: 2.3%
- Widowed: 7.7%
- Divorced: 8.6%
2.2% Foreign born (1.3% Latin America, 0.7%
Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +145 (+2.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Mount Joy:
- LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL SUSQUEHANNA (about 6
miles; COLUMBIA, PA)
- YORK HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; YORK, PA)
- PHILHAVEN HOSP (about 10 miles; MT GRETNA, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Mount Joy:
- LANCASTER (about 16 miles; LANCASTER, PA; ID: LNS)
- HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL (about 18 miles;
HARRISBURG, PA; ID: MDT)
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 43
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mount Joy:
- DONEGAL SPRINGS AIRPARK (about 5 miles; MOUNT
JOY/MARIETTA, PA; ID: N71)
- MC GINNESS (about 7 miles; COLUMBIA, PA; ID: 8N7)
- REIGLE FIELD (about 13 miles; PALMYRA, PA; ID: 58N)
Amtrak station:
MOUNT JOY (DELTA & HENRY STS.). Services: public payphones,
free short-term parking, call for taxi service, public
transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Mount Joy:
- YORK COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA (about 10 miles; YORK, PA;
Full-time enrollment: 4,541)
- MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 14
miles; MILLERSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 6,384)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN ST HARRISBURG
(about 17 miles; MIDDLETOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 2,064)
- HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE-HARRISBURG (about
30 miles; HARRISBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 4,653)
- MESSIAH COLLEGE (about 34 miles; GRANTHAM, PA; FT
enrollment: 2,761)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE BERKS
(about 41 miles; READING, PA; FT enrollment: 2,003)
- HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 43 miles; BEL AIR,
MD; FT enrollment: 2,646)
Public high school in Mount Joy:
- DONEGAL SHS (Students: 802; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high schools in Mount Joy:
- THE JANUS SCHOOL (Students: 80; Location: 205
LEFEVER RD; Grades: 1 - 12)
- SONLIGHT RIVER BRETHREN (Students: 25;
Location: 4075 SIEGRIST ROAD; Grades: 2 - 12)
- FELLOWSHIP BAPT CHRISTIAN ACAD (Students: 14;
Location: 151 ORANGE STREET; Grades: 2 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Mount Joy:
- FARMDALE EL SCH (Students: 536; Grades: KG -
06)
- GRANDVIEW EL SCH (Students: 298; Grades: KG -
05)
- SEILER EL SCH (Students: 256; Grades: KG -
05)
- ELM TREE EL SCH (Students: 89; Grades: KG -
04)
- DONEGAL SPRINGS EL SCH (Grades: 00 - 00)
- LANCASTER COUNTY CTC-MT JOY CA (Grades: 00 -
00)
Private primary/middle schools in Mount Joy:
- KRAYBILL MENNONITE SCHOOL (Students: 411;
Location: 598 KRAYBILL CHURCH RD; Grades: KG - 8)
- EBY CHIQUES SCHOOL (Students: 28; Location:
950 EBY CHIQUES RD; Grades: UG - UG)
Library in Mount Joy:
- MILANOF-SCHOCK LIBRARY (Operating income:
$141,418; Location: 1184 ANDERSON FERRY RD.; 16,341
books; 1,157 audio materials; 673 video materials; 73
serial subscriptions)
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