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Population (year 2000): 2,019. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,919 (-5.0% change)
Males: 953 (47.2%), Females: 1,066 (52.8%)
Schuylkill County
Zip code:
17965
Median resident age: 41.5 years
Median household income: $30,875 (year 2000)
Median house value: $57,400 (year 2000)
Races in Port Carbon:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.6%)
- Black (0.5%)
- Hispanic (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (32.2%), Irish (23.6%),
Polish (11.0%), Lithuanian (9.2%), Slovak (8.3%), Italian
(6.6%).
Elevation: 700 feet
Land area: 0.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Port Carbon
- High school or higher: 83.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.5%
- Unemployed: 8.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Port Carbon borough
- Never married: 28.7%
- Now married: 49.4%
- Separated: 1.4%
- Widowed: 12.6%
- Divorced: 7.9%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -170 (-7.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Port Carbon:
- GOOD SAMARITAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 4
miles; POTTSVILLE, PA)
- POTTSVILLE HOSPITAL-WARNE CLINIC (about 4 miles;
POTTSVILLE, PA)
- ASHLAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 14 miles;
ASHLAND, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Port
Carbon:
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 28
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
- LANCASTER (about 41 miles; LANCASTER, PA; ID: LNS)
- LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL (about 51 miles;
ALLENTOWN, PA; ID: ABE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Port Carbon:
- SCHUYLKILL COUNTY /JOE ZERBEY/ (about 14 miles;
POTTSVILLE, PA; ID: ZER)
- GRIMES (about 16 miles; BETHEL, PA; ID: 8N1)
- HAZLETON MUNI (about 24 miles; HAZLETON, PA; ID: HZL)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Port Carbon:
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE BERKS
(about 29 miles; READING, PA; Full-time enrollment:
2,003)
- BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 29
miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 6,880)
- KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 30 miles;
KUTZTOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 7,101)
- LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 37 miles;
NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)
- LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 39 miles;
SCHNECKSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,145)
- WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 43 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,438)
- MUHLENBERG COLLEGE (about 46 miles; Allentown, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,334)
Private primary/middle school in Port Carbon:
- ST STEPHEN REGIONAL SCHOOL (Students: 226;
Location: 214 VALLEY STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
Library in Port Carbon:
- PORT CARBON PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$25,055; Location: 111 PIKE ST; 13,518 books; 143 audio
materials; 600 video materials; 26 serial subscriptions)
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