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Population (year 2000): 4,978. Estimated
population in July 2005: 4,900 (-1.6% change)
Males: 2,328 (46.8%), Females: 2,650 (53.2%)
Lackawanna County
Zip codes:
18447.
Median resident age: 40.8 years
Median household income: $32,721 (year 2000)
Median house value: $92,400 (year 2000)
Races in Olyphant:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.1%)
- Hispanic (0.5%)
- Two or more races (0.5%)
Ancestries: Polish (29.1%), Italian (23.4%),
Irish (19.6%), Slovak (13.0%), Ukrainian (9.2%), German (7.1%).
Elevation: 960 feet
Land area: 5.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Olyphant
- High school or higher: 83.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.5%
- Unemployed: 2.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 17.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Olyphant borough
- Never married: 26.3%
- Now married: 51.3%
- Separated: 1.6%
- Widowed: 13.8%
- Divorced: 7.0%
3.0% Foreign born (1.1% Asia, 0.7% Latin
America, 0.6% Europe, 0.5% North America).
Population change in the 1990s: -262 (-5.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Olyphant:
- MID-VALLEY HOSPITAL (about 2 miles; PECKVILLE, PA)
- ALLIED SERVICES INST OF REHAB MEDICINE (about 5
miles; SCRANTON, PA)
- COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER (about 6 miles; SCRANTON,
PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Olyphant:
- WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (about 13 miles;
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON, PA; ID: AVP)
- GREATER BINGHAMTON/EDWIN A LINK FIELD (about 57
miles; BINGHAMTON, NY; ID: BGM)
- LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL (about 57 miles;
ALLENTOWN, PA; ID: ABE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Olyphant:
- SEAMANS FIELD (about 14 miles; FACTORYVILLE, PA; ID:
9N3)
- SPRING HILL (about 17 miles; STERLING, PA; ID: 70N)
- WILKES-BARRE WYOMING VALLEY (about 22 miles;
WILKES-BARRE, PA; ID: WBW)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Olyphant:
- MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY (about 5 miles; SCRANTON, PA;
Full-time enrollment: 2,203)
- UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON (about 6 miles; SCRANTON, PA;
FT enrollment: 4,093)
- WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 26 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,438)
- LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 34 miles;
NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)
- EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about
42 miles; EAST STROUDSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 4,985)
- SUNY AT BINGHAMTON (about 49 miles; BINGHAMTON, NY;
FT enrollment: 11,498)
- BROOME COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles;
BINGHAMTON, NY; FT enrollment: 4,081)
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