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Population (year 2000): 2,742. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,997 (+9.3% change)
Males: 1,312 (47.8%), Females: 1,430 (52.2%)
Monroe County
Zip code:
18344
Median resident age: 36.1 years
Median household income: $40,224 (year 2000)
Median house value: $126,900 (year 2000)
Races in Mount Pocono:
- White Non-Hispanic (77.0%)
- Black (10.8%)
- Hispanic (10.1%)
- Other race (3.5%)
- Two or more races (2.6%)
- Asian Indian (0.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Irish (22.5%), Italian (20.4%),
German (19.8%), Polish (8.4%), English (7.1%), United States
(2.7%).
Elevation: 1860 feet
Land area: 3.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Mount Pocono
- High school or higher: 89.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 20.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.9%
- Unemployed: 8.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 33.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Mount Pocono borough
- Never married: 25.0%
- Now married: 56.7%
- Separated: 2.3%
- Widowed: 7.9%
- Divorced: 8.2%
8.9% Foreign born (3.9% Europe, 3.2% Latin
America, 1.1% Africa).
Population change in the 1990s: +922 (+50.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Mount Pocono:
- POCONO MEDICAL CENTER (about 15 miles; EAST
STROUDSBURG, PA)
- PALMERTON HOSPITAL (about 26 miles; PALMERTON, PA)
- MERCY HOSPITAL (about 28 miles; SCRANTON, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Mount Pocono:
- WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (about 29 miles;
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON, PA; ID: AVP)
- LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL (about 33 miles;
ALLENTOWN, PA; ID: ABE)
- SULLIVAN COUNTY INTL (about 57 miles; MONTICELLO,
NY; ID: MSV)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mount Pocono:
- POCONO MOUNTAINS MUNI (about 1 miles; MOUNT POCONO,
PA; ID: MPO)
- FLYING DOLLAR (about 11 miles; CANADENSIS, PA; ID:
8N4)
- SPRING HILL (about 15 miles; STERLING, PA; ID: 70N)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Mount Pocono:
- EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about
15 miles; EAST STROUDSBURG, PA; Full-time enrollment:
4,985)
- UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON (about 28 miles; SCRANTON,
PA; FT enrollment: 4,093)
- MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY (about 29 miles; SCRANTON, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,203)
- LAFAYETTE COLLEGE (about 32 miles; EASTON, PA; FT
enrollment: 2,218)
- NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 33
miles; BETHLEHEM, PA; FT enrollment: 3,128)
- LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 36 miles;
SCHNECKSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,145)
- LEHIGH UNIVERSITY (about 36 miles; BETHLEHEM, PA; FT
enrollment: 5,725)
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