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Population (year 2000): 10,955. Estimated
population in July 2005: 10,382 (-5.2% change)
Males: 5,116 (46.7%), Females: 5,839 (53.3%)
Luzerne County
Zip code:
18634
Median resident age: 42.7 years
Median household income: $26,169 (year 2000)
Median house value: $66,100 (year 2000)
Races in Nanticoke:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.6%)
Ancestries: Polish (49.7%), German (13.0%),
Irish (10.8%), Italian (8.4%), Welsh (6.4%), Slovak (5.3%).
Elevation: 540 feet
Land area: 3.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Nanticoke
- High school or higher: 75.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.2%
- Unemployed: 6.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Nanticoke city
- Never married: 27.7%
- Now married: 48.3%
- Separated: 2.4%
- Widowed: 13.9%
- Divorced: 7.7%
0.8% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -1,790 (-14.0%).
Hospital/medical center in Nanticoke:
- MERCY SPECIAL CARE HOSPITAL (128 WEST
WASHINGTON STREET)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Nanticoke:
- JOHN HEINZ INST OF REHAB MEDICINE (about 9 miles;
WILKES BARRE, PA)
- FIRST HOSPITAL WYOMING VALLEY (about 10 miles;
WILKES BARRE, PA)
- MERCY HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Nanticoke:
- WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (about 22 miles;
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON, PA; ID: AVP)
- LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL (about 55 miles;
ALLENTOWN, PA; ID: ABE)
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 58
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Nanticoke:
- WILKES-BARRE WYOMING VALLEY (about 12 miles;
WILKES-BARRE, PA; ID: WBW)
- HAZLETON MUNI (about 15 miles; HAZLETON, PA; ID:
HZL)
- SKYHAVEN (about 23 miles; TUNKHANNOCK, PA; ID: 76N)
College/University in Nanticoke:
- LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Full-time
enrollment: 3,582; Location: 1333 S PROSPECT ST; Public;
Website: www.luzerne.edu)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Nanticoke:
- WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 9 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA;
Full-time enrollment: 2,438)
- UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON (about 29 miles; SCRANTON,
PA; FT enrollment: 4,093)
- MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY (about 29 miles; SCRANTON, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,203)
- BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 34
miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 6,880)
- LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 45 miles;
SCHNECKSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,145)
- KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 49 miles;
KUTZTOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 7,101)
- MUHLENBERG COLLEGE (about 53 miles; Allentown, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,334)
Public high school in Nanticoke:
- GREATER NANTICOKE AREA SHS (Students: 924;
Grades: 08 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Nanticoke:
- GNA EL CTR (Students: 412; Grades: 01 - 05)
- GREATER NANTICOKE AREA ED CTR (Students: 386;
Grades: 06 - 07)
- K M SMITH EL SCH (Students: 343; Grades: KG -
05)
- J F KENNEDY EL SCH (Students: 66; Grades: KG
- KG)
Private primary/middle schools in Nanticoke:
- POPE JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC SCH (Students:
352; Location: 518 SOUTH HANOVER STREET; Grades: KG - 8)
- THE LEARNING STATION (Students: 80; Location:
133 ALDEN ROAD; Grades: PK - KG)
Library in Nanticoke:
- MILL MEMORIAL LIBRARY (Operating income:
$183,123; Location: 495 EAST MAIN ST; 48,444 books; 478
audio materials; 1,083 video materials; 130 serial
subscriptions)
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