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Population (year 2000): 1,149. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,109 (-3.5% change)
Males: 569 (49.5%), Females: 580 (50.5%)
Schuylkill County
Zip code:
17959
Median resident age: 43.0 years
Median household income: $27,159 (year 2000)
Median house value: $41,700 (year 2000)
Races in New Philadelphia:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.0%)
Ancestries: Lithuanian (25.8%), Irish (25.6%),
German (18.6%), Polish (15.3%), Dutch (5.6%), Slovak (5.3%).
Elevation: 693 feet
Land area: 1.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in New Philadelphia
- High school or higher: 80.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.6%
- Unemployed: 9.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in New Philadelphia borough
- Never married: 29.7%
- Now married: 49.1%
- Separated: 1.9%
- Widowed: 14.3%
- Divorced: 5.0%
0.4% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -135 (-10.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near New Philadelphia:
- GOOD SAMARITAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 8
miles; POTTSVILLE, PA)
- POTTSVILLE HOSPITAL-WARNE CLINIC (about 8 miles;
POTTSVILLE, PA)
- ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 16 miles;
COALDALE, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to New
Philadelphia:
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 27
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
- LANCASTER (about 44 miles; LANCASTER, PA; ID: LNS)
- LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL (about 48 miles;
ALLENTOWN, PA; ID: ABE)
Other public-use airports nearest to New Philadelphia:
- SCHUYLKILL COUNTY /JOE ZERBEY/ (about 18 miles;
POTTSVILLE, PA; ID: ZER)
- GRIMES (about 19 miles; BETHEL, PA; ID: 8N1)
- HAZLETON MUNI (about 21 miles; HAZLETON, PA; ID: HZL)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
New Philadelphia:
- KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 27 miles;
KUTZTOWN, PA; Full-time enrollment: 7,101)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE BERKS
(about 29 miles; READING, PA; FT enrollment: 2,003)
- BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 31
miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 6,880)
- LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 34 miles;
NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)
- LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 35 miles;
SCHNECKSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,145)
- WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,438)
- MUHLENBERG COLLEGE (about 43 miles; Allentown, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,334)
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