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Population (year 2000): 1,031. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,009 (-2.1% change)
Males: 522 (50.6%), Females: 509 (49.4%)
Venango County
Zip code:
16342
Median resident age: 46.5 years
Median household income: $33,929 (year 2000)
Median house value: $43,800 (year 2000)
Races in Polk:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.2%)
- Black (2.7%)
Ancestries: German (16.6%), English (7.0%),
Italian (4.2%), United States (3.3%), Irish (3.2%), Scotch-Irish
(3.1%).
Elevation: 1116 feet
Land area: 1.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Polk
- High school or higher: 29.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 4.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.2%
- Unemployed: 35.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 17.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Polk borough
- Never married: 44.9%
- Now married: 44.2%
- Separated: 0.5%
- Widowed: 7.2%
- Divorced: 3.2%
0.7% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -232 (-18.4%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Polk:
- UPMC NORTHWEST (about 7 miles; FRANKLIN, PA)
- UNITED COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; GROVE
CITY, PA)
- TITUSVILLE HOSP (about 24 miles; TITUSVILLE, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Polk:
- VENANGO REGIONAL (about 6 miles; FRANKLIN, PA; ID:
FKL)
- ERIE INTL/TOM RIDGE FIELD (about 51 miles; ERIE, PA;
ID: ERI)
- YOUNGSTOWN-WARREN REGIONAL (about 52 miles;
YOUNGSTOWN/WARREN, OH; ID: YNG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Polk:
- TITUSVILLE (about 21 miles; TITUSVILLE, PA; ID: 6G1)
- GROVE CITY (about 24 miles; GROVE CITY, PA; ID: 29D)
- PORT MEADVILLE (about 26 miles; MEADVILLE, PA; ID:
GKJ)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Polk:
- GROVE CITY COLLEGE (about 18 miles; GROVE CITY, PA;
Full-time enrollment: 2,306)
- SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 24
miles; SLIPPERY ROCK, PA; FT enrollment: 6,399)
- CLARION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 41 miles;
CLARION, PA; FT enrollment: 5,690)
- GENEVA COLLEGE (about 51 miles; BEAVER FALLS, PA; FT
enrollment: 2,059)
- NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (about 53
miles; ERIE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,304)
- YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 53 miles;
YOUNGSTOWN, OH; FT enrollment: 9,726)
- EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 57 miles;
EDINBORO, PA; FT enrollment: 6,631)
Public primary/middle school in Polk:
- POLK EL SCH (Students: 135; Grades: KG - 06)
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