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Population (year 2000): 15,269
Males: 7,459 (48.9%), Females: 7,810 (51.1%)
Zip code:
18707
Median resident age: 39.2 years
Median household income: $51,655 (year 2000)
Median house value: $125,000 (year 2000)
Races in Mountain Top:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.2%)
- Hispanic (1.1%)
- Asian Indian (0.7%)
- Two or more races (0.6%)
- Black (0.5%)
Ancestries: Polish (26.5%), German (21.9%),
Irish (17.5%), Italian (14.3%), English (9.9%), Welsh (7.4%).
Land area: 68.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Mountain Top
- High school or higher: 87.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 25.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 9.3%
- Unemployed: 3.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Mountain Top CDP
- Never married: 20.2%
- Now married: 66.7%
- Separated: 1.0%
- Widowed: 6.8%
- Divorced: 5.3%
2.8% Foreign born (1.2% Europe, 0.8% Asia, 0.4%
North America, 0.3% Latin America).
Hospitals/medical centers near Mountain Top:
- MERCY SPECIAL CARE HOSPITAL (about 7 miles;
NANTICOKE, PA)
- JOHN HEINZ INST OF REHAB MEDICINE (about 8 miles;
WILKES BARRE, PA)
- FIRST HOSPITAL WYOMING VALLEY (about 8 miles; WILKES
BARRE, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Mountain Top:
- WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (about 21 miles;
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON, PA; ID: AVP)
- LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL (about 49 miles;
ALLENTOWN, PA; ID: ABE)
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 54
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mountain Top:
- HAZLETON MUNI (about 12 miles; HAZLETON, PA; ID: HZL)
- WILKES-BARRE WYOMING VALLEY (about 12 miles;
WILKES-BARRE, PA; ID: WBW)
- SKYHAVEN (about 27 miles; TUNKHANNOCK, PA; ID: 76N)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Mountain Top:
- LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 7 miles;
NANTICOKE, PA; Full-time enrollment: 3,582)
- WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 8 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,438)
- UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON (about 28 miles; SCRANTON,
PA; FT enrollment: 4,093)
- MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY (about 29 miles; SCRANTON, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,203)
- BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 37
miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 6,880)
- LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 39 miles;
SCHNECKSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,145)
- KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 43 miles;
KUTZTOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 7,101)
Public high school in Mountain Top:
- CRESTWOOD HS (Students: 997; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Mountain Top:
- RICE EL SCH (Students: 764; Grades: KG - 06)
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