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Population (year 2000): 215. Estimated
population in July 2005: 207 (-3.7% change)
Males: 100 (46.5%), Females: 115 (53.5%)
Median resident age: 35.5 years
Median household income: $38,594 (year 2000)
Median house value: $82,900 (year 2000)
Races in New Columbus:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.6%)
- Hispanic (1.4%)
Ancestries: German (28.8%), English (18.1%),
Dutch (12.6%), Irish (11.6%), Polish (9.3%), United States
(7.4%).
Land area: 3.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in New Columbus
- High school or higher: 73.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.3%
- Unemployed: 7.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 42.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in New Columbus borough
- Never married: 12.5%
- Now married: 66.5%
- Separated: 1.7%
- Widowed: 10.2%
- Divorced: 9.1%
1.4% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -13 (-5.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near New Columbus:
- BERWICK HOSPITAL CENTER (about 8 miles; BERWICK, PA)
- BLOOMSBURG HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA)
- MERCY SPECIAL CARE HOSPITAL (about 20 miles;
NANTICOKE, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to New
Columbus:
- WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (about 41 miles;
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON, PA; ID: AVP)
- WILLIAMSPORT RGNL (about 44 miles; WILLIAMSPORT, PA;
ID: IPT)
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 60
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
Other public-use airports nearest to New Columbus:
- BLOOMSBURG MUNI (about 17 miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; ID:
N13)
- HAZLETON MUNI (about 25 miles; HAZLETON, PA; ID: HZL)
- DANVILLE (about 29 miles; DANVILLE, PA; ID: 8N8)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
New Columbus:
- BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 16
miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; Full-time enrollment: 6,880)
- LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 20 miles;
NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)
- WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 28 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,438)
- BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY (about 46 miles; LEWISBURG, PA;
FT enrollment: 3,534)
- UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON (about 48 miles; SCRANTON,
PA; FT enrollment: 4,093)
- MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles; SCRANTON, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,203)
- PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 51 miles;
WILLIAMSPORT, PA; FT enrollment: 4,666)
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