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Population (year 2000): 1,528. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,452 (-5.0% change)
Males: 732 (47.9%), Females: 796 (52.1%)
Luzerne County
Zip code:
18635
Median resident age: 38.4 years
Median household income: $31,379 (year 2000)
Median house value: $77,600 (year 2000)
Races in Nescopeck:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.6%)
- Hispanic (1.2%)
- Black (0.5%)
- American Indian (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (41.8%), English (9.8%),
Italian (8.6%), Irish (8.2%), United States (7.7%), Dutch
(6.9%).
Elevation: 520 feet
Land area: 1.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Nescopeck
- High school or higher: 80.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.0%
- Unemployed: 6.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 20.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Nescopeck borough
- Never married: 20.3%
- Now married: 55.7%
- Separated: 3.0%
- Widowed: 10.8%
- Divorced: 10.1%
0.9% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -128 (-7.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Nescopeck:
- BERWICK HOSPITAL CENTER (about 3 miles; BERWICK, PA)
- BLOOMSBURG HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA)
- HAZLETON GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; HAZLETON,
PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Nescopeck:
- WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (about 40 miles;
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON, PA; ID: AVP)
- WILLIAMSPORT RGNL (about 51 miles; WILLIAMSPORT, PA;
ID: IPT)
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 51
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Nescopeck:
- BLOOMSBURG MUNI (about 16 miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; ID:
N13)
- HAZLETON MUNI (about 17 miles; HAZLETON, PA; ID: HZL)
- SCHUYLKILL COUNTY /JOE ZERBEY/ (about 27 miles;
POTTSVILLE, PA; ID: ZER)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Nescopeck:
- BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 16
miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; Full-time enrollment: 6,880)
- LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 18 miles;
NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)
- WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 27 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,438)
- UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON (about 47 miles; SCRANTON,
PA; FT enrollment: 4,093)
- KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 47 miles;
KUTZTOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 7,101)
- MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles; SCRANTON, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,203)
- BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY (about 49 miles; LEWISBURG, PA;
FT enrollment: 3,534)
Public primary/middle school in Nescopeck:
- NESCOPECK EL SCH (Students: 283; Grades: KG -
05)
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